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Baltimore Orioles Grades for Every Position Group at All-Star Break

The Baltimore Orioles are 46-51 at the All-Star Break with 65 games left in the season. There have been high points (entering the All-Star Break with four consecutive wins) and low points (fourth-place in the American League East) for the Orioles.

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The Orioles’ second half schedule makes playoff hopes unclear

Given where we are, it’s funny to be this mad about a season, and still be potential buyers. The Orioles have played ugly-looking baseball all season—too

Blaze Alexander News / Camden Chat / July 17

Orioles news: Alexander on IL, 2027 schedule released

Hello, friends. Are you ready to start to think about the 2027 Orioles? This isn’t a statement about the team’s postseason chances. Rather, MLB released the regular season schedules for every team for next year, setting Orioles Opening Day for March 25 for a season that will run through September 26.

Baltimore Orioles News / BaltimoreBaseball.com / July 17

Questions about the Orioles’ 1st and 2nd halves

With the Orioles’ second half of the season about to begin at Houston on Friday night, let’s look at some questions about what happened in the first half and could happen in the second half.

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The 'MLB All-Star Game MVPs' quiz

MLB began awarding the All-Star Game MVP Award during the 1962 season. How many of the MVPs since then can you name in eight minutes?

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Mike Elias News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 17

Orioles Player Most Likely to Be Traded After the All-Star Break

Mike Elias rarely does what he should as custodian of the Orioles baseball operations department. Hence an eight-year rebuild that is going nowhere. And now he wants you to believe he’s going to be a buyer with one of the worst rosters in MLB that has deep flaws and with a middling farm system to utilize to secure proven talent.

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Every first-overall MLB draft pick from the 21st century

The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.

MLB News / Field Level Media / July 16

Orioles try to stay hot in second half as Astros open homestand

The Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros begin the next phase of the season after the All-Star break with Friday night's game in Houston. Somehow, these teams have managed to reach this stage of the schedule still in playoff contention in the American League.

Baltimore Orioles News / Athlon Sports / July 16

Orioles Place Versatile Infielder on IL, Recall Former Top Prospect

As the Baltimore Orioles return to action from the MLB All-Star break, they will do so without Blaze Alexander for the foreseeable future. Alexander, 27, was placed on the 10-day injured list on Monday, retroactive to July 13th.

Baltimore Orioles News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 16

Where the Orioles Top Draft Picks Rank Among the Organization's Best Prospects

The days of the Orioles grabbing a player in the first round and having him enter their prospect lists barely in the top 10 are long gone. They’re over.

Baltimore Orioles News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 16

The Biggest Orioles Surprise (And Disappointment) of the First Half for the Season

Sometimes it just is what it is. Sometimes there have not been nearly enough shocking developments – on t he positive – for a team to get close to its

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The 20 greatest MLB teams to never win the World Series

Even the most successful regular-season teams in Major League Baseball have failed to win it all. Here's our list of 20 such clubs that fall into that category.

Mike Elias News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 16

Three Most Likely Orioles Prospects to Be Called Up After the All-Star Break

The days of Mike Elias being able to fill fans heads with folly about the next wave of overhyped prospects on the way to save the day and salvage the second-half of the season are long gone.

Baltimore Orioles News / Camden Chat / July 16

Orioles 2026 Draft Signing Tracker

The Orioles completed their 2026 draft class across 20 rounds on July 11 and 12. This year’s class has 20 players in it, one for each round. The next step is to get players signed and into the organization.

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Keegan Akin News / Camden Chat / July 16

Orioles news: Keegan Akin gets Tommy John surgery

Hello, friends. The All-Star break continues. There’s still not going to be any more Orioles baseball until tomorrow when they start the non-mathematical second half of the season in Houston.

Mike Elias News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 16

When Mike Elias 'Buys' At The Trade Deadline The Joke Is Always On The Orioles

Mike Elias is threatening to buy again at the trade deadline, a proposition that is mostly a transparent sales job trying to peddle tickets to a bad product in the late summer, but one that will scare smart Orioles fans nonetheless.

Keegan Akin News / Athlon Sports / July 15

Orioles' Key Reliever Undergoes Season-Ending Surgery

The Baltimore Orioles' bullpen was dealt a crushing blow on Wednesday. The team announced that left-handed reliever Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery, with Dr.

Keegan Akin News / MLB Trade Rumors / July 15

Keegan Akin Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

The Orioles announced that left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone Tommy John surgery. He will miss the remainder of this year and possibly all of 2027 as well.

Baltimore Orioles News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 15

Orioles Must Consider DFA For Former Slugger During All-Star Break

It’s beyond time for Tyler O’Neill to move on. The relatively immobile and oft-injured outfielder is always on barrowed time. The Orioles already have

Baltimore Orioles News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / July 15

One Key Change the Orioles Must Make Immediately After the Break

There are no easy solutions to the Orioles rot. They haven’t been able to hit consistently enough or excel in key situations or field remotely well enough or run the bases with any acumen for over two years.

Baltimore Orioles News / Camden Chat / July 15

Over/unders for the Orioles’ second half

I started tossing out over/unders for the second half back when the Orioles were in the beginning stages of a rebuild. At the time, it felt like a fun exercise for the fans that remained engaged through all the losing.

Blaze Alexander News / Larry Brown Sports / July 13

Orioles’ Blaze Alexander calls out Royals for injuring him

Baltimore Orioles infielder Blaze Alexander had a sharp response to the Kansas City Royals over the circumstances that led to him breaking his hand in Sunday’s game.

Leody Taveras News / Field Level Media / July 12

Leody Taveras, Orioles complete sweep of skidding Royals

Leody Taveras homered and later drove in the tiebreaking run as the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Kansas City Royals, heading into the All-Star break on a season-best four-game winning streak thanks to an 8-2 victory Sunday afternoon.