There are now 47 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. We\u2019re now at one month to go until all pitchers and catchers are required to report to Sarasota for spring training. WBC participants of pitchers and catchers will be two days sooner than that.<\/p>\n
One thing changed in the baseball world over the weekend: On Saturday night, the Cubs reportedly signed free agent infielder Alex Bregman to a five-year contract that will pay him $175 million. That doesn\u2019t change very much about anything to do with the Orioles. They would not have been on this market and Bregman hasn\u2019t gone to one of their rivals.<\/p>\n
The starting pitching market is where it has been for more than a week now. Ranger Su\u00e1rez and Framber Valdez are still out there. Freddy Peralta, often mentioned as a trade candidate, is still a Brewer. In a survey here last week<\/a>, an overwhelming majority of Orioles fans said they expect another starting pitching this offseason. Time is getting shorter, but until these guys sign there is at least the possibility of a big addition. I wouldn\u2019t say no to another reliever getting signed for the back-end mix. Will Mike Elias see these needs the same way?<\/p>\n In Orioles-connected things, if you missed it a few days ago, the team announced the return of the Birdland Caravan from January 22-24<\/a>. Many of the limited ticket events are already sold out but there are a number of open events across the three days throughout the area and maybe one of them is coming near enough to you that you\u2019d want to go check it out.<\/p>\n More related to the roster, recently Gunnar Henderson told the Orioles Hot Stove Season radio show that he played through a shoulder impingement much of last year.<\/a> Maybe that\u2019s why he only hit 17 homers. One can hope that has been dealt with heading into 2026, but who knows. I spent last offseason convinced that Adley Rutschman would help up from whatever was ailing him at the end of the 2024 season and have a great 2025 at the plate. It didn\u2019t work out that way.<\/p>\n Orioles stuff you might have missed<\/p>\n