The best time for baseball failure Mike Elias to trade one of his failing former top draft picks is, invariably right now. Because the longer they persist
The Orioles were officially eliminated last night. The White Sox beat the Royals 9-1, just as they were supposed to, and clinched a Wild Card spot. Munetaka Murakami drank champagne and told us, lo and behold, he’s Japanese.
The conventional wisdom around drafting amateur players, especially the later in gets in the process, is that it’s essentially a crap shoot. There’s a lot of opinions and variables to sift through, and the reality is that many times even the best talent evaluators are going to get it wrong.
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The Orioles’ dreams of the 2026 postseason, such as they were, are officially dead. Last night, the White Sox won in Kansas City to clinch a playoff spot and mathematically eliminate the Birds from wild card contention.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
With any possibility of the Orioles playing beyond this weekend gone, it soon will be time to think about the offseason and plans for 2027. First, there are three games against the Yankees remaining on the schedule, and the Orioles would like to win all of them to finish at .500.
The Baltimore Orioles entered Thursday at 78–81 with three games left and a slim chance at the American League’s final Wild Card spot. That chance disappeared before they took the field again.
With an unfavorable weather forecast for this weekend, the Orioles and New York Yankees have rescheduled their Saturday night game, making it part of a doubleheader that will begin at 4:05 p.m.
Veteran swingman Albert Suarez is headed back to the Orioles. Baltimore selected his contract for the fifth time this season. Trey Gibson was optioned to the Spring Training complex to clear a big-league spot.
The Orioles season officially ended on an off day before the final series on the regular-season schedule, but let’s be real it was a lost cause long ago.
The Baltimore Orioles have officially been eliminated from the 2026 MLB postseason, extending a troubling October drought for a club that appeared positioned for sustained contention a few seasons ago.
It’s finally over. The chance of the Orioles reaching the postseason for the 2026 campaign is officially zero. They were done in not through any last failure of their own that occurred today, instead getting eliminated on an off day because their miracle path involved the White Sox losing their final four games against the Royals and then Rockies.
The first sign of progress in the Mike Elias era came with a small consequence. The Orioles finally fell out of the top 10 in the 2023 MLB draft. The Orioles selected Enrique Bradfield Jr.
The Orioles swept the Blue Jays in their final home game, but Pete Alonso made sure that the moment belonged to the fans. Foul Territory posted a video of Alonso leading the Orioles players out to the field to salute the Camden Yards crowd after their last home game of the season.
Good morning, Camden Chatters. It’s Sept. 24 and the Orioles are, technically, still alive in the postseason race. Will wonders never cease? The Orioles’ elimination number remains at 1 after a productive Wednesday in which they swept a doubleheader against the Blue Jays to close out their Camden Yards schedule for 2026.
The Orioles won two games on Wednesday, and the Chicago White Sox lost to the Kansas City Royals, 5-4, keeping the Orioles’ faint chances of a playoff berth alive for at least another day.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered and drove in three runs and Trey Gibson took a shutout into the seventh inning as the Baltimore Orioles completed a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, winning 4-2 on Wednesday night to stay in playoff contention.
The Baltimore Orioles placed rookie catcher Samuel Basallo on the seven-day injured list Wednesday due to a concussion and also announced that infielder Jackson Holliday will have surgery next week on his injured left wrist.
Each of Alonso's last six hits have been home runs, becoming the first Oriole to accomplish that since Mark Trumbo hit seven home runs between Aug. 11-22, 2016.
Orioles infielder Jackson Holliday landed on the injured list last week due to inflammation in his left wrist. Holliday now tells the Orioles beat that he’ll require surgery (via Jake Rill of MLB.com).
The good thing for the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles is that one of them avoided a potential loss on Tuesday that would have meant elimination from playoff contention.
Sunday was a historic day for the Milwaukee Brewers in more ways than one. By completing a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 3-0 win in the series finale at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md., the Brewers set a new franchise record for most wins in a season.
Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias was promoted to that role leading into the 2025 season. Since then, the team has gone 150-167 (.473) and may finish last in the AL East for the second consecutive season.
After a strong August, the Baltimore Orioles looked like they were playing their best ball when it mattered most. Colton Cowser’s game-winning catch in Colorado was primed to be the catalyst the team needed to chase down the third AL Wild Card spot.