{"id":315023,"date":"2025-11-29T20:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/315023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:38:08","slug":"baltimore-orioles-ryan-helsley-reach-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/315023\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles, Ryan Helsley reach two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Baltimore Orioles and closer Ryan Helsley have reached a two-year deal, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The contract carries an opt-out after the first year, reports Passan.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Closer Ryan Helsley and the Baltimore Orioles are in agreement on a two-year contract with an opt-out after the first season, pending physical, sources tell ESPN. Helsley, who fielded interest from teams to convert to a starter, will be the ninth-inning option for Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1994863699903860926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Passan also notes that Helsley fielded interest this off-season from teams open to turning him into a starter, but he is expected to remain in the ninth-inning role he\u2019s held the last several seasons with the O\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Helsley, 31, had an up-and-down 2025, going from the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets at the trade deadline. Helsley had a 3.00 ERA with 21 saves for the Cardinals in 36 appearances, but turned in a 7.20 ERA in 22 games with the Mets down the stretch of the season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He spent his previous six seasons in St. Louis and led the National League in saves in 2024 with 49.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A native of Tahlequah, Okla., Helsley has a 2.96 career ERA in 297 regular-season games spread out over seven MLB seasons.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Orioles and closer Ryan Helsley have reached a two-year deal, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[712,121271,49,48,462,140328,82],"class_list":["post-315023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-apple-news","tag-baltimore-orioles-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-225","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-ryan-helsley-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-874172","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}