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Yesterday | Baltimore Orioles

Jones, Mora try to attract TYIB attention

One is coming off a breakout year that saw him capture a Rawlings Gold Glove Award, and he looks primed to be one of the faces of the franchise soon enough.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Adam Jones, American League, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros, Michael Bourn, Boston Red Sox

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

Corner infielders top O's shopping list

The Orioles haven't been shy about what's on their offseason list: corner infielders and starting pitchers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Ty Wigginton, Brandon Snyder, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Examiner.com

Open season: MLB free agent period begins, Orioles look to add bats

After following Mark Teixeira's ever move last winter it's difficult to get too excited about free agency this year.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Players, Aubrey Huff, Pedro Feliz, Miguel Tejada

Major League Baseball

Brignac poised for breakthrough season

Reid Brignac gave Rays fans snapshots of the future this season during several stints with the big league club.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Reid Brignac, Baltimore Orioles, Jason Bartlett, B.J. Upton

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Detroit News

Only 92 shopping days until spring training

Baltimore Notable free agents: 3B Melvin Mora Needs: SP, RP, 1B, 3B Topping the to-do list: Pitching was awful -- starters, relievers, hot dog vendors called to throw an inning.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, American League West, American League, Kelvim Escobar, Chone Figgins, John Lackey

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Major League Baseball

Third base is a hot corner of free agents

In an offseason players' market that overall is being portrayed as bland, the hot corner stands out as a hot iron, waiting to be struck by teams looking to upgrade at third base.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Pedro Feliz, Baltimore Orioles, Miguel Tejada

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Roch Around the Clock

O's claim righty Gabino off waivers from Twins

The Orioles on Monday claimed right-handed pitcher Armando Gabino off waivers from the Minnesota Twins, leaving them with 34 players on their 40-man roster.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Armando Gabino

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Tampabay.com

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria wins first Gold Glove Award

Evan Longoria, the second Rays player to win a Gold Glove Award, at 24 is the youngest third baseman to win the AL honor since 2001 and the fourth-youngest third baseman to win in either league.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Evan Longoria, Baseball Players, Eric Chavez, Carlos Pena

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Philly.com

High Cheese: Phillies decline option on Feliz

The Phillies have declined the option for 2010 on third baseman Pedro Feliz' contract, general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Pedro Feliz, Adrian Beltre, St. Louis Cardinals, Mark DeRosa

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

O's players hit the free-agent market

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Danys Baez, Baseball Players, Mark Hendrickson, Chad Moeller

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

Snyder ready for the big stage in 2010

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Snyder, Baseball Players, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Matt Wieters, Ty Wigginton, George Sherrill

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Major League Baseball

Trio of Orioles elects to file for free agency

Three Orioles refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk and instead elected to file for free agency on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Rich Hill, Jeff Fiorentino, Guillermo Rodriguez

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Roch Around the Clock

O's: Soft news is good news

This is the lull before the storm. This is the time when major league front office people tie up loose ends, take a few days off and catch their breath before offseason begins in earnest following the World Series.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mark Hendrickson, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Danys Baez, Rich Hill

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

O's send three pitchers to Triple-A

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Brad Bergesen, Bob McCrory, Rich Hill, Chad Moeller

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Orioles decline Mora's 2010 option

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Chad Moeller, Matt Wieters, Jeff Fiorentino, Jim Miller

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

Key dates ahead in O's rebuilding project

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, American League, Danys Baez, Baseball Players, Mark Hendrickson, Chad Moeller

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Major League Baseball

O's prospects gaining notice in AFL

The Arizona Fall League's Phoenix Desert Dogs are competing for their sixth consecutive championship, and they'll feature the hype that surrounds No.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Snyder, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, George Sherrill, Ramon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Baltimore Sun

Jeff Zrebiec's 2009 O's player grades

Serviceable as backup and really stepped up after Izturis' appendectomy. Aubrey Huff 13 homers C- Just never got going and eventually was traded for Single-A reliever.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Cesar Izturis, Brad Bergesen, Chris Tillman

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Players stand by Trembley

Moments after Andy MacPhail announced that embattled Orioles manager Dave Trembley would return for 2010, several of the players echoed the thoughts of their president of baseball operations.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Nick Markakis, Baseball Players, Jeremy Guthrie, Brian Roberts

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Bradenton Herald

Rays Notes: Eight years later, Springer notches save

Russ Springer got Melvin Mora swinging for the final out in the Tampa Bay Rays' 5-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday in a game notable because it clinched the Rays' second winning season in team history and Springer picked up his first save since April 24, 2001.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks

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