Matt Wieters News

On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents.

A vote. A vote? A vote. Being invited to help select this year's American League Rookie of the Year as a new member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America was an unexpected honor, and one I took seriously.

The 2009 American League Rookie of the Year will be announced Monday. Who deserves to win the award? Check out the candidates below.

The Orioles website has reaffirmed a story first broken on Adam Jones' brother's myspace page.

Less than a month after his whirlwind of a first season in the big leagues came to an end, A's right-hander Andrew Bailey was back in the gym, "getting after it" with fellow Oakland reliever Craig Breslow.

Brandon Snyder just wanted to know what it would be like to step into the shoes of a perceived god in some eyes.

Matt Wieters was one of the most anticipated players heading into 2009, with fantasy owners waiting with bated breath for him to make his presence felt.

It's hard to root for Pedro Martinez , even now when he's old and pitching against the Yankees in the World Series.

After fielding nearly 40 phone calls about his vacant bench coach position, Orioles manager Dave Trembley found exactly who he was looking for in Jeff Datz, a former catcher who spent the previous 19 seasons in the Cleveland Indians organization.

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.

Having already rolled out our yearly league rankings , ita TMs time now to look at rankings for dynasty leagues.

Reid Brignac, ss, Durham 11. Jake Arrieta, rhp, Norfolk 12. Fernando Martinez, of, Buffalo 13.

I'm pretty impressed. We really haven't even started a real debate about who should be the next Orioles bench coach and I've already seen some outstanding possibilities discussed here.

Here is the Top 50 PRE-SEASON Hitting Prospects list from the 2009 book. Remember, this was the PRE-SEASON list.

All but one of the Orioles 2009 coaches will be back on Dave Trembley's staff next season.

After two days into the playoffs, we'll reach into the mailbag: Q: I'm a Tigers fan and now that it's over officially, I'm trying to look forward to free agency, but I can't find the date it starts anywhere.

See you in the spring, Dave. I wouldn't have bet a nickel that Dave Trembley would still have a job when Sunday evening rolled around.

Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman pitched to catcher Matt Wieters during the 2008 season at Double-A Bowie.

After a paradoxical 2009, the Orioles enter this offseason in a curious position.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas gets the force of Baltimore Orioles Jeff Fiorentino on a Matt Wieters ground ball in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct.