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Keith Law

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love the Orioles' trade for Shane Baz, who's a good starter now and I think a breakout candidate for 2026. breaking down the trade for subscribers to @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

Orioles acquire Shane Baz, a starter on the rise, by leveraging prospect depth

With Baz, Trevor Rogers and Kyle Bradish, the Orioles rotation now at least has the upside to be among the best in baseball.

www.nytimes.com

December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM

natty poe

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the market price for pitchers is exactly ”yikes that seems like a lot”

December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM

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Denny Carter

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The whole Puka Nacua situation is indicative of media toxicity in which young guys swim every day. Why is there a massively popular antisemitic Twitch streamer? Why does that exist?

December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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Remember Some Guys

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Érik Bédard
Pitcher
Debut: 2002 - Retired: 2014
TBD - HOU - SEA - BAL - BOS - PIT

Érik Bédard at baseball-reference.com

Career stats of Érik Bédard

baseball-reference.com

December 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM

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The Dishwasher (a baseball blog)

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Some ideas for who the Orioles could try to extend this offseason

Career tip: if you’re a graphic designer go ahead and reach out to any MLB talent agency I promise their website needs help

I tried to find a precedent for signing a pitcher to an arbitration extension who had never made it through an entire season in a 6 year career BECUASE you think that he's going to be an important part of the rotation. It turns out it's kind of unprecedented.
Pitchers with those kinds of durability issues sometimes do sign extensions but those are usually small bean extensions that are more about getting a pay raise in arbitration in exchange for another year of control. Drew Rasmussen's extension from last offseason for example
Trevor Rogers is not looking for the Drew Rasmussen extension.

So l'd be interested to know their
response if the Orioles approached them ahead of the 2026 season and basically offered them the Cal Raleigh extension and maybe even upped it a little, say 6 years 110 million. You give Adley a slight raise up to 10 million in 2026 and then it's 20 million per for the next 5. An AAV of
18.5 over his age 28-34 seasons.
With that figure you are giving Adley respect for what he's shown he can do by offering him as much as Raleigh who has drastically out performed him over the last few seasons. I don't know how he could turn down that contract based on how the last few seasons have gone. If he signs it and becomes a 4-5 WAR catcher again then you've got a valuable contract.

The existing contract that I think you could base this off of would be Logan Webb who signed a 5 years deal that bought out 2 years of arbitration. He basically got 2 raises for the arb years and then 23 million AAV for the next 3 seasons
after that. His earnings went 8, 12, 23, 23 and 24 (millions duh).
So a similar Bradish deal would add just one more arb year raise on the front end.
It could be something like 5, 10, 15, 25, 25 and 25. That would come out to 6 years 105 million (speaking of Cal Raleigh's contract lol). I think if you put 100+ million dollars guaranteed in front of someone who's current career earnings is about 7 million I think he'd have to consider it and
it would be a win-win if he did sign it.

This is a good model for what a Cowser extension could look like. Cowser is a little older and one year further along in his career so maybe instead of 7 years and an option you're looking at 6 years and an option. If you need to incentivize him you could make it a player option instead of a team option.
That might look like 2.5, 5, 8, 12.5, 15, 18 and then a player option worth about 20

December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM

natty poe

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I didn’t know I needed this until I read this skeet

December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM

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Andy Kostka

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That, and more, in this story that you will hopefully read www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

Pete Alonso brings more to the Orioles than home runs

Pete Alonso arrives at the right time, joining a young team that underperformed in 2025. With his presence, the atmosphere around the club is higher than it has been in some time.

www.thebanner.com

December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM

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Scott Spratt

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Trevor Lawrence's drop rate splits per @ftnfantasy.com:

Weeks 1-9 (Before Meyers): 8.2% (worst)
Weeks 10-15 (With Meyers): 7.3% (3rd worst)

That's progress baby!

December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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Scott Spratt

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The Ravens point differential splits:

Weeks 1-6 (before bye): -50
Weeks 8-15 (after bye): +65

NFL Daily News @fantasynflnews.bsky.social · 3d

Point differential per division

NFC West: +287
NFC North: +159
AFC South: +99
AFC East: +44
AFC West: +5
NFC East: -144
AFC North: -204
NFC South: -246

December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM

natty poe

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I think I need to set up some MLB free agent alerts for my phone.

Checking Bluesky every ten minutes is not conducive to feeling good

December 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM

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Jac. Squigglesworth his accᵗ

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Rob Reiner in a Baltimore Orioles uniform, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in Camden Yards, before an Orioles game against the Colorado Rockies on June 10, 2007.

December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM

natty poe

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Oh my god WE needed that TD

December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM

natty poe

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9 degrees in Cinci. wtf

December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM

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Baltimore Banner Sports

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Ravens activate Ar’Darius Washington and Tavius Robinson for Bengals game

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December 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM

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Mike Tanier

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A little self-promotion Saturday.

Secret Rams Advantages:

➡️ High penalty differential
➡️ Low Injury Rate
➡️ Outstanding Field Position

Read more:

miketanier.substack.com/p/la-rams-co...

L.A. Rams Confidential

The Rams are the NFL's best team right now. But they may not be as good as their record, stats and reputation suggest.

miketanier.substack.com

December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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Andy Kostka

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Pete Alonso said he wants to “make good” on the contract he received from the Orioles. That means taking care of the on-field results. He said he aims to win a trophy here. But Alonso also said it’s important that he immerses himself in the community in Baltimore

December 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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Andy Kostka

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David Rubenstein: “the ownership group could not be more pleased with this,” and he adds the ownership group will do what it takes to win a World Series

December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL

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Marmont got zero rings

December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL

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Friday TikTok thread lets go

December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM

natty poe

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I guess my dream of Oriole Kyle Tucker is dead. 😞

rochkubatko.bsky.social @rochkubatko.bsky.social · 8d

Mike Elias said there are still ways to "spruce up the position player side." More role players. But talking "more pointedly" on the pitching side. That's multiple starters. #orioles

December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM