The Latest Breaking News from Mike Elias

Orioles fans — and fans of every other rebuilding team — need to embrace ‘The Process’

Don't get mad when your team takes the right approach ... by losing.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 4, 2022

Twins get All-Star closer Jorge Lopez from Orioles for four minor-leaguers

MINNEAPOLIS — As most baseball players would be around 9 a.m. the day of a night game, Jorge Lopez was sleeping when his phone ringing woke him.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

Adley Rutschman has 3 hits to help Orioles beat Rangers, 7-2, in first game after Trey Mancini trade

ARLINGTON, Texas — As the Orioles looked ahead to what the coming weeks might hold for them after Trey Mancini was traded to the Houston Astros, many noted it created an opportunity for others to step up.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

Orioles reset: Why Baltimore hasn’t drafted pitching recently — and why that ‘maybe’ will change this year

There’s a bevy of speculation surrounding what the Orioles will do with the first pick of next month’s amateur draft, with various mocks linking them to as many as five prospects. But it’s near-certain whoever they take won’t be a pitcher.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Orioles GM Mike Elias says Angelos family lawsuit won’t ‘have any impact’ on team’s on-field plans

BALTIMORE — When Mike Elias was first introduced as the Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager in November 2018, he sat between brothers John and Louis Angelos as he promised to bring an “elite talent pipeline” to Baltimore. Now, that process again finds itself in the middle of the…

Tribune News Service · Jun 18, 2022

Dean Kremer returns but Orioles go 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position in 3-2 defeat to Guardians to lose series

BALTIMORE — There couldn’t have been a more ideal place in the batting order for the Orioles to find themselves in. There were so few chances to be had, but Baltimore had the right players at the plate for both opportunities.

Tribune News Service · Jun 5, 2022

Orioles top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez diagnosed with a lat muscle strain: ‘The timing of this stinks’

BALTIMORE — Grayson Rodriguez, the Orioles’ top pitching prospect, has been diagnosed with a lat muscle strain, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias announced Thursday after Rodriguez underwent an MRI in Baltimore.

Tribune News Service · Jun 3, 2022

Bill Madden: Time to sell! The 5 worst owners in baseball.

NEW YORK — Now that we don’t have the Wilpons to kick around anymore, for the first time in a long time New York baseball fans can be thankful for two of the most committed owners in the sport in Steve Cohen and Hal Steinbrenner. If only this was the…

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

Orioles’ Matt Harvey suspended 60 games for drug distribution following testimony in Tyler Skaggs-Eric Kay trial

BALTIMORE — Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has been suspended 60 games without pay for violating the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Orioles ace John Means undergoes Tommy John surgery, once rare but now seen in one-third of MLB pitchers

Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery was once so rare that when the procedure’s namesake had it in 1974, many believed he’d never pitch again. Now, it’s so common that one doctor has performed three such surgeries on Major League Baseball pitchers in the past two weeks.

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022