Happy Friday, folks. Our long, baseball-less drought is nearly over and we can now shift to more important things, like who will be the Opening Day LOOGY and who will be this Spring's Jake Fox.

Quick Britton update " Britt's Bird Watch "Orioles lefty Zach Britton threw between 30-40 pitches with no pain on Thursday..."

Steve Melewski: Can biomechanical analysis help the Orioles reduce pitching injuries? "During the first week of camp, [the Orioles] will likely put more than 30 pitchers through biomechanical analysis..."

Contract Extension Comps for Adam Jones | FanGraphs Baseball Recommendation: Markakis/Alex Rios hybrid type of deal

PressBox: Original Orioles Could Give Today's Edition Some Hints One hopes for something north of 1954 badness, but then...

On this day in 2003, Steve Bechler died of a heat stroke reportedly tied to ephedra use.

It's the birthday of Dick Bosman, Mike Hart, Allan Wiggins and Scott Williamson.

Orioles official: 'Absolutely no truth' to rumors that Angelos considering sale of club - herald-mail.com
Shame.

Major League Baseball to void Orioles' contract with Korean prospect | orioles.com
Even with Dan Duquette's heartfelt apology? Harsh, MLB.

Zach Britton Still Injured, O’s Revamping Pitching Philosophy | FanGraphs Baseball
Are the Orioles victims of bad luck, or bad development? Will the new hires of Rick Peterson and Chris Correnti help them turn things around?

Camden Depot: Cup of jO's - Orioles 4S Velocities
Another chart! Oh, Brian Matusz.

Steve Melewski: Orioles release Clay Rapada
Farewell to the craziest looking dude to play for the Orioles.

School of Roch: Showalter says Andino "front-runner" for second base job
In case you didn't see it in yesterday's open thread, Andino impressed enough last year to woo Buck to his side.

The Doctor is in...now can we go ahead and get on with Spring Training?

Orioles avoid arbitration w. Jones " Britt's Bird Watch More Adam Jones reaction.

Baltimore Orioles: Delivering on our promises to Sarasota | HeraldTribune.com The Birds make nice with the locals.

The State of the Orioles With Spring Training Coming | February In case you haven't been following along this offseason, here's a little reality check.

PressBox: Grading Dan Duquette's First Orioles Offseason The guys at Press Box do a little point counterpoint. I know which side most folks around here take. Anyone want to defend Stan the Fan on this one?

It's the birthday of Chuck Estrada and Luis Mercedes.

From the Baltimore Orioles:

The Orioles today announced that they have agreed to terms with CF Adam Jones on a one-year contract, thus avoiding arbitration.

Jones, 26, batted .280/.319/.466 in 2011 for the Orioles, setting career-highs in games (151), doubles (26), home runs (25), RBI (83), stolen bases (12) and total bases (264) on his way to being named Most Valuable Oriole.

Dan Connolly tweets that the deal is for $6.15M with up to $50K in incentives.

On the day for lovers, what better way to celebrate our love for a team that hates us with a podcast? That's what Andrew and I decided, so we recorded one last night to have ready for today. It's been a reasonably eventful time in the month since we were with you last, with a variety of shenanigans ranging from not signing Yoenis Cespedes to getting their scouts banned from South Korean baseball games. Also, there was the will-they-won't-they Manny Ramirez drama and the Jeremy Guthrie trade. Mixed in with all of this is some of us waxing nostalgic about the Orioles thanks to CamdenYards20, the Orioles' official website for the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards.

You can keep tabs on Camdencast if you subscribe on iTunes or with our XML link through any other program of your choice.

As a bonus, if you want to listen to this podcast in this very browser window, you can hit the jump and press play and you will be rolling.

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Orioles would eat Kevin Gregg’s salary to make him go away | HardballTalk
Stat that makes me want to punch the Orioles: In fact [Gregg's] 4.07 ERA is the second-highest among all active pitchers with at least 100 career saves ahead of only Danys Baez (4.25)

Vladimir Guerrero wants to DH for Yankees | Scoop Du Jour - Yahoo! Sports
And I want a billion dollars!

Steve Melewski: From Albuquerque to the AL East: Can Eveland make the leap?
I'm gonna say no. Hope I'm wrong, though.

Amber Theoharis: Prospects find new outlet in social media
Amber's thoughts on the Twitter, with a little bit of Bryce Harper bashing thrown in.

Orioles and Jones have had prelim extension talks - baltimoresun.com
Doesn't really sound like they've had much discussion. Jones will go to arbitration if they don't get a deal done by Friday. Just give him $6.2M and call it a day, Duquette.

This Week in Chat: 2/13/2011 | Dempsey's Army
DA searches the chats for O's content so that you don't have to.

Camden Depot: Jorge Arangure Jr. on the Orioles' International Effort
Comments on the O's efforts in Latin America and Asia.

Here's hoping everyone had a nice weekend.

Orioles considered darkhorse for Yoenis Cespedes | HardballTalk Lying in the weeds!

School of Roch: Late-inning intrigue (updated) No Strop, no hope.

Up in arms: 11 Orioles pitchers to vie for five starting spots - Carroll County Times: Orioles Note our friends in Carroll County have moved to a Sun-style subscription format.

Camden Depot: An Interview with Yoo Jee-ho About the Orioles and South Korea More local color on the Kim dust up.

It's the birthday of Jim Brideweser, Todd Williams and Howie Clark