{"id":644382,"date":"2026-03-26T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/644382\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:29:16","slug":"orioles-news-its-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/644382\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles news: It\u2019s Opening Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Camden Chatters.<\/p>\n

Does it feel like the air is a little bit sweeter today? That there\u2019s an extra pep in your step? Of course it does. Because IT\u2019S OPENING DAY, y\u2019all!<\/p>\n

The 2026 Orioles season has arrived at last. This afternoon a huge, raucous crowd of O\u2019s fans will converge at the newly renovated Camden Yards to welcome a new-look \u2014 and hopefully vastly improved \u2014 Orioles team.<\/p>\n

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Prize offseason signing Pete Alonso will debut in the orange and black and, with any luck, will sock a dinger or two. Surprise 2025 breakout hurler Trevor Rogers, who last year at this time was an injured afterthought, will take the mound for the Opening Day assignment. Rookie slugger Samuel Basallo and six other Orioles will be experiencing Opening Day for the first time. And rookie skipper Craig Albernaz will manage his first major league game that counts. Of course, plenty of familiar faces will be there too, as Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, and other fan favorites will hope to lead a bounceback from that dud of a 2025 season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be fun times at Oriole Park today. The pre-game introductions begin at 2:30, with first pitch scheduled for 3:05. The weather is supposed to be beautiful \u2014 a high of 77 degrees around game time and no rain in the forecast. For my money, Opening Day is the best holiday of the year. Don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n

So how are you feeling about the season to come, Camden Chatters? Are you excited to see how it all plays out, or do you have an uneasy feeling in your stomach? Feel free to give your predictions for the season<\/a>, and while you\u2019re at it, let us know your thoughts about the Orioles\u2019 Opening Day roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For better or worse, we\u2019ve got 162 games ahead of us, folks. It all starts today.<\/p>\n

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Links<\/p>\n

Opening Day FAQ: Twins vs. Orioles (Thurs., 3 p.m. ET) \u2013 MLB.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the Orioles\u2019 opener. The biggest question, of course, is: will Tyler O\u2019Neill hit another Opening Day homer? It\u2019s kind of his thing.<\/p>\n

Get sprayed by the new Ravens head coach, and more opening day festivities \u2013 The Baltimore Banner<\/a><\/p>\n

Albernaz isn\u2019t the only new head coach in Baltimore who will be on site today, as Jesse Minter will serve as guest splasher in the second inning. I like this guy already.<\/p>\n

Orioles Opening Day workout notes on Nunez and Jackson making the club, Su\u00e1rez staying in organization, Beavers avoiding IL and more \u2013 School of Roch<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anthony Nunez definitely qualifies as the most surprising inclusion in the Opening Day bullpen, considering he was sent to the minors two weeks ago. Not to mention that he was an infielder two years ago.<\/p>\n

All-new Truist Club, redesigned club level, massive video board and new sound system highlight what\u2019s new at Camden Yards \u2013 Steve Melewski<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard not to be excited about the upgrades to the ballpark. Look at that scoreboard!<\/p>\n

2026 MLB season predictions: Forecasting the division races and postseason results \u2013 The Athletic<\/a><\/p>\n

Keith Law not only picks the Orioles to grab the top wild card spot, but even has them winning a postseason series. I did not expect Keith Law to be the pie-in-the-sky Orioles optimist, but here we are.<\/p>\n

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Orioles birthdays and history<\/p>\n

Is today your birthday? Happy birthday! And happy 26th to Jeremiah Jackson, who got a wonderful birthday gift by making the first Opening Day roster of his career. He\u2019ll be a bench guy, likely making starts at second and third and perhaps occasionally in the outfield, and hopefully swinging the bat as well as he did last year. Former Orioles born on March 26 include outfielders Jes\u00fas Tav\u00e1rez (55) and Jarvis Brown (59), right-hander Mickey Weston (65), and lefty Dan Morogiello (71).<\/p>\n

On this date in 1979, the Orioles released catcher Elrod Hendricks, who had spent a decade playing with the Birds over three different stints. The O\u2019s brought Hendricks back that September to get one final MLB at-bat, but it was far from the end of his time in Baltimore. He became the Orioles\u2019 bullpen coach and served in that role for 28 years, making him the longest tenured coach in O\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

And on this day two years ago, the O\u2019s made a last-minute signing of veteran second baseman Tony Kemp to complete their Opening Day roster. Giving $1 million to Kemp was a curious decision at the time, made even more so by the fact that he lasted only five games in Baltimore before the O\u2019s released him to make room for Jackson Holliday. It was the end of Kemp\u2019s nine-year MLB career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Camden Chatters. Does it feel like the air is a little bit sweeter today? That there\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374],"tags":[1079,14169,143,47,2538,5,48,82482,916,1514,13459,4,1406,4377,125,74,7326,1362,11510,9009],"class_list":["post-644382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-orioles","tag-adley-rutschman","tag-anthony-nunez","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimoreorioles","tag-baseball","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-camden-chatters","tag-gunnar-henderson","tag-jackson-holliday","tag-jeremiah-jackson","tag-mlb","tag-opening-day","tag-oriole-park-at-camden-yards","tag-orioles","tag-pete-alonso","tag-samuel-basallo","tag-the-orioles","tag-tony-kemp","tag-trevor-rogers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116295248677201236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}