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A New Team Has Emerged With MLB’s Best Catching Duo

After a great end to the month of May, the Baltimore Orioles are moving full steam ahead in an effort to get back into the playoff conversation. Each facet of the game looked much improved during the team’s 10-game homestand at the end of May.

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Orioles-Blue Jays: No, He Wasn’t “Out of the Base Line.” You Simply Don’t Know the Rule.

There are bad takes. There are uninformed takes. And then there are “out of the baseline” takes like the ones seen from Sunday’s game between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays, which exist in a special category of their own.

Baltimore Orioles News / Camden Chat / June 9

Can the Orioles get back above .500 by the All-Star break?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Orioles fans and fans across the country.

Chris Bassitt News / Camden Chat / June 9

Why Chris Bassitt’s injury can help the Orioles rotation

Yesterday afternoon, the Orioles announced that Chris Bassitt was heading to the IL with “lower back discomfort.” Bassitt joins Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer and Cade Povich as current starters on the IL, and along with Trevor Rogers, is the fifth Orioles starter to miss time with injury this season.

Shohei Ohtani News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Foreign-born 250-HR club' quiz

How many of the 53 Major League Baseball players not born in the United States of America with 250 or more career home runs can you name in seven minutes?

The 'Last 30-HR season by MLB team' quiz

The 'Most K's to start an MLB career' quiz

The 'Active 40-HR MLB seasons' quiz

Baltimore Orioles News / Camden Chat / June 9

Orioles minor league weekly recap: Keys slug their way back to first place

As is our Tuesday tradition here at Camden Chat, it’s time for our recap of the last six days of minor league baseball, with a particular focus on Camden Chat’s top 20 Orioles prospects.

MLB News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest rookie seasons in MLB history

Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.

Baltimore Orioles News / Camden Chat / June 9

Orioles news: A bad start to the homestand

Happy Tuesday, Camden Chatters! Things have not gone well for the Orioles over the last few days. After an impressive run where they won 10 of their last 14 games, the team has now lost three in a row.

Baltimore Orioles News / BaltimoreBaseball.com / June 9

Baserunning error, lack of timely hitting send Orioles to 3rd straight loss, 6-3 to Mariners

BALTIMORE–What happened? Many losses the Orioles have suffered have signature plays. On Sunday, it was the non-interference call on Toronto’s Ernie Clement that led to another disheartening loss.

Baltimore Orioles News / BaltimoreBaseball.com / June 9

Questions about Sunday’s controversial call against Orioles

Question: The Orioles had a right to have the Gunnar Henderson/Ernie Clement play reviewed by New York. But why was this not done. If the umpire made a wrong call it should have been overruled.

Baltimore Orioles News / Baltimore Orioles on SI / June 8

Experimental Orioles Lineup Falls Flat In Another Weird Defeat

The Orioles lineup for the start of this four-game series with Seattle begged certain questions. With neither of the team’s dynamic catching duo starting

MLB News / Camden Chat / June 8

Mariners and ABS defeat Orioles in series opener, 6-3

A whisker. An eyelash. The tiniest antenna on the tiniest fly. That’s the margin of difference that cost the Orioles their best chance to beat the Mariners in tonight’s series opener.

Baltimore Orioles News / Athlon Sports / June 8

Orioles Provide Update on Banged-Up Catcher

The Baltimore Orioles find themselves extremely short-handed on Monday, as both starting catchers have been given the night off. As the O's return home to kick off a homestand against the Seattle Mariners, Samuel Basallo is notably absent from the team's lineup.

MLB News / Yardbarker

Which 20 players have hit four home runs in an MLB game?

The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.

Baltimore Orioles News / BaltimoreBaseball.com / June 8

Orioles injury updates on Basallo, Bassitt, Helsley, Kremer, Povich; Albernaz looks back on Sunday’s controversial play; O’s-Mariners lineups

Both Samuel Basallo and Adley Rutschman aren’t in the Orioles’ lineup for Monday night’s game. Sam Huff is the starting catcher, but manager Craig Albernaz says that Basallo is fine.

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Chris Bassitt News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 8

Orioles Place Chris Bassitt On Injured List

The Orioles announced that right-hander Chris Bassitt has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 5th, due to low back discomfort. Fellow righty Trey Gibson has been recalled in his place and will start tonight’s game.

Gunnar Henderson News / Trade Talk Sports / June 8

Gunnar Henderson sounds off on controversial call in loss to Blue Jays

The Baltimore Orioles appeared to be in control of Sunday afternoon’s series finale in Toronto against the Blue Jays — until the sixth inning, that was.

MLB News / Field Level Media / June 8

Orioles, Mariners hope to put squandered series behind them in opener

The Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles will try to shake off their weekend results when they begin a four-game series Monday night in Baltimore. It's the first of seven games these teams will play across an 11-day period, with a three-game series in Seattle set for June 16-18.

Baltimore Orioles News / Athlon Sports / June 7

Orioles' Craig Albernaz Shares Samuel Basallo Update After Blue Jays Game

The Baltimore Orioles have the best catching tandem in the big leagues in Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo. Both players have elevated the offense this year, and manager Craig Albernaz has routinely kept both in the lineup, with one of them typically handling designated hitter duties to get rest behind the plate.

Shane Baz News / Field Level Media / June 7

Orioles' Shane Baz puts unblemished mark on line vs. Blue Jays

Baltimore Orioles right-hander Shane Baz is undefeated against the host Toronto Blue Jays and hopes to maintain that Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Baltimore Orioles News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 6

Orioles Designate Weston Wilson, Select Sam Huff

The Orioles announced that utilityman Weston Wilson has been designated for assignment. Taking Wilson’s place on both the 26-man and 40-man rosters is catcher Sam Huff, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Norfolk.

Baltimore Orioles News / Just Baseball / June 6

Top Early Standouts in the Baltimore Orioles Farm System

The Baltimore Orioles have consistently boasted one of the top farm systems in all of baseball. But many of those stars have now graduated to the big leagues or have been traded elsewhere.

MLB News / Yardbarker / June 5

Aaron Judge injury might lead Yankees to big in-division trade

The Bronx Bombers will need someone else to pick up the slack.

Yankees to recall Spencer Jones after Aaron Judge injury

Yankees insider shares alarming Aaron Judge update after injury diagnosis

Awful Aaron Judge injury update could define Yankees' season

The 'RBI leaders since 2000' quiz

Leody Taveras News / MLB on ClutchPoints / June 5

How Leody Taveras’ bunting has spurred Orioles’ recent hot stretch

The Baltimore Orioles are surging in the AL East right now, as the club is on a hot streak that began in late May. All of a sudden, the offense is rolling, and it’s translating to wins.

Baltimore Orioles News / Yardbarker / June 3

Orioles have a star in the making with Samuel Basallo

Since the Orioles locked him down, he has blossomed into a solid power hitter.

The 'MLB Rookies of the Year since 2000' quiz

MLB News / Yardbarker / May 31

Blue Jays OF Jesus Sanchez suffers most bizarre injury of MLB season

It is one of the weirdest reasons a player has had to leave a game this season.

Resurgent Kyle Bradish pitches Orioles to series split with Jays

Blue Jays targeting Shane Bieber's return to help boost rotation

The 'Last 30-HR season by MLB team' quiz

Baltimore Orioles News / Larry Brown Sports / May 30

Orioles snap a brutal 368-game streak in the most thrilling way

The Baltimore Orioles perfectly personified the baseball adage “It ain’t over till it’s over” on Saturday. The Orioles were circling down the drain entering the bottom of the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md.

Baltimore Orioles News / Total Pro Sports / May 30

MLB Rumors: Baltimore Orioles Outfielder Emerges As Prime Trade Candidate Ahead Of Deadline

Despite having big expectations, the Baltimore Orioles had a very disappointing 2025 campaign. The club made a major investment in the free-agent market this winter to restore the team as a playoff contender.

Baltimore Orioles News / MLB Trade Rumors / May 29

Orioles To Re-Sign Albert Suárez

Right-hander Albert Suarez elected free agency yesterday after the Orioles passed him through waivers unclaimed, but he’s predictably lined up to rejoin the team in short order.