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, Gunnar

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 the

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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 class.

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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

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,

With Paul Skenes and Luis Gil taking home their leagues' respective 2024 Rookie of the Year Awards, it's time to turn our attention to 2025.

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

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

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

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

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 were

The 33rd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects.

Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

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MESA, Ariz. – It’s often said that regular-season stats go out the window when October rolls around. The same can be true for prospects who embark upon the Arizona Fall League, an opportunity to flip the script on the past handful of months and rewrite their narrative heading into next

BALTIMORE -- As soon as Samuel Basallo was hit in the right wrist by a fastball in the ninth inning of the Orioles’ 6-2 loss to the Rays at Camden Yards on Wednesday night, the 21-year-old future star bent over in pain. The left-handed-hitting slugger quickly exited the

In a sport known for its superstitions, baseball has players that outright perform better on specific days of the week.

While that might be in part to a turn of the page into a new series, jolt of excitement for the weekend or total coincidence, some hitters find themselves boosting their

CHICAGO -- During his 10-game stretch from Sept. 2 through Monday, Dylan Beavers had slowed down a bit following a hot first two weeks in the big leagues.

Beavers hit .148 with a .580 OPS in those 10 games, dropping those overall marks from .333 and .918 after Sept. 1 to