Hello, friends. There are now 119 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. Probably nothing is going to happen on this particular day, Thanksgiving, in the United States. Or at least I’m going to take it quite personally if Mike Elias or anyone connected with the Orioles makes any kind of news today. I’ve got people to see and turkey to eat.

Baseball did deliver some big news last night, though. If you haven’t heard already, the Jays are signing one of the top free agent starting pitchers available, Dylan Cease, to a seven-year, $210 million contract. Deferrals in the contract, according to reporting by The Athletic, reduce the present day value to about $182 million, which is just about what had been projected for Cease to get.

The Orioles presumably could have beaten this bid, if

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