Chad Moeller News

With a down economy, multiple teams crying poor and little money invested in future payrolls, the Orioles are arguably in a better financial position this offseason than they have been in more than a decade.

The first wave of Orioles players hit the free-agency market on Thursday, as Mark Hendrickson, Danys Baez, Melvin Mora and Chad Moeller wasted no time and filed, thus taking care of Baltimore's entire list of pending free agents.

The Orioles announced today that they won't exercise third baseman Melvin Mora 's $8 million contract option for the 2010 season, an expected move that likely ends the tenure of one of their most productive and popular players over the last decade.

The Orioles cleared some space on their roster Friday by removing three injured pitchers and outrighting them to Triple-A Norfolk.

The Baltimore Orioles elected not to pick up the 2010 club options on third baseman Melvin Mora and catcher Chad Moeller among several moves announced by the team on Thursday.

The Orioles have declined their US$8 million option on Melvin Mora , allowing Baltimore's longest-tenured player to become eligible for free agency.

The Orioles finished the 2009 season 34 games below .500, 39 games back of first place in their division and losers of 13 consecutive games in September.

When looking back at an up-and-down season on Tuesday, James Shields pointed to a lack of complete games as one of the most disappointing developments.

But leave it to the Orioles to find a way. The Cleveland Indians had only won three games the entire month when the weekend series began.

Aaron Hill and the Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of Chad Moeller and the Orioles last night in Toronto, handing the Orioles their seventh straight loss.

Derek Jeter's march to history reached its completion against the Orioles on Friday night, and it came on a hard-and-low drive up the first-base line off Chris Tillman in the third inning.

Joe Girardi and Marty Foster are having trouble getting along this year. Girardi and third baseman Alex Rodriguez were ejected by Foster on Sunday after another series of animated arguments involving the New York manager, umpire and one of the Yankees' biggest stars.

Umpire Marty Foster had another rough afternoon at Yankee Stadium, but the Yankees were a little better off as some good pitching and an eighth inning rally helped them secure a 13-3 victory against the Orioles .

Joe Girardi and Marty Foster are having trouble getting along this year. Girardi and third baseman Alex Rodriguez were ejected by Foster on Sunday after another series of animated arguments involving the New York manager, umpire and one of the Yankees' biggest stars.

's last big league hit wasn't even on this continent. It came March 26, 2008, when the outfielder was with the Oakland Athletics and they played the Boston Red Sox in a season-opening series in Japan.

With their Minor League seasons over, the Orioles called up several players Tuesday to join the club in Boston.

WHEN JEFF FIORENTINO was called up to the Baltimore Orioles from Norfolk on Sept.

How often this year have you seen the Orioles chase a starting pitcher in the fourth inning of the rubber game of a three-game series on Sunday? I guess if I had an ounce of initiative, I'd look that up, but why over-analyze things.

Neither rain nor flooded dugouts nor gloom of night could stop the Indians from their appointed rounds at Camden Yards.

Jeremy Guthrie stepped into the stopper role Wednesday, a job many analysts had expected him to fill for most of the season.