Watching the 2025 Orioles season play out and then developing a plan that requires people to commit even MORE money and time to hang onto their season tickets for next year is (as is oft remarked to Cotton) a bold strategy.

Mike Elias deserves to have someone screaming "Where's Wallace, String?" at him, except about Dylan Beavers instead.

Retroactively about 20 times funnier that this player's team lost the same game to the Orioles by four runs bsky.app/profile/afko...

Do you like the idea of the Orioles drafting a college hitter with one of the worst batting averages of any first round pick in 40+ years? In the latest round of mock drafts, that's who two outlets have the O's taking:

Yesterday on the Orioles farm, things were good for Dylan Beavers fans and not really good for anybody else, with pitching mostly matching the big club in giving up a ton of runs. Running down the Wednesday action:

The last week in the Orioles minors saw good things from a prospect everyone knows (Samuel Basallo), from ones you might soon know (Luis Almeyda, Nate George), and from a few you probably don't know at all. Rundown of the latest from the farm:

Amazingly, the Orioles actually have someone leading his position in All-Star voting. It only took that crazy Devers trade for Ryan O'Hearn to lead AL DHs in the first batch of results. How about that? Things also look good for Jackson Holliday early on:

A hurricane destroyed the Trop's roof, one result of which is the Orioles are now going to play the Rays in a Yankees minor league stadium. The next four games could get weird. Previewing the matchups: www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/16/24...

The Orioles needed their offense to do good things this year and until lately it wasn't coming through. Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes about how important it is for Mike Elias that things come together and stay together for this group of bats:

Yesterday in the Orioles minors was another bad outing for Chayce McDermott, but one level down, 22-year-old Cuban Eccel Correa had a nice AA debut. Recapping the Sunday O's farm action:

Yesterday in the Orioles minors brought another excellent Blake Money outing at Aberdeen. Not too late to get on that train. Recapping the Wednesday action, also with some Bradfield fun for Chesapeake:

Jordan Westburg is back after a two-week rehab, Cedric Mullins is back after no rehab, Heston Kjerstad is off to the minors again, and Emmanuel Rivera is off to the great DFA in the sky. Got all that? Rounding up today's Orioles roster moves:

The Tigers are in town for a three-game set starting tonight. The Orioles will have their work cut out for them with two pretty good pitchers going against them, including the reigning AL Cy (and a lefty!) Tarik Skubal. Previewing the matchups:

Several Orioles righty bats who've been injured are making their way back soon. They weren't much good against LHP before getting hurt. Any chance they can improve things now?

Dylan Beavers fans got a lot to be excited about over the last week of the Orioles farm. With so many rehabbing big leaguers at Norfolk, there was a lot going on. More from the O's minors:

It's a steep hill for the Orioles to climb to get back to contention. Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes that it's going to take a lot more from the offense to get them there:

Was yesterday a day ending in y? It was, and so Samuel Basallo hit another dinger. He is on fire and it's fun. More from the Orioles farm on Sunday, also including a Tides combined no-no:

Another Oriole makes his way off the IL as Ramón Laureano returns to the team. Also, Scott Blewett is back in the organization, because why not, I guess? Running down Friday's series of moves:

The Athletics have been getting their butts kicked since May 14. The Orioles have mostly stopped getting their butts kicked since May 24. Can the O's keep this trend going over the weekend? Previewing the matchups for this series:

The Orioles are trying their best to make everyone forget their bad April and May with how they're playing over the last two weeks or so. Our Andrea SK looks at what's improved compared to when everything seemed hopeless:

Injured Orioles are steadily working their way back, as seen yesterday in Triple-A when all of Laureano, Sánchez, and Westburg homered. More from the farm from Thursday:

The Orioles are keeping the good times rolling, at least for now. They got only six hits against the Mariners on Thursday, but it didn't matter because two of them were clutch dingers. Recap of the lovely totals of a 4-3 win:

It actually happened! The Orioles have played good baseball for an entire week. Let's hope it's not the last time. Here's who's come through in big moments over the last stretch of games:

Yesterday in the Orioles minors, two more guys started rehab at Norfolk and helped keep the Tides on top of a 14-10 slugfest. More from Wednesday on the O's farm:

Do you think things have actually improved with the Orioles or are the last few days just a mirage? Our survey this week is asking people to think about how many games the O's will win in June. Make your voice heard here:

Colton Cowser is off the injured list, which means his brand of goofiness is back in the clubhouse (see: The whole "Is he afraid of shrimp?" thing) Our Alex Church considers what we should expect from him in the lineup:

We are here for any and all Samuel Basallo dingers. On Tuesday night, he gave us two, bumping up to 12 in 36 games played. More from the Orioles farm on a Tuesday in which three of the four affiliates were winners:

After a sweep full of narrow victories over the White Sox, the Orioles will try to keep the good vibes rolling against a better baseball team as they start a series against the Mariners. Previewing the coming series:

Charlie Morton looked a whole heck of a lot better in May than he did in April. If he goes through June the same way, Mike Elias's plan for the Orioles rotation looks a lot better. Can Morton keep this going?

This past week in the Orioles minors, Norfolk won a game, Chesapeake and Aberdeen went 0-6, and Delmarva won all of two games. Rough going! Finding the few bright spots:

It's taken til June to get here, but maybe the Orioles are finally, sorta, maybe competitive? Our @tyleryoung.bsky.social writes about what's gone differently in the last week-plus:

The Orioles got back in the win column on a strange Friday afternoon game. Plenty to nitpick if somebody wants, but let's enjoy every 2025 O's win when we can, OK? Recap of a 2-1 victory:

Jackson Holliday looking much improved over last year is one of the few good Orioles stories this year. If he's settling in as leadoff, our Andrea SK wonders if it's time to juggle the lineup behind him:

Yesterday's Orioles farm action was packed with doubleheaders, with Cowser and Westburg playing in AAA and showing signs of nearing MLB readiness. Recapping a DH-heavy slate from Thursday:

The Orioles just won three games in a row and good starts by Trevor Rogers and Charlie Morton were part of why two of those wins happened. Our Alex Church ponders, which of these guys is more likely to be able to do that again?

Tuesday's Orioles minor league action saw three affiliates get to play (Norfolk rained out), with bad offense from Chesapeake/Aberdeen and a nice win by Delmarva. Yasmil Bucce starred in the box score once again:

The next time Mike Elias hands out a contract extension to an Orioles player will be the first time. He'll have to think over the next couple of months whether Ryan O'Hearn is worth being the first, writes our John Beers:

The Orioles affiliates just played one of the best weeks they've had all year. No team had a losing record this week. Chesapeake pitchers and Delmarva batters went wild. More on a strong week:

Below-.500 teams like the Red Sox are now were supposed to be part of a soft May schedule for the Orioles. Instead, those teams keep getting right against the O's. Will it be more of the same in this four game set in Boston? Previewing the series:

Down on the Orioles farm yesterday, two teams got rained out, but Delmarva provided enough offense for everybody with 14 runs and another big day from catcher Yasmil Bucce. Running down the Wednesday action:

If the Orioles hadn't fallen into a complete and unrecoverable disaster in the last week, they'd be casting about for starting pitching answers from outside the organization. What would that even look like?

Yesterday on the Orioles farm, Delmarva's wild 11 innings were the highlight with a couple of burgeoning prospects this year, Yasmil Bucce and Braylin Tavera, making crucial contributions. Recap of the action from Tuesday:

It was supposed to be better than this, but it's not. So how many games are these Orioles going to end up winning now that they've ended up where they are?

The Orioles manager's chair is open, so which way do they go to replace it? A retread veteran? An internal option? Somebody else's up-and-comer? Our John Beers surveys the broad directions available:

Samuel Basallo continues to do great things and earn lots of praise, but did you know that the Orioles have the minor league leader in ERA? It's true, as Braxton Bragg continues the longshot quest to be the top search engine result for his own name:

Over the past week in the Orioles minors, Enrique Bradfield started up rehab games, Nestor German earned a promotion, and Samuel Basallo added to his homer tally. More highlights from the farm:

Already with the Twins again? Yes, really. The Orioles looked bad and got swept by these guys only a week ago. Need to make it go better this week in Baltimore. Can they? We'll find out. Previewing the matchups:

If you were telling yourself that Adley Rutschman's second half slump was injury-related and it would be fixed this year, you weren't the only one. Here he is in another funk in 2025. Time to worry yet?

Late night weird Orioles broadcast! Kevin just did a Miss Piggy voice (and pretended it was Jim doing it) "Oh, Gunnar, what a great take on that changeup. You're so disciplined at the plate!" He's not as good at Kermit.

Kevin just said on the MASN broadcast that Gunnar Henderson's home run tonight is their first run scored in the first inning since April 19. Even knowing how bad the Orioles have been, it's shocking to hear how bad they've been.