The Baltimore Orioles appear to be close to signing second baseman Brian Roberts to a 4 year contract extension.

Roberts, a 2 time All Star, has been the subject of persistent trade rumors over the past few years which first had him heading to Atlanta and more recently the Chicago Cubs. A deal never materialized, however, and Roberts stayed put.

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The Chicago Cubs have reportedly traded once highly heralded outfielder Felix Pie to the Baltimore Orioles for southpaw Garrett Olson and right handed minor leaguer Henry Williamson.

The 24 year old Pie hit just .223 in 130 games in the big leagues and became expendable when the Cubs signed Milton Bradley.

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The Free Agent pool of players got a bit bigger at midnight on Friday when players who were not tendered contract offers from their teams became free agents. I’ve broken the list down by position and as you can see, there are a few surprises here including former Dodgers closer Takashi Saito (2.49 ERA and 18 saves) and Nationals starter Tim Redding (10 wins).

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The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to trade Ryan Freel and two prospects to the Baltimore Orioles for catcher Ramon Hernandez and cash. The O’s are expected to be paying a significant portion of the backstop’s $8 million salary and the deal is awaiting approval from the commissioner’s office since more than $1 million is changing hands.

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Teams have until midnight eastern time tonight to extend offers of arbitration to their free agents and I’ll be updating this page as often as news becomes available about teams’ arbitration actions.

Update

The offers are all in, and according to the AP only 24 players were offered arbitration. The list is as follows:

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Numerous reports out of Baltimore are claiming that the Orioles might be the 3rd team that helps Padres GM Kevin Towers complete his trade of ace Jake Peavy to the Chicago Cubs.

Towers has been seeking to trade his soon to be free agent ace and the Cubs were reportedly the leading candidate. Unfortunately for the Padres, the Cubs don’t have the major league ready talent that they are seeking in return for the 2007 Cy Young award winner.

That, though is where Baltimore enters the picture.

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The Seattle Mariners have recalled hot shot outfielder Adam Jones from his Winter League team in Venezuela. Jones has long been rumored to be the centerpiece of a deal to send left-handed ace Eric Bedard from the Baltimore Orioles to the Mariners.
While Orioles president, Andy McPhail denied reports that an agreement had been reached, Jones [...]

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The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly traded All Star second baseman Brian Roberts to the Chicago Cubs for starting pitcher Sean Marshall, shortstop Ronny Cedeno, and a 22-year old pitching prospect, Sean Gallagher. This according to the OriolesHangout.com website which obtained the news “through several sources.”
The deal had long been rumored in different variations but there [...]

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ESPN is reporting that the Baltimore Orioles have traded star short stop Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for a huge haul of 5 players! In return for their offensive leader, the O’s reportedly receive “Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third-base prospect Michael Costanzo.” Tejada had been wanting out [...]

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The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the Cincinnati Reds, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Seattle Mariners appear to be the leading candidates to acquire left handed ace, Erik Bedard. The article also mentions that talks haven’t really died down much since the GM’s left the Winter Meetings at Nashville but that no deal is [...]

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