Sucre's arrival, Karns update, Davis' start and more (O's down 4-0)

Sucre's arrival, Karns update, Davis' start and more (O's down 4-0)
SARASOTA, Fla. - Catcher Jesús Sucre arrived in the Miami late last night, according to Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, and he's expected in camp today. Sucre finally got his work visa and left Venezuela. Hyde estimated that the veteran might need less than a week of workouts before he's ready to play. "I'm going to ask him what he's been doing," Hyde said. "I don't even know really, to be honest with you, how much game stuff he's been doing. But I think realistically four or five...
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Notes on Sucre and Bleier before today's game

Notes on Sucre and Bleier before today's game
SARASOTA, Fla. - Catcher Jesús Sucre hasn't reported to Orioles camp, but his locker is back. Set up in the same spot before his nameplate disappeared and Cael Brockmeyer arrived from Twin Lakes Park. Sucre has been detained in Venezuela while trying to obtain his work visa. Manager Brandon Hyde's latest update this week included how the paperwork almost was finalized. The Orioles inked Sucre, 30, to a minor league deal on Feb. 1 and invited him to spring training, the idea to toss him...
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Orioles split-squad lineups

Orioles split-squad lineups
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles have posted lineups this morning for both split-squad games, including the afternoon matchup with the Rays in Sarasota that features Alex Cobb's spring debut. Cedric Mullins is leading off and playing center field. Chris Davis is batting third and Trey Mancini is the cleanup hitter and designated hitter. Chance Sisco, with three home runs and eight RBIs, is catching. Stevie Wilkerson is on the move again, starting at second base. For the Orioles Cedric Mullins CF...
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Hunter Harvey coming out of the bullpen again today

Hunter Harvey coming out of the bullpen again today
SARASOTA, Fla. - Alex Cobb makes his first spring training start this afternoon in a split-squad game against the Rays, his former team, at Ed Smith Stadium. Meanwhile, Hunter Harvey will come out of the bullpen again and work one inning, just as he did Monday versus the Twins in Fort Myers. A full schedule hasn't been laid out for Harvey. He's told the date he's pitching and the number of innings. What happens beyond it is unveiled later by manager Brandon Hyde. "He just lets me know the...
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Wrapping up a 5-5 tie

Wrapping up a 5-5 tie
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The competition for the starting job in right field is intensifying with impressive showings from Joey Rickard and Yusniel Diaz. Rickard went 2-for-3 today with a triple, RBI single and run scored. The former Rule 5 pick also stole his first base of the spring and is 4-for-8. Diaz, part of the return from the Dodgers in the Manny Machado trade and the No. 1 prospect in the organization, went 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. He's hitting .500 with seven hits...
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Bundy on his debut and game update (game ends in 5-5 tie)

Bundy on his debut and game update (game ends in 5-5 tie)
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Dylan Bundy can joke about his poor spring debuts. With his new manager, Brandon Hyde, and anyone else within earshot. He didn't add to his legacy today, allowing one run over two innings against the Phillies at Spectrum Field. Bundy surrendered four hits, but the damage was minimal. The Phillies loaded the bases with no outs in the second and settled for the one run on Austin Listi's sacrifice fly. "You don't want that to happen during the season, so yeah, get them out...
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O's hire Kevin Brown as radio play-by-play announcer (O's up 5-2)

O's hire Kevin Brown as radio play-by-play announcer (O's up 5-2)
SARASOTA, Fla. - ESPN broadcaster Kevin Brown is joining the Orioles Radio Network in 2019, serving as a play-by-play announcer for about 50 games this season. Brown's hiring comes on the heels of Joe Angel's retirement after 19 seasons as the radio play-by-play voice of the Orioles. Angel spent more than four decades calling major league games, including two World Series, 44 postseason games and seven no-hitters. Brown currently serves as a play-by-play commentator on ESPN's coverage of...
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Karns scratched due to sore right arm

Karns scratched due to sore right arm
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Orioles scratched Nate Karns from Friday night's start in Tampa due to "general arm soreness," according to manager Brandon Hyde. Left-hander John Means is taking Karns' spot and will face the Yankees in a split-squad game. Alex Cobb pitches the day game against the Rays in Sarasota. "We want to be careful with it," Hyde said. "Just going to push him back a couple days, maybe throw a side instead on Sunday and then kind of go back on his routine from there. But...
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Means now listed as Friday night's starter in Tampa

Means now listed as Friday night's starter in Tampa
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Orioles have adjusted their spring starters this week, listing left-hander John Means to start Friday night's split-squad game against the Yankees in Tampa. Nate Karns had been the listed starter, with Alex Cobb pitching in the day game against the Rays at Ed Smith Stadium. However, Karns no longer is slated to face the Yankees. Mike Wright is starting Saturday against the Red Sox in Fort Myers. No starters are listed for Sunday against the Tigers in Sarasota or Monday...
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Orioles lineup vs. Phillies

Orioles lineup vs. Phillies
SARASOTA, Fla. - Dylan Bundy makes his first spring start today as the Orioles return to the road to play the Phillies in Clearwater. Austin Hays is leading off and playing center field again. Chris Davis is on the trip and batting third. Yusniel Diaz is batting cleanup and playing right field. Jace Peterson moves to third base. Rule 5 pick Drew Jackson is the designated hitter. Austin Wynns is catching. For the Orioles Austin Hays CF Jonathan Villar 2B Chris Davis 1B Yusniel Diaz RF Joey...
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This, that and the other

This, that and the other
SARASOTA, Fla. - The competition for a spot or two in the back end of the Orioles rotation is ongoing and intriguing given the number of candidates and their varying pedigrees. Manager Brandon Hyde has a long way to go before coming to any conclusions, though he keeps getting asked about it less than a week into the exhibition schedule. "Still really early," Hyde said. "I've been around long enough to know that you can take only so much stock in spring training. I've seen guys have...
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Sisco: "I feel really good up there"

Sisco: "I feel really good up there"
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The two home runs created the loudest sounds and the most buzz. Chance Sisco muscling up again this afternoon, terrorizing two Red Sox pitchers who have been lauded this spring by their manager for their improvement. But Sisco lit up - as much as he's capable with his quiet personality - when asked about the opposite-field single in his final at-bat that scored Rule 5 pick Richie Martin in the Orioles' 7-6 win at jetBlue Park. "I love that," he said. "That's one of the...
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Sisco with two more home runs today (O's win 7-6)

Sisco with two more home runs today (O's win 7-6)
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Spring training statistics can be the great fooler, as so many managers have warned in the past, but Chance Sisco is serious about breaking camp with the Orioles - and the seams on a few baseballs. Sisco has belted a pair of two-run homers today in two at-bats against Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez and reliever Tyler Thornburg, and he slapped an RBI single to left field off Colten Brewer in the fifth to increase the Orioles' lead to 7-4. The RBI total has risen to eight,...
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Notes on rotation, Infante, Sucre, Sisco and defense (tied 4-4)

Notes on rotation, Infante, Sucre, Sisco and defense (tied 4-4)
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Alex Cobb is making his Grapefruit League debut in Friday's split-squad game against the Rays at Ed Smith Stadium. Nate Karns is making his second start in the night portion against the Yankees in Tampa. No way to shield them from a division opponent, especially with the Orioles returning to Fort Myers on Saturday to play the Red Sox. Cobb has been slotted ahead of Andrew Cashner after throwing live batting practice yesterday on Field 2 at the Sarasota complex. Cashner threw...
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Orioles and Red Sox lineups

Orioles and Red Sox lineups
SARASOTA, Fla. - Cedric Mullins is leading off again today as the Orioles return to Fort Myers to play the Red Sox. Eric Young Jr. is in left field and Anthony Santander is in right. Rule 5 pick Richie Martin is starting at shortstop, Chance Sisco is the designated hitter and Jack Reinheimer is playing second base. Rio Ruiz has moved across the diamond and is starting at first base. For the Orioles Cedric Mullins CF Eric Young Jr. LF Renato Núñez 3B Anthony Santander RF Rio Ruiz 1B Richie...
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Orioles announce game ticket sale and promotional schedule

Orioles announce game ticket sale and promotional schedule
SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles individual game tickets go on sale to the general public Friday morning beginning at 10 a.m., which Birdland Members receiving first crack a day earlier at the same time. The club also has released its promotional schedule, highlighted by a Brooks Robinson bobblehead given to the first 25,000 fans 15 and over attending the July 16 game at Camden Yards, and a 30th-year celebration of the 1989 "Why Not?" team with a reunion and T-shirt giveaway on Aug. 9. There's also...
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Reviewing Orioles spring training before today's game

Reviewing Orioles spring training before today's game
SARASOTA, Fla. - Four games into the exhibition schedule, following a couple weeks of workouts, seems like an ample amount of time to build some early impressions of the Orioles. The good and the disappointing. Reactions and overreactions. Chris Davis hit a home run yesterday in his fifth spring training at-bat and it was a tape-measure shot off a breaking ball. It could mean something or nothing, but I recognized that swing from the days when he was scary good in the middle of the...
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Davis on his home run and wrapping up an 11-5 loss

Davis on his home run and wrapping up an 11-5 loss
SARASOTA, Fla. - The first three at-bats ended in strikeouts and the familiar walk back to the dugout. A fresh start for Chris Davis, the latest since signing his franchise-record contract in January 2016, already had taken on a familiar look. A groundout made Davis 0-for-4 in two spring training games, but there was contact. And it would get much louder in the fifth inning when he drove a breaking ball from Tampa Bay's Austin Pruitt over the center field fence and off the scoreboard in the...
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Wright turns in another scoreless outing (O's down 11-4)

Wright turns in another scoreless outing (O's down 11-4)
SARASOTA, Fla. - Dissecting the first two spring outings begins with the basics for Mike Wright. Four innings and no runs allowed. "I like giving up no runs," Wright said this afternoon after shutting out the Rays over two innings. "That's fun." Wright allowed two hits, walked a batter and struck out one. He's surrendered five hits this spring, his first appearance coming Saturday in relief of starter Yefry Ramirez. "A little too many hits and obviously the walk today," he said....
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Hyde on the rotation, Wright and Ruiz

Hyde on the rotation, Wright and Ruiz
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles won't engage in serious discussions about the back end of their rotation for a few more weeks. Whether one starter will hold down the fifth spot breaking camp or if using an "opener" really is a viable alternative. Manager Brandon Hyde and executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias will swap opinions while poring over the roster. Elias already has brought up the possibility of an opener while speaking to the media on the first day of spring...
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