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World Champions 1983, 1970, 1966 American League Champions 1983, 1979, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1966 American League East Division Champions 2014, 1997, 1983, 1979, 1974, 1973, 1971, 1970, 1969 American League Wild Card 2016, 2012, 1996 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Columns: Inside the CBA: Altered rules for expanded rosters in September being examined The Sun 10/26 Orioles' Mark Trumbo named Sporting News American League Comeback Player of the Year The Sun 10/25 Inside the CBA: Orioles would benefit from international draft, but proposal has obstacles The Sun 10/25 Orioles' Trumbo honored by Sporting News MLB.com 10/25 Early thoughts on spring training MASNsports.com 10/26 Trumbo receives AL award from Sporting News MASNsports.com 10/25 Are the Orioles looking at an active winter? MASNsports.com 10/26 MLB Rumor Central: How does Trey Mancini fit in Orioles' lineup? ESPN.com 10/25 The Orioles Need To Sign Chris Tillman To An Extension CSN Mid-Atlantic 10/26 Big Home Run Season Earns Comeback Player Award For Trumbo CSN Mid-Atlantic 10/25 Mark Trumbo Named AL Comeback Player Of The Year CBS Baltimore 10/25 Myriad O’s Thoughts: Trumbo’s season; Miller trade; World Series supremacy BaltimoreBaseball.com 10/26 http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-inside-the-cba-orioles-expanded-rosters- 20161025-story.html Inside the CBA: Altered rules for expanded rosters in September being examined By Eduardo A. Encina / The Baltimore Sun October 26, 2016 With the arguments against expanded rosters getting louder every year, the future of September baseball could change in the next collective bargaining agreement. It’s not necessarily the most important topic in negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players union, but it is definitely a topic on the table as the sides attempt to iron out a new CBA with the current agreement expiring in December. On Sept. 1, teams can expand their 25-man rosters up to the 40 players on the organizational 40- man roster. While the premise of expanded rosters has its merits, like giving teams the opportunity to give prospects a taste of the big league stage once the minor league season ends, it has created a different strategy component to the final month of the regular season because more players means managers have the ability to match up to a nauseating degree. When asked about expanded rosters during the American League wild-card game in Toronto earlier this month, commissioner Rob Manfred said amending September rosters might be a good idea. “September call-ups were a noncontroversial item for many, many years,” Manfred said. “I think the controversy has arisen because of the changes that have taken place in the game and the way the game’s played, particularly the use of so many relievers, so many matchups, has made the presence of the extra players so much more visible. “I do think it would make sense to get a situation where we played our September games closer to the rules that we play with the rest of the year. … I don’t think 18 pitchers in a game is a good thing.” Orioles manager Buck Showalter has been a major proponent for changing the current system. He often says that the baseball season is divided into four distinct parts – spring training, the regular season from April to August, September baseball and the postseason. This year, he used an early September game against the New York Yankees as an example. On Sept. 2, the Yankees used six pitchers over eight innings in an 8-0 Orioles win at Camden Yards. With only 25 players available, having to use that many pitchers would be devastating to a team for the remainder of a three-game series. But since expanded rosters allow teams to stockpile relievers, it doesn’t matter. Showalter argued after that game that that shouldn’t be the way the game is played in September, when playoff spots are on the line. The Orioles needed every one of their 16 September wins to qualify for the postseason. Showalter has also made his solution well-known. He is an advocate for teams designating 25 eligible players before the beginning of each series with one caveat. If a player is injured, he would be able to be replaced on the team’s roster of eligible players if his injury meets the standards of a doctor designated by MLB. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said that he would like to see teams designate 30 players before every game. The players union would have to agree to any changes to expanded rosters, and its concern would lie in maintaining that September call-ups still receive valuable service time, which dictate when players reach significant milestone paydays through the arbitration process and ultimately free agency after six years of service time. Showalter has said repeatedly that that shouldn’t be an issue. He said players should still get their service time in September, but rosters in the regular season’s final month should be consistent with the rest of the season. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-mark-trumbo-named-sporting- news-american-league-comeback-player-of-the-year-20161025-story.html Orioles' Mark Trumbo named Sporting News American League Comeback Player of the Year By Eduardo A. Encina / The Baltimore Sun October 25, 2016 The best season of Mark Trumbo’s major league career netted the Orioles outfielder this year’s Sporting News American League Comeback Player of the Year, the publication announced Tuesday. Trumbo, who was acquired last offseason in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for backup catcher Steve Clevenger, led the majors with a career-high 47 homers. His season also included his second trip to the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby, and ended with playing in the postseason for the first time in his career. Trumbo, a pending free agent, was selected in a vote of 174 American League players, edging Texas Rangers outfielder Ian Desmond by just one vote, 40-39. Boston Red Sox right- hander Rick Porcello finished third with 28 votes, while Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano and Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish tied for fourth with 13 votes each. Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman, who posted a team-high 16 wins this season, received four votes for the award, placing seventh. Trumbo is the third Orioles player to receive the award, which has been given out by Sporting News annually since 1965. First baseman Boog Powell won the award in 1966, when he hit .287/.372/.532 with 34 homers and 109 RBIs in the Orioles’ first World Series title season. Right-hander Rick Sutcliffe won in 1992 at age 36 after going 16-15 with a 4.47 ERA in 237 1/3 innings. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-inside-the-cba-orioles-would-benefit-from- international-draft-but-proposal-has-its-obstacles-20161025-story.html Inside the CBA: Orioles would benefit from international draft, but proposal has obstacles By Eduardo A. Encina / The Baltimore Sun October 25, 2016 The implementation of an international draft is one of the most interesting – and complex – items being discussed as a new collective bargaining agreement is negotiated. When the current CBA, which expires in December, went into effect before the 2012 season, international bonus pools were created in an effort to dissuade big-market teams from spending incredible amounts of money in the international market. The system was designed to level the playing field because teams that went over their bonus pool limit had to pay a 100 percent tax on their spending. But the system didn’t do much to curb the spending, especially as an increase in talented and highly desired Cuban players entered the international free-agent market. Several teams were more than willing to spend over their limits as well as take on the added taxes. An international draft would be another attempt to level the playing field when it comes to acquiring talent outside the United States and Puerto Rico. According to an ESPN report, Major League Baseball is proposing creating a 10-round international draft that would take place over two days in March starting in 2018. Currently, international players can be signed as young as 16 years old, but by 2021 the minimum age to be drafted would increase to 18. Bonuses in the new international draft would reportedly be similar to the draft bonus slots in the current amateur draft, with the highest picks receiving the top bonus slots. For the Orioles, who ranked last among MLB’s 30 teams in international spending this past signing season, an international draft would create more parity but would force the organization to make an added financial investment in the international market. However, unlike the amateur draft, where unsigned players have opportunities to return to college, that’s not the case for international players if they choose to go unsigned. They would be forced to wait a year to be drafted again. But given how many teams have exceeded their international bonus pools since 2012 – Baseball America reported it was 18 teams and is a mix of both big-market clubs like the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers as well as low-market clubs like the Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics – the current system is definitely in need of adjustments. In the last international signing period, the Dodgers paid nearly $46 million in penalty tax to sign 13 international players, including a pair of Cuban players who netted bonuses of about $15 million and $6 million.