Cla Meredith News

Long before Saturday's midnight nontender deadline, the Orioles agreed to pre-arbitration deals with relievers Matt Albers and Cla Meredith on their 2010 contracts but did not offer a contract to Brian Bass, who now becomes a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to terms with pitchers Matt Albers and Cla Meredith on one-year contracts.

If you had told the Orioles that they'd leave the Winter Meetings with the most difficult part of their shopping done, they likely would've been thrilled.

In part twenty-seven of my almost 50 part series "Better Know An Oriole" , I take a look at reliever Cla Meredith THE FIGHTIN' SUBMARINER! The 26 year-old righty spent the last few years coming out of the Padres bullpen before being dealt to the Orioles for Oscar Salazar.

BALTIMOREBaltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 Saturday night for their third straight victory.

Winning pitcher: Wagner . Losing pitcher: Albers . Att: 37,712. Rookie catcher Dusty Brown's first major league at-bat resulted in a double play, but it's an at-bat that won't soon be forgotten.

Scott Feldman shagged fly balls Saturday with the glove he has used all season, the one that umpires forced him to remove a night earlier.

Watch a video of Salazar's meeting with the Editorial Board. Go to MiamiHerald.com and click on Opinion.

Even though Vladimir Guerrero can't sprint around the basepaths the way he used to, the oft-injured slugger never has trouble with his home run trot.

Vladimir Guerrero was scratched from Sunday's lineup, the Angels announced just hours before the game, reportedly due to stiffness in his left leg.

Who will lead the 2010 Orioles in saves? We had great response Thursday on which pitcher would emerge as the Oriolesa ace for 2011, so I figured wea d do something similar again today.

Who will lead the 2010 Orioles in saves? We had great response Thursday on which pitcher would emerge as the Oriolesa ace for 2011, so I figured wea d do something similar again today.

In a year in which little seemingly has gone right for Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie, the enigmatic right-hander posted one of his best outings of the season Wednesday, cruising through seven innings while looking as he did much of 2008.

As Friday's non-waiver Trade Deadline approached, Orioles manager Dave Trembley spoke openly Monday about his players' attitudes toward the possibility that they may not be in a Balimore uniform much longer.

YOU CAN'T be blamed if you weren't thrilled by the Brewers' acquisition of Felipe Lopez, or the Padres' export of the legendary Cla Meredith.

The Padres have already dealt outfielder Scott Hairston and pitcher Cla Meredith in separate moves before the July 31 Trade Deadline.

There might not be a player on the Padres' 25-man active roster who gets more out of pregame batting practice than utilityman Oscar Salazar.

Making his initial start of the second half, Marquis looked very much like the guy who was one of baseball's best before the All-Star break.

The newest member of the Orioles arrived too late to meet the media on Tuesday and almost too late to fill his belly.

Padres second baseman Edgar Gonzalez remained hospitalized Sunday with dizziness after he was he was hit in the head by a 93 mph pitch from the Rockies' Jason Hammel on Saturday night.