Adam Jones News

Sunday a press conference was held on behalf of Adam Jones who officially signed the largest contract in Orioles history and is the second-highest-paid center fielder in the big leagues.

We're now nearly two months into the 2012 MLB season, and as usual there are a number of teams surprising the masses with how they have performed thus far.

I'm reminded of an old Abbot & Costello routine where they're shooting dice; Costello, pretending not to know how to play the game, says "so sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose!" That's how it works in baseball as well, as the Orioles dropped game two of a three-game set to Kansas City 4-3 at the yard.

Eric Hosmer singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth and Billy Butler homered as Kansas City beat Baltimore.

The Baltimore Orioles and center fielder Adam Jones have agreed to an $85.5 million, six-year contract through 2018, a person familiar with the negotiations said, the largest deal in Orioles' history.

A needle stored with a beer can appeared to contain an extremely tiny amount of Roger Clemens' DNA, which turned out to be good news and bad news for both sides in the perjury trial of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

With the news swirling around Orioles center fielder Adam Jones and an extension, the day-to-day news about the team may get overshadowed a bit.

Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam and tied his career high with eight RBIs, Josh Hamilton hit his 19th home run of the season and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3 Friday night.

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks following surgery Friday on his injured right knee.

Baltimore 8, Kansas City 2: Jason Hammel pitched six shutout innings, Chris Davis homered and drove in three runs, and the Orioles cruised past the Royals.

We're about two months into the MLB 's regular season, which means there's plenty of teams showcasing .500 records that most would've never suspected.

Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar, left, cannot hold on to a throw from catcher Brayan Pena as Baltimore Orioles' Adam Jones steals second base in the fifth inning ofA a baseball game in Baltimore, Friday, May 25, 2012.

Well, it's been quite a day around here, hasn't it? Possible Adam Jones extension looming , and a number of rehabbing stories to look forward to in Bowie over this Memorial Day Weekend: Brian Roberts is in Bowie tonight, leading off and playing at DH; we heard earlier in the week that Zach Britton would be starting in Bowie tomorrow.

The Baltimore Orioles and the agent for center fielder Adam Jones are discussing an extension for the one-time All-Star. Jones' current contract expires after this season, but he will still be under club control in 2013.

This afternoon, Adam Jones spoke to the media. While reports throughout the day have Jones and his representation, plus the team coming to a contract extension, the center-fielder says a deal isn't forthcoming.

Ken Rosenthal at Fox sports tweets that the Orioles are about to ink Adam Jones to a six year $85M contract.

WBAL Radio has learned that the Orioles are in serious talks with Adam Jones' agent to keep the center fielder in Baltimore for a long time.

FoxSports.com has reported that the Baltimore Orioles and Adam Jones are close to completing the largest extension in team history, but this signing means much more because they are not simply locking up a great player but making a commitment to winning.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones has been tearing it up offensively so far this season.

Just last year, I called for the dismantling of the Orioles and held them up as an example of relatively well-laid plans not always working out .