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The first wave of Orioles players hit the free-agency market on Thursday, as Mark Hendrickson, Danys Baez, Melvin Mora and Chad Moeller wasted no time and filed, thus taking care of Baltimore's entire list of pending free agents.

This is the lull before the storm. This is the time when major league front office people tie up loose ends, take a few days off and catch their breath before offseason begins in earnest following the World Series.

Mark Hendrickson has stood on the pitcher's mound in both ballparks and knows the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, which begins Wednesday night, could turn on one pitching mistake.

The Orioles finished the 2009 season 34 games below .500, 39 games back of first place in their division and losers of 13 consecutive games in September.

Everybody used to love Chris . While the Orioles have set forth a "grow the arms, buy the bats" player development philosophy, their young rotation is in need of some experience to help steady the young arms.

New Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos shook up his front office on Friday with a raft of changes to the team's scouting and development departments.

The new approach starts with the next game and should carry over into next year.

Mark Hendrickson won his first start since April, Jeff Fiorentino drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 Saturday night for their third straight victory.

Gabe Kapler, right, is congratulated by teammate Ben Zobrist after his home run in the first inning.

Baltimore spot starter Mark Hendrickson can help the suddenly-surging Orioles avoid a 100-loss season tonight, when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays for the second of three games at Rogers Centre.

It's official: Chris Tillman's rough outing on Sunday was his last of the 2009 season.

They led by three runs and had only nine outs to get to end a 10-game losing streak that added even more heartache to a season that had already been miserable enough.

Jeff Niemann will attempt to improve his credentials in the race for the American League's Rookie of the Year when the Tampa Bay Rays hurler leads his team in tonight's opener of a four-game series with the visiting Baltimore Orioles.

Luke Scott has tried everything from extra video work to new batting stances in an effort to pull out of an extended slump.

Luke Scott has tried everything from extra video to new stances in an effort to pull out of a slump.

Baltimore Orioles' Mark Hendrickson pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto September 22, 2009.

Wade Davis heads into his third Major League start Thursday night with a good one and a bad one under his belt.

I don't have to tell anybody here that it's been a long season, but I can think of a few things that might illustrate the point: The 2009 season has been so long that Felix Pie has had time to go from being the most unpopular position player on the team to being the reason some people think the Orioles should move Rookie of the Year candidate Nolan ...

Full 'pen, barren box score. The Orioles got nine strong innings out of their relief staff in Thursday's series finale against the Rays, but they also came away with nothing out of their offense.

TV/radio: FSN; 620-AM, 680-AM Probable pitchers: Rays : RHP Wade Davis Orioles: LHP Mark Hendrickson Watch for Wading in: Davis makes his third major-league start, having had a dazzling debut against Detroit and a rough follow up in a rain-delayed start in Boston.