“And, as we have demonstrated our continued commitment to making sure we’re playing top-tier baseball, our fans have acknowledged that,” said Catie Griggs, the team’s president of business operations. “There is definitely excitement in this market. We are seeing that in ticket sales.”
“For him, everything I know, every conversation with him, the background on him, he’s a competitor and he wants to get better and he’s a team-first guy,” manager Craig Albernaz said. “So, when you have that makeup, he’s going to be just fine.”
At Eebee's in the Shaw neighborhood, the Orioles remain top dog over the hometown Nationals. When the season arrives this year, the Orioles will be on television.
COLUMN: Last week’s additions of Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette by the Dodgers and Mets, respectively, set off plenty of consternation around the league. Those deals can also help the Orioles.
Additionally, because players were scheduled to arrive in Baltimore from around the country, some originally scheduled participants aren’t able to make appearances Friday.
A decade in the Baseball Writers Association of America means this year’s ballot arrived at my house in the fall, and while I can’t rewrite history or relitigate the group’s decisions, I can help shape the Hall going forward.
The largest splash is shortstop Jose Luis Acevedo, a 17-year-old from the Dominican Republic who signed for a franchise-record bonus of $2.3 million, a source said.
COLUMN: The Orioles are set to add four position players worth seven-figure signing bonuses — headlined by shortstop Jose Luis Acevedo, along with outfielders Ariel Roque, Pedro Gomez and Gabriel Rosario, according to Baseball America — plus left-hander Andri Hidalgo, one of the top pitchers of this 2026 class.