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I believe Elias indicated that there will be an assistant pitching coach.

MLB trade Rumors is saying that the Red Sox could "dangle" Nick Pivetta. Anyone on here think the Sox would consider trading with the O's?

Yes it's still active. According to the one of the commenters on his blog, today is Day 5624.

It appears that the MASN Hot Stove show will not be on tomorrow (12/21), and I expect it won't be on next week (12/28) either. The radio show is still scheduled for 12/21, but not for 12/28.

The other 3 were: Cano $336,159 Grayson $284,002 Kremer $276,862 The complete list can be found at: https://apnews.com/2023-mlb-pre-arbitration-bonus-pool-e42e78b212cf3ab0b86b36f66fbaa47f

You're correct. The only difference with last night's award show was that Gunnar Henderson was not selected.

The radio shows can all be found at: https://www.wbal.com/podcast/orioles-insider/ The most recent episode is at the top (the one listing Steve Melewski as the guest). The first 3 in the list are all from this year. The MASN TV show is replayed numerous times. Next showings of this past Thursday's show are tonight at 9:30pm on MASN2 or tonight at 11pm on MASN.

Verdugo will look like a totally different person without the beard.

Just saw this on Twitter:

The deadline was 8pm EST.

And much more articulate than Jordan Lyles was, although I enjoyed Lyles' interviews too.

Roch on Twitter: Joey Krehbiel declined outright assignment to AAA Norfolk and became a free agent.

The guy who does the Locked on Orioles podcast said last week that he sees Hilliard as being an improvement over McKenna.

No options remaining.

Even less likely now that we've claimed Sam Hilliard, who is also out of options.

Correct. According to MLB Trade Rumors, the Red Sox reached out to Sig this week but they didn't get the go-ahead from the O's to interview him.

They couldn't pitch around both Harper and Castellanos.

They got back late yesterday afternoon.

Irvin is not on the ALDS roster.

I completely agree that 5 days off is too much and penalizes the team, but the day off between the regular season and the WC round is necessary because of potential rescheduling of rained out games. This year the Mets & Marlins almost needed to finish a suspended game on that off day.

If we somehow make it to the next series, Baumann or Irvin should replace Webb on the roster.

I wouldn't be surprised if he is still feeling the effects of his injuries. Even though Eovaldi is pitching, I agree that someone else needs to play CF on Tuesday instead of Mullins.

That sounds good to me.

He might not be at 100% after his injuries, but yes we need him to get back to form ASAP.

It might have been Hicks missing a hit & run sign, but I doubt we'll ever know what truly happened.