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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
They had to slow down the clock so the kid could win the steal second base challenge. Metaphor for the 2026 Orioles? To be determined.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Watching the 2025 Orioles season play out and then developing a plan that requires people to commit even MORE money and time to hang onto their season tickets for next year is (as is oft remarked to Cotton) a bold strategy.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Mike Elias deserves to have someone screaming "Where's Wallace, String?" at him, except about Dylan Beavers instead.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Retroactively about 20 times funnier that this player's team lost the same game to the Orioles by four runs bsky.app/profile/afko...
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Do you like the idea of the Orioles drafting a college hitter with one of the worst batting averages of any first round pick in 40+ years? In the latest round of mock drafts, that's who two outlets have the O's taking:
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Orioles seen as possible landing spot for Jace LaViolette in newest mock drafts
The Texas A&M outfielder had one of the lowest batting averages that any college first round pick has ever had.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yesterday on the Orioles farm, things were good for Dylan Beavers fans and not really good for anybody else, with pitching mostly matching the big club in giving up a ton of runs. Running down the Wednesday action:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/19: Everyone loses, but Beavers shines
It was a tough night down on the farm for all affiliates.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The last week in the Orioles minors saw good things from a prospect everyone knows (Samuel Basallo), from ones you might soon know (Luis Almeyda, Nate George), and from a few you probably don't know at all. Rundown of the latest from the farm:
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This week in the Orioles minors: Basallo keeps hitting, Delmarva welcomes new arrivals
Less exciting, a trio of pitchers hit the IL for Chesapeake, though reportedly none are expect to miss major time.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Amazingly, the Orioles actually have someone leading his position in All-Star voting. It only took that crazy Devers trade for Ryan O'Hearn to lead AL DHs in the first batch of results. How about that? Things also look good for Jackson Holliday early on:
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Ryan O’Hearn leads AL designated hitters in first All-Star voting results
I thought this was impossible, and I was wrong.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A hurricane destroyed the Trop's roof, one result of which is the Orioles are now going to play the Rays in a Yankees minor league stadium. The next four games could get weird. Previewing the matchups: www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/16/24...
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Orioles-Rays series preview: Welcome to Steinbrenner Field
The O’s make their first regular season visit to the Rays’ temporary home in a four-game showdown between AL East foes.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The Orioles needed their offense to do good things this year and until lately it wasn't coming through. Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes about how important it is for Mike Elias that things come together and stay together for this group of bats:
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Mike Elias needs the Orioles offense to produce, and it finally has
It may be too little to late to make a playoff push in 2025, but a rejuvenated offense could save the GM’s job.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Yesterday in the Orioles minors was another bad outing for Chayce McDermott, but one level down, 22-year-old Cuban Eccel Correa had a nice AA debut. Recapping the Sunday O's farm action:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/16: Eccel Correa excels in Double-A debut
Norfolk’s Chayce McDermott struggles again, but Chesapeake and Delmarva win.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Yesterday in the Orioles minors brought another excellent Blake Money outing at Aberdeen. Not too late to get on that train. Recapping the Wednesday action, also with some Bradfield fun for Chesapeake:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/12: Blake Money turns in another impressive outing
Norfolk and Chesapeake were the two winners, but Money stole the show with his start for Aberdeen.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Jordan Westburg is back after a two-week rehab, Cedric Mullins is back after no rehab, Heston Kjerstad is off to the minors again, and Emmanuel Rivera is off to the great DFA in the sky. Got all that? Rounding up today's Orioles roster moves:
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Cedric Mullins and Jordan Westburg are back from the injured list
In corresponding moves, Heston Kjerstad was optioned to the minors and Emmanuel Rivera got a DFA.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Tigers are in town for a three-game set starting tonight. The Orioles will have their work cut out for them with two pretty good pitchers going against them, including the reigning AL Cy (and a lefty!) Tarik Skubal. Previewing the matchups:
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Orioles-Tigers series preview: A struggling O’s offense faces the best lefty in baseball
Tarik Skubal and an MLB-leading Detroit come to town in what will be a tough matchup for the Orioles.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Several Orioles righty bats who've been injured are making their way back soon. They weren't much good against LHP before getting hurt. Any chance they can improve things now?
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Can getting healthy fix the Orioles’ woes against left-handed pitchers?
With Jordan Westburg, Tyler O’Neill and Gary Sánchez set to return soon, Baltimore will hope to reset a team that is historically bad against lefties.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Dylan Beavers fans got a lot to be excited about over the last week of the Orioles farm. With so many rehabbing big leaguers at Norfolk, there was a lot going on. More from the O's minors:
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This week in the Orioles minors: Beavers and rehabbing big leaguers boost Norfolk’s bats
The Tides scored a lot of runs and threw a combined no-hitter, while less heralded prospects delivered quality outings for the lower affiliates.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It's a steep hill for the Orioles to climb to get back to contention. Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes that it's going to take a lot more from the offense to get them there:
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The Orioles’ only path back to contending requires more from their offense
Things have been improving for the Orioles lineup, but they remain far short of what their expectations were coming into the season.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Was yesterday a day ending in y? It was, and so Samuel Basallo hit another dinger. He is on fire and it's fun. More from the Orioles farm on Sunday, also including a Tides combined no-no:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/9: Basallo goes yard, Tides throw a shortened no-hitter
Plus a rehabbing Tyler O’Neill, Jordan Westburg and Gary Sánchez had two hits apiece for Norfolk.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Another Oriole makes his way off the IL as Ramón Laureano returns to the team. Also, Scott Blewett is back in the organization, because why not, I guess? Running down Friday's series of moves:
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Orioles activate Ramón Laureano from injured list
Also, reliever Scott Blewett is back, for some reason.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The Athletics have been getting their butts kicked since May 14. The Orioles have mostly stopped getting their butts kicked since May 24. Can the O's keep this trend going over the weekend? Previewing the matchups for this series:
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Orioles-Athletics series preview: The O’s make their first ever visit to Sacramento
The Orioles will play the first series in franchise history at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento as they pay a visit to the temporary home of the A’s.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The Orioles are trying their best to make everyone forget their bad April and May with how they're playing over the last two weeks or so. Our Andrea SK looks at what's improved compared to when everything seemed hopeless:
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Better late than never? The Orioles are turning the page on a terrible April/May
Attempting to explain the poor play in hopes we don’t see it again.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Injured Orioles are steadily working their way back, as seen yesterday in Triple-A when all of Laureano, Sánchez, and Westburg homered. More from the farm from Thursday:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/6: The rehabbers go deep
Jordan Westburg, Gary Sánchez, and Ramón Laureano all homered in a Tides victory.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Orioles are keeping the good times rolling, at least for now. They got only six hits against the Mariners on Thursday, but it didn't matter because two of them were clutch dingers. Recap of the lovely totals of a 4-3 win:
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Rutschman, Henderson deliver back-to-back homers to help Orioles to sixth straight win
The Orioles overcame a two-run deficit to Seattle thanks to timely dingers. We’ll always take it.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It actually happened! The Orioles have played good baseball for an entire week. Let's hope it's not the last time. Here's who's come through in big moments over the last stretch of games:
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The biggest deliverers of Orioles Magic over the past week - week 10 edition
The Orioles haven’t lost a game since last week’s edition of this article. That’s fun!
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Yesterday in the Orioles minors, two more guys started rehab at Norfolk and helped keep the Tides on top of a 14-10 slugfest. More from Wednesday on the O's farm:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/5: Rehabbing big leaguers go off in Triple-A
O’s affiliates went 2-2 on a day that saw plenty of offense for Norfolk and a nice pitching display for Chesapeake.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Do you think things have actually improved with the Orioles or are the last few days just a mirage? Our survey this week is asking people to think about how many games the O's will win in June. Make your voice heard here:
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How many games will the Orioles end up winning in June?
May was a disaster. June is starting off better.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Colton Cowser is off the injured list, which means his brand of goofiness is back in the clubhouse (see: The whole "Is he afraid of shrimp?" thing) Our Alex Church considers what we should expect from him in the lineup:
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What should the Orioles expect from Colton Cowser?
Colton Cowser won the AL Most Outstanding Rookie Award last season with a 122 OPS+. The Orioles could desperately use that production right now, but can the Milk Man Deliver?
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We are here for any and all Samuel Basallo dingers. On Tuesday night, he gave us two, bumping up to 12 in 36 games played. More from the Orioles farm on a Tuesday in which three of the four affiliates were winners:
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Orioles minor league recap 6/4: Basallo goes yard twice in Norfolk win
The Tides, IronBirds and Shorebirds all picked up Ws on Tuesday, while the Baysox fell to the RubberDucks.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
After a sweep full of narrow victories over the White Sox, the Orioles will try to keep the good vibes rolling against a better baseball team as they start a series against the Mariners. Previewing the coming series:
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Orioles-Mariners series preview: Sleepless in Seattle
The O’s are back on the west coast as they look to improve on their current win streak.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Charlie Morton looked a whole heck of a lot better in May than he did in April. If he goes through June the same way, Mike Elias's plan for the Orioles rotation looks a lot better. Can Morton keep this going?
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Does Charlie Morton’s revival validate Mike Elias’ approach to building a rotation?
The 41-year-old is back to his best and, along with fellow offseason signing Tomoyuki Sugano, is helping turn around the O’s rotation. So does that mean Mike Elias was right?
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This past week in the Orioles minors, Norfolk won a game, Chesapeake and Aberdeen went 0-6, and Delmarva won all of two games. Rough going! Finding the few bright spots:
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This week in the Orioles minors: Three wins combined across top four affiliates
This was a bad week for all of the teams and many of the players.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It's taken til June to get here, but maybe the Orioles are finally, sorta, maybe competitive? Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes about what's gone differently in the last week-plus:
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The Orioles finally look like a competitive team
Although their playoff hopes have gone up in smoke, the Orioles still have plenty to prove in what’s left of 2025.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Orioles got back in the win column on a strange Friday afternoon game. Plenty to nitpick if somebody wants, but let's enjoy every 2025 O's win when we can, OK? Recap of a 2-1 victory:
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Zach Eflin pitches seven shutout innings as Orioles beat White Sox, 2-1
Two last-place teams faced off. Someone had to win. Happily, it was the Orioles.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Jackson Holliday looking much improved over last year is one of the few good Orioles stories this year. If he's settling in as leadoff, our Andrea SK wonders if it's time to juggle the lineup behind him:
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With Jackson Holliday settling in the leadoff spot, is it time to juggle the Orioles lineup?
The Orioles’ offensive woes could be helped by some lineup tweaks.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Yesterday's Orioles farm action was packed with doubleheaders, with Cowser and Westburg playing in AAA and showing signs of nearing MLB readiness. Recapping a DH-heavy slate from Thursday:
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Orioles minor league recap 5/30: Cowser and Westburg look sharp in rehab assignments
Colton Cowser recorded three doubles, and Jordan Westburg reached base twice in a rehab outing at Norfolk.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Orioles just won three games in a row and good starts by Trevor Rogers and Charlie Morton were part of why two of those wins happened. Our Alex Church ponders, which of these guys is more likely to be able to do that again?
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Morton or Rogers: Which starter is more likely to replicate his recent quality start?
Charlie Morton and Trevor Rogers both found success their last time out. Which pitcher is more likely to provide quality starts for the remainder of this season?
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Tuesday's Orioles minor league action saw three affiliates get to play (Norfolk rained out), with bad offense from Chesapeake/Aberdeen and a nice win by Delmarva. Yasmil Bucce starred in the box score once again:
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Orioles minor league recap 5/28: Yates Ks seven in Shorebirds win
Delmarva was the only winner as Norfolk got rained out, Chesapeake managed only one run and Aberdeen was shut out.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The next time Mike Elias hands out a contract extension to an Orioles player will be the first time. He'll have to think over the next couple of months whether Ryan O'Hearn is worth being the first, writes our John Beers:
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Ryan O’Hearn is the front office’s next big decision
The Orioles’ DH is putting up an All-Star caliber season, but that will mean little if Mike Elias & Co. don’t find a way to keep him around in 2026.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Orioles affiliates just played one of the best weeks they've had all year. No team had a losing record this week. Chesapeake pitchers and Delmarva batters went wild. More on a strong week:
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This week in the Orioles minors: Baysox pitchers excel, Shorebirds hitters erupt
Every O’s affiliate either won or tied their series in a good overall week on the farm.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Below-.500 teams like the Red Sox are now were supposed to be part of a soft May schedule for the Orioles. Instead, those teams keep getting right against the O's. Will it be more of the same in this four game set in Boston? Previewing the series:
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Orioles-Red Sox series preview: Another below .500 team looks to beat up on the O’s
The last time the Orioles played the Red Sox, we had no idea how bad the O’s would be.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Down on the Orioles farm yesterday, two teams got rained out, but Delmarva provided enough offense for everybody with 14 runs and another big day from catcher Yasmil Bucce. Running down the Wednesday action:
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Orioles minor league recap 5/22: Delmarva explodes for 14 runs in big win
Orioles affiliates won both games that were played in a rain-abbreviated slate down on the farm.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
If the Orioles hadn't fallen into a complete and unrecoverable disaster in the last week, they'd be casting about for starting pitching answers from outside the organization. What would that even look like?
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If they’re not waving the white flag, the Orioles need external pitching help ASAP
The 2025 season may already be a lost cause, but the Orioles are still acting like they want to compete. If that’s the case, they must replace Kyle Gibson with an MLB-caliber starter.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Yesterday on the Orioles farm, Delmarva's wild 11 innings were the highlight with a couple of burgeoning prospects this year, Yasmil Bucce and Braylin Tavera, making crucial contributions. Recap of the action from Tuesday:
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Orioles minor league recap 5/21: Delmarva scores five in extras to win 11-inning marathon
The Baysox also rallied for a victory over the Harrisburg Senators, while Aberdeen lost to Wilmington and Norfolk got rained out.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It was supposed to be better than this, but it's not. So how many games are these Orioles going to end up winning now that they've ended up where they are?
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How many games do you think the Orioles will win by season’s end?
They are resetting expectations lower by the day.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The Orioles manager's chair is open, so which way do they go to replace it? A retread veteran? An internal option? Somebody else's up-and-comer? Our John Beers surveys the broad directions available:
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The three paths for replacing Brandon Hyde
With the Orioles moving on from Hyde after 6+ seasons, we look at three different approaches the O’s can take in selecting their next skipper.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Samuel Basallo continues to do great things and earn lots of praise, but did you know that the Orioles have the minor league leader in ERA? It's true, as Braxton Bragg continues the longshot quest to be the top search engine result for his own name:
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This week in the Orioles minors: More praise rolls in for Samuel Basallo
The catching prospect hit three home runs this week. Also, Braxton Bragg keeps impressing.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Over the past week in the Orioles minors, Enrique Bradfield started up rehab games, Nestor German earned a promotion, and Samuel Basallo added to his homer tally. More highlights from the farm:
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This week in the Orioles minors: McDermott and Bradfield are on the mend
A slew of injured O’s prospects are starting to rehab, some who will be more immediately useful to the Orioles than others.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Already with the Twins again? Yes, really. The Orioles looked bad and got swept by these guys only a week ago. Need to make it go better this week in Baltimore. Can they? We'll find out. Previewing the matchups:
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Orioles-Twins series preview: A prompt rematch that the O’s need to go better
It was only last week that we saw the Orioles play these guys, and that went very badly for the O’s.
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If you were telling yourself that Adley Rutschman's second half slump was injury-related and it would be fixed this year, you weren't the only one. Here he is in another funk in 2025. Time to worry yet?
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Is it time to worry about Adley Rutschman?
The Orioles catcher’s prolonged slump to begin the season is holding back the Baltimore offense. So, can it be fixed?
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Camden Chat @camdenchat.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Late night weird Orioles broadcast! Kevin just did a Miss Piggy voice (and pretended it was Jim doing it) "Oh, Gunnar, what a great take on that changeup. You're so disciplined at the plate!" He's not as good at Kermit.
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