Our Stephen Heckman has moved on to the next stage of voting! He is currently in fifth-place out of 20!

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Howdy, #Birdland!

Our Stephen Heckman is in a podcasting competition for The Final Strike and needs your help! 🙏🏻

The winner will have their podcast produced by iHeartRadio, take home $25K and be a guest on an episode of On Air with Ryan Seacrest!
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Our Jared Watson examines why moving Jackson Holliday from second base to the outfield could give the #Orioles greater roster flexibility for the future:
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Our Nick Dooling reflects on Trevor Rogers’ journey from a disappointing trade deadline acquisition to a legitimate front-line starter and examines what could come next as he approaches free agency:
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Our Zack Bucklew and Nick Dooling take a look at The Baltimore Battery’s 2026 O’s Prospects of the Year after standout seasons throughout the farm system:
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Our Jared Watson looks at the impressive first season Pete Alonso has put together in Baltimore that’s earned him unanimous recognition as the 2026 Most Valuable Oriole:
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Our Zack Bucklew breaks down the #Orioles prospects who brought home 2026 minor-league awards and All-Star honors, including Wehiwa Aloy, Joseph Dzierwa, Anthony Eyanson and more:
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We started our journey in #Birdland seven years ago! We began during an extremely tough stretch of O's baseball, worked through a pandemic, witnessed playoff teams and met so many awesome people along the way!

Thank you to every writer, reader and supporter! 🙏🏻🧡
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The O's have made the following roster moves:
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Our Nick Dooling breaks down how Aron Estrada and Ethan Anderson earned their promotions to Triple-A Norfolk after breakout 2026 seasons:
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Our Zack Bucklew looks back at Pete Alonso’s journey to 300 career home runs and the milestone moment that made him just the sixth player to reach the mark as a Baltimore Oriole:
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Congratulations, Pete! 🐻‍❄👏🏻
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Our Zack Bucklew breaks down the eight #Orioles prospects headed to the 2026 Arizona Fall League, including Ike Irish, Braxton Bragg and Vance Honeycutt:
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The O's have made the following roster moves:
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In this edition of The Great, The Good & The Ugly, our Stephen Heckman looks at Pete Alonso and Coby Mayo’s continued surge and Andrew Kittredge’s recent struggles, as the #Orioles fight to stay alive in the AL Wild Card race:
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Our Stephen Heckman reports on Matt Blood’s departure from the #Orioles and what it could mean for the organization as the 2026 season comes to a close:
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The O's have made the following roster moves:
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Our Stephen Heckman examines Craig Albernaz’s first season at the helm and asks whether the #Orioles’ first-year manager is really the right person to lead Baltimore back to its winning ways:
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For the final time this season, our Zack Bucklew names the #Orioles Prospects of the Week, highlighting one exceptional position player and pitcher from each of the organization’s minor league affiliates:
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