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Orioles prospect Heston Kjerstad missed the team's instructional league after dealing with "an episode of myocarditis," general manager Mike Elias said Friday.

share-square-590988 The Orioles didn’t get to see Heston Kjerstad at their alternate training site or instructional camp last summer after selecting the slugging outfielder No. 2 in the 2020 Draft. On Friday, O’s GM/EVP Mike Elias revealed why. Elias said Kjerstad was sidelined due to “an episode of myocarditis,” a viral infection that causes inflammation of the heart muscle. Elias said Kjerstad is expected to report to Spring Training late due to the condition. “He’s doing really well and we’re going to have him at the camp, but we’re still emerging from the timeline of that,...

The American League East is always one of the most competitive divisions in baseball, and 2021 is shaping up to be no different. With the defending AL champion Rays, the perennially contending Yankees and the ascendant Blue Jays, three playoff teams return to the division alongside the new-look Red Sox

In the latest of a series of moves that have reshaped their roster and furthered their rebuilding goals, the Orioles on Tuesday evening finalized a trade to send Alex Cobb to the Angels in a complicated deal that yielded one big league-ready prospect and significant payroll relief. The Orioles received

share-square-393477 The Orioles might have filled the Alex Cobb-sized hole in their rotation before it even opened. Baltimore is bringing back veteran left-hander Wade LeBlanc on a Minor League contract, which the club officially announced Wednesday night. Sources told MLB.com the deal includes an invitation to Spring Training and it will pay LeBlanc $700,000 if he makes the team out of camp. MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi reported the two sides had agreed to a deal minutes before the club finalized its trade of Alex Cobb to the Angels for Jamhai Jones on Tuesday night. A veteran of 12 big league ...