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    Matt Wieters Accepts Qualifying Offer

    Orioles catcher Matt Wieters will accept the one-year, $15.8MM qualifying offer, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (via Twitter). Wieters accepting the offer comes as a surprise on multiple fronts. He’s the clear top catcher on this year’s free-agent market despite coming off an injury-riddled...
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    Orioles To Designate Travis Snider

    The Orioles will designate outfielder Travis Snider for assignment, Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun tweets. He’ll lose his roster spot to make way for the just-acquired Gerardo Parra.
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    Tommy Hunter to Cubs

    Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Cubs have acquired Tommy Hunter in exchange for Junior Lake. Hunter, who is a free agent after the season, holds a 3.63 ERA with 32 strikeouts over 44 2/3 relief innings this season. He'll help out the Cubs in a middle relief role. Lake is in...
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    Orioles To Acquire Gerardo Parra for Zach Davies

    The Orioles have agreed to acquire Brewers outfielder Gerardo Parra, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun (via Twitter). Prospect Zach Davies will go to Milwaukee in return. The deal is done pending medical evaluations. Milwaukee drew fairly wide interest in Parra, though other teams...
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    Buyers? Sellers? Trade Deadline Thread.

    As of July 14 standings are; New York Yankees 48 40 .545 Tampa Bay Rays 46 45 .505 3.5 Baltimore Orioles 44 44 .500 4 Toronto Blue Jays 45 46 .495 4.5 Boston Red Sox 42 47 .472 6.5 Top players that we could sell; Wei-Yin Chen (free agent) 2.78era 4-5 110 Innings Matt Wieters (free agent)...
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    O's Shopping for Pitching?

    Orioles executive VP of baseball operations Dan Duquette said today that the club is once again looking to add arms at the deadline, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports (Twitter links). “Our pitching we’re looking to upgrade for sure,” said Duquette. He indicated that the club could be...
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    O's place Gonzalez on DL, recall Wright

    BALTIMORE -- The Orioles placed Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day disabled list Thursday and recalled Mike Wright from Triple-A Norfolk. Gonzalez, who is 5-4 with a 3.33 ERA in 12 starts this season, has a strained right groin.
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    O's send a pair of 2014-15 international bonus slots to the Astros

    The Orioles have announced a deal that will send a pair of 2014-15 international bonus slots to the Astros. Baltimore will pick up left-hander Chris Lee in return. Houston will pick up the 46th and 76th overall slots, per Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle (via Twitter). That delivers...
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    Roster Moves

    Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com looks at a number of Orioles-related topics in his latest notebook. Kubatko notes that GM Dan Duquette told his colleague, MASN’s Steve Melewski, that there’s a “distinct possibility” that the team will select Chris Parmelee‘s contract from Triple-A, though as...
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    Orioles, Pirates Closing In On Travis Snider Trade

    5:06pm: The Orioles are attempting to acquire Snider for “less” than two minor leaguers at present, tweets Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com. 4:47pm: Connolly adds, via Twitter, that the two sides could be closing in on a deal, and a trade could be agreed upon within the next day. 4:42pm: The...
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    O’s Expected To Make Qualifying Offer To Cruz, Decline Markakis’ Option

    The Orioles are planning on making a qualifying offer to Nelson Cruz and decline their half of a $17.5MM option on Nick Markakis in favor of a $2MM buyout, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The Cruz decision has been evident for quite some time, given the slugger’s MLB-leading 40 homers...
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    Nolan Reimold DFA by Jays

    Blue Jays Designate Nolan Reimold For Assignment By Steve Adams [August 26, 2014 at 10:28am CDT] 10:28am: The Blue Jays have officially announced the moves, via press release. 10:00am: The Blue Jays have designated Nolan Reimold for assignment, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com tweeted this...
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    Balfour Loses Closing Job

    The Tampa Bay Rays will go with a closer-by-committee approach to replace struggling right-hander Grant Balfour in the role, manager Joe Maddon said Monday. Balfour entered Monday 0-2 with a 6.46 ERA in 24 games and had nine saves in 11 opportunities. He has walked 20 batters in 23 2/3...
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    O's to sign Nelson Cruz

    Nelson Cruz and the Orioles have agreed to terms on a one-year contract, Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes reports. The deal is for one-year and a base salary of $8MM, plus $750K in incentives, obviously a very disappointing outcome for a player who declined a $14.1MM qualifying offer from the...
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