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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Samuel Basallo breakout could come early in 2026, as the 21-year-old phenom has spent much of Spring Training this year showing exactly why he's MLB Pipeline's No. 8 overall prospect. Basallo's torrid spring continued Friday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark, where he went 2-for-4 with a double,

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SARASOTA, Fla. -- Vance Honeycutt was never going to hit a home run every at-bat for the rest of his life. So, his homer streak -- which reached four consecutive spring at-bats on Wednesday -- was guaranteed to end eventually. The day came Friday, when Honeycutt made his fifth appearance

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The first two editions of Spring Breakout, MLB’s annual prospect showcase held during Spring Training, have brought plenty of exciting moments for Orioles youngsters. In 2024, Jackson Holliday went head-to-head with Paul Skenes before both made their big league debuts later that year. Enrique Bradfield Jr. flashed

Things look a little bit different down on the farm for the Orioles these days. After years of drafting early and loading up on bats, many of those hitters have graduated and/or been traded for other pieces. The shift is apparent because at the top of the new Orioles Top

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Orioles player with the most home runs so far this Spring Training isn’t even a member of big league camp. He has three homers (tied with five others for the MLB spring lead entering Sunday), and most impressively, they’ve come in his only three Grapefruit League

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The starting pitchers at the Orioles’ big league camp this Spring Training can be easily divided into three tiers: The locks to make the roster (if healthy): RHP Kyle Bradish, LHP Trevor Rogers, RHP Shane Baz, RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Dean Kremer, RHP Zach Eflin

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Nate George answered a phone call from Orioles Minor League field coordinator Jeff Kunkel on Friday night and got the best possible news a member of Minors camp can receive this early in Spring Training. The 19-year-old outfielder was heading to Baltimore's big league camp -- well,

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BALTIMORE -- After winning the Orioles’ Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award in 2025, Trey Gibson is heading into ‘26 with an opportunity to impress the club’s big league staff.

BALTIMORE -- Last week, the Orioles’ annual Birdland Caravan offseason tour provided the opportunity for new manager Craig Albernaz to get face time with a handful of his players. The 5-foot-8 Albernaz would be the first to admit he looked even smaller standing next to the likes of Pete Alonso,

BALTIMORE -- Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers both had an eventful 2025 season. Each made his MLB debut for the Orioles -- on back-to-back days (Aug. 16 and 17), no less -- recorded his first big league hit and slugged his first Major League home run. Basallo remained one of

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Since MLB Pipeline began ranking the top international prospects in 2012, just eight clubs had ever signed five ranked players (the list expanded from 30 to 50 in '22), last achieved by the Padres in ‘21. That group now has company in the form of the Orioles and their 2026

BALTIMORE -- All signs point toward Enrique Bradfield Jr. making his MLB debut in 2026. The Orioles’ first-round Draft pick in 2023, Bradfield finished the ‘25 season at Triple-A Norfolk. He then went to the Arizona Fall League -- long known as a “finishing school” for top prospects who are

BALTIMORE -- After protecting right-hander Anthony Nunez from the Rule 5 Draft earlier this month, the Orioles did the same with two additional Minor League prospects on Tuesday. Baltimore selected the contracts of right-hander Cameron Foster and outfielder Reed Trimble from Triple-A Norfolk, adding both to the 40-man roster. To

PHOENIX -- After his first season in professional baseball with the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League, Sayer Diederich didn't exactly know what was next for him. He headed to Tread Athletics in Charlotte, North Carolina, to train and throw in on pro day in January 2025 to find another

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It would be understandable to think that Enrique Bradfield Jr. of the Orioles and Patrick Clohisy of the Braves dressed up as Superman on this Halloween in the Arizona Fall League. Both are, after all, Men of Steal. Clohisy swiped three on Friday afternoon for the Glendale

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Enrique Bradfield Jr.'s center-field defense has become the talk of the Arizona Fall League. Because he keeps giving everyone else so much material. The Orioles’ No. 4 prospect delivered the web gem of this year’s campaign last Thursday with a leaping catch at the left-center wall that

From the start of August through the end of the regular season, Orioles left-hander Luis De León was one of the hottest pitchers in all of Minor League Baseball. Through a week and a half of the Arizona Fall League, he’s also one of the hottest pitchers in the desert.

With Week 1 of the 2025 Arizona Fall League in the books, it’s time to look back at the biggest standouts at the plate and on the mound from the start of the campaign. Although rain from Hurricanes Priscilla and Raymond forced the cancellation of several games, plenty of players