Orioles information: 20 spring coaching video games coming to MASN

Happy Friday, Camden Chatters! If you may have a protracted weekend forward of you, I hope you spend it properly.

The Orioles didn’t take any motion yesterday to enhance their 2026 crew, however there was some information.

First, the Orioles introduced their 2026 worldwide signings, and it was a giant change from what we’re used to seeing. If you’re in search of the small print, Mark Brown has you lined together with his story from yesterday. The quick model is that the Orioles awarded 4 contracts exceeding $1 million, together with a crew report signing of $2.3 million to Jose Luis Acevedo.

The different thrilling tidbit is that they signed highly-ranked gamers. Four of the signed gamers ranked in each the highest 50 rankings from Baseball America and the highest 59 from FanGraphs. MLB.com went on farther, placing 5 of the gamers of their prime 50.

These gamers are younger. And the older I get, the youthful they appear. Of the 4 gamers Mark highlighted in his story, three are 17 years previous, and one is simply 16. It’s unusual to consider giving thousands and thousands of {dollars} to kids, however that’s just about what’s going on. That’s the story of gamers in Latin America, nonetheless it makes you’re feeling. Samuel Basallo was simply 16 when the Orioles signed him again in 2021.

It can be a very long time earlier than any of those gamers contributes to the Baltimore Orioles, in the event that they ever do. But for the Orioles to keep up a sturdy farm system and a proficient future Major League crew, they should do this sort of factor each single season. Before Mike Elias got here alongside, the Orioles had been barely concerned within the worldwide market.

It’s taken Elias and firm this lengthy to construct that program as much as a spot the place they’re making a number of massive worldwide signings in a 12 months. Now that the framework is in place, the Orioles will hopefully spend each January making bulletins like those they did right now.

The different information that got here out yesterday was much less vital but in addition welcome. The Orioles introduced that they may broadcast 20 spring coaching video games on MASN, with 12 video games on the radio community. 20 video games is loads! We have given the Orioles a tough time over their spring coaching broadcasts, so now I’ll give credit score the place it’s due. The 20 broadcasts are yet another than MASN had in 2025 (8), 2024 (7), and 2023 (4) mixed. That’s nice! It’ll be so good to maintain up with the crew this fashion as we lead into the common season. Good job, Orioles.

Both the Baltimore Baseball and Baltimore Banner articles alluded to the truth that the Orioles are free to point out extra video games now that the Nationals have left MASN, however I admit to not likely getting that. They mentioned the community was obligated to point out the identical variety of video games from each groups, however that doesn’t clarify why that quantity needed to be so low. At any price, this 12 months’s enhance is a really welcome change.

Of course, they’re the Orioles, to allow them to’t do every thing proper. It appears that 19 of these 20 televised video games can be broadcast remotely from Baltimore. Boo! Let them go to Florida!

In the identical announcement concerning the spring video games, the Orioles introduced their 2026 broadcast crew. The solely change is the addition of Josh Lewin, who beforehand had labored for WBAL again within the Nineteen Nineties. Lewin will complement the principle radio announcers, Brett Hollander and Ben Wagner.

Orioles claim left-hander José Suárez from Braves – Baltimore Baseball
Did the Orioles by accident assume this was Ranger Suárez? J. Suárez may assist the Orioles bullpen this season. And it does want some assist.

In franchise first, Orioles sign 4 international prospects with $1 million bonus or more – The Baltimore Banner
Andy Kostka broke down the signings with quotes from new signee Jose Luis Acevedo, worldwide scouting director Koby Perez, and a earlier worldwide signing, Samuel Basallo. It’s fascinating to me that Perez identified that Basallo’s path with the Orioles has made different Latin American gamers extra like to decide on them.

A whopping 5 of O’s 10 int’l signees among MLB Pipeline’s Top 50 – MLB.com
MLB.com’s story concerning the new gamers signed by the Orioles yesterday contains movies of a few of them.

Is right now your birthday? Happy birthday! You have three Orioles birthday buddies. Mark Trumbo is celebrating his fortieth anniversary right now. Trumbo got here to the Orioles by commerce in December 2015 and went on to guide the league in house runs in 2016. The Orioles, maybe overcompensating for not re-signing Nelson Cruz after the 2014 season, rewarded Trumbo with a three-year contract. Those three years didn’t work out in addition to the primary. Trumbo was additionally blamed for the stopping of the pie celebration, which he later denied. Happy birthday, Trumbo! Sorry concerning the scapegoating.

Also born on today in historical past are 2008 eight-gamer Eider Torres (43) and Stumblin’ Jack Cust (47).

On today in 2016, information broke that the Orioles had signed Chris Davis to a seven-year, $161 million contract. The contract grew to become official a number of days later. Dollars-wise, it stays the most important contract the Orioles have ever signed. Because of deferred cash, Davis will proceed to be paid by 2037. I don’t want to speak about how Davis performed after signing his contract. We all know.