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Reviewing the roster during the shutdown

Reviewing the roster during the shutdown
The Orioles would have been making the short drive to Bradenton today for a game against the Pirates if spring training had proceeded without interruption. The trip back always takes twice as long because of the traffic, but it's still the easiest one. Many of the competitions are unsettled while baseball takes a long break, but shortstop is set. José Iglesias has the position locked down after signing a one-year deal with an option for 2021. He still holds the key. Iglesias came across as...
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Learning more about Orioles before spring training ended

Learning more about Orioles before spring training ended
The Orioles would have been traveling to Fort Myers today for a game against the Twins if spring training had proceeded without interruption. They tried it last Thursday and didn't get a mile from the complex before the buses pulled back into it. Four left turns and they were exactly where they started. A pretty good hint that Major League Baseball was shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. It won't attempt to start the regular season before the middle of May. No one would be floored...
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Orioles facing longer wait for opening day

Orioles facing longer wait for opening day
Opening day has been pushed back again. Major League Baseball, maintaining a dialogue with health officials and the Players Association, has determined that it should follow the guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks. The initial decision to move back opening day at least two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic would have put the Orioles' first game on April 9, but that's no longer...
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Learning about the Orioles before spring training ended

Learning about the Orioles before spring training ended
The Orioles would have been hosting the split-squad Nationals this afternoon if spring training had proceeded without interruption. More roster cuts would have been made in order to get closer to 26. To at least get out of the 50s, which I'd love to do. Instead, players are returning home or waiting for the next directive. Workouts turned informal and then became discouraged. Trying to stay unified is admirable, but no longer seems practical. At least in large groups. Owners are clinging to...
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Williams exhibiting patience again while in holding pattern

Williams exhibiting patience again while in holding pattern
Mason Williams had a chance to audition for the Orioles in September until crashing into a wall and injuring his knee. He made it through only 11 games. Williams had an opportunity in spring training to convince the Orioles that he should make the club as an extra outfielder, and perhaps the starter in right until Trey Mancini returns, but exhibition games were stopped and camps closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The importance of baseball competitions and roster decisions shrank as...
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Latest on Orioles' spring fleeing and roster decisions

Latest on Orioles' spring fleeing and roster decisions
SARASOTA, Fla. - Night turns to day and there isn't much clarity to the Orioles' plans moving forward since Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association provided three options for teams on Friday. As it pertains to the Orioles, they can: * Stay in Sarasota for informal workouts* Return home* Head to Baltimore for informal workouts Or can they? Personnel on the minor league side at Twin Lakes Park were told to stay. An email arrived early yesterday morning with those orders, a...
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New version of spring training removes formal workouts

New version of spring training removes formal workouts
SARASOTA, Fla. - Players were told to stay yesterday and then encouraged to leave. Because spring training wasn't going to conclude without making another run at crazy. Teams aren't holding formal workouts, a stunning reversal from where we were led earlier in the day. The benefits of keeping everyone together seemed to crumble before our eyes. Getting ready for the season is a secondary concern in a pandemic. There's no way that opening day is happening on April 9, the earliest date...
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Elias: O's plan is "to keep players, staff members here" (updated)

Elias: O's plan is "to keep players, staff members here" (updated)
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles are remaining at their spring training complexes through the weekend while executives wait for further guidance from public officials and Major League Baseball. Placed on a conference call with local media this afternoon, executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias provided an update on the situation, including how players and staff were kept away from the facility while it underwent a second deep cleaning, and said that no one has been tested for the...
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Orioles still figuring out what's next (updated)

Orioles still figuring out what's next (updated)
SARASOTA, Fla. - We wanted answers and we got them yesterday. But a whole new set is on the table. One step up and two steps back, as Bruce Springsteen sang on the "Tunnel of Love" album. And because I'm a sportswriter, I'm required to quote him. Spring training games won't be played. They're done. But spring training itself won't necessarily stop. The Orioles are going to hold a workout this morning. That's also concrete. But will they do so every day? Update: It wasn't concrete....
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Mancini has malignant tumor removed from colon

Mancini has malignant tumor removed from colon
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles announced this afternoon that outfielder Trey Mancini underwent "successful" surgery earlier today to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. The tumor was discovered last week during a colonoscopy. The team's statement also said lab results and the timetable for his recovery won't be known until next week. "The outpouring of love and support I have received has made an extremely tough week so much better," Mancini, 27, said in the statement. "I have the...
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Davis says Orioles don't know whether they're staying in camp

Davis says Orioles don't know whether they're staying in camp
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles won't be playing any more spring training games due to coronavirus pandemic, but whether they hold workouts at their facility or head back home is one of the issues that's unresolved. Player representative Chris Davis said there isn't much clarity as the team waits for the next set of instructions. "I think a lot of it is up in the air," he said while again sitting outside the media workroom at the allotted six-foot perimeter. "Hopefully, in the next few days,...
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Orioles delaying trip to Fort Myers (spring training suspended)

Orioles delaying trip to Fort Myers (spring training suspended)
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles boarded two charter buses this afternoon that pulled out of the Ed Smith Stadium complex, bound for Fort Myers and tonight's game against the Twins. They were back after a couple of minutes, circling the perimeter and dropping off manager Brandon Hyde, his staff and his players. A few Orioles drove their own vehicles, including Anthony Santander, Chris Davis and Richard Bleier. They were summoned back to Sarasota. Hyde stepped off one of the buses and was on his...
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Orioles lineup vs. Twins (and notes on Cobb and Wilkerson)

Orioles lineup vs. Twins (and notes on Cobb and Wilkerson)
SARASOTA, Fla. - Alex Cobb is throwing his simulated game today on a back field at the Ed Smith Stadium complex, the alternative to having him start tonight against the Twins in Fort Myers. A blister on his pitching hand led to the change in assignments. DJ Stewart, Richie Martin and Renato Núñez are some of the hitters facing Cobb, who's made only one Grapefruit League start but has been throwing simulated games and bullpen sessions to build up innings. The Orioles have two cameras set...
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Bullpen bringing relief to Hyde despite yesterday's issues

Bullpen bringing relief to Hyde despite yesterday's issues
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles are going to be making some tough roster cuts relating to their bullpen. They didn't get any easier yesterday despite the runs allowed in Dunedin. Mychal Givens tried to work through a second inning against the Blue Jays and surrendered a two-run homer to Randal Grichuk after hitting a batter and throwing a wild pitch. He's on the team. Hunter Harvey was scored upon for the first time when he hit a batter and Santiago Espina launched a 96 mph fastball onto the new...
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Eshelman picks bad time for poor start (O's lose 14-2)

Eshelman picks bad time for poor start (O's lose 14-2)
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The auditions for jobs in Orioles camp moved this afternoon to the Blue Jays' newly renovated spring training complex. Thomas Eshelman made another start while trying to convince the Orioles to keep him as a fifth starter or long reliever. Mason Williams led off and played center field, hopeful that he'll head north in a bench role or perhaps as Trey Mancini's replacement in right if needed. Utility candidates Pat Valaika, Stevie Wilkerson and Dilson Herrera landed in the...
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Cobb scratched due to blister on pitching hand

Cobb scratched due to blister on pitching hand
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Alex Cobb hasn't been slowed in camp by the hip and knee surgeries he underwent in June, but a blister on his pitching hand caused manager Brandon Hyde to remove him from Thursday's starting assignment against the Twins in Fort Myers. Hyde said it's a "small, little" blister and Cobb would pitch with it in the regular season. Cobb will be used in a simulated game on the back fields in Sarasota, under a controlled environment, while Bruce Zimmermann makes the start against...
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Hector Velázquez prepping for Orioles debut

Hector Velázquez prepping for Orioles debut
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Hector Velázquez isn't quite set to make his Orioles debut. Maybe it comes over the weekend. The reliever anticipates a second bullpen session before he's cleared to pitch in a game for the Orioles, who claimed him off waivers from the Red Sox earlier this week. He's waiting for manager Brandon Hyde to give him more information. "I think that I'm going to need to throw one more bullpen," he said through interpreter Ramón Alarcón. "After that, the manager is going...
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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays
SARASOTA, Fla. - Mason Williams is leading off and playing center field as the Orioles travel to Dunedin this afternoon to play the Blue Jays. Williams is 7-for-20 this spring. Pat Valaika is playing first base and Ryan Mountcastle is the left fielder and cleanup hitter. Yusniel Diaz, who had an RBI triple last night, is in right field. Thomas Eshelman gets the start while left-hander John Means throws a simulated game in Sarasota. Means is lined up to make the opening day start on March...
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Scott still sending strikeouts with sizzle

Scott still sending strikeouts with sizzle
SARASOTA, Fla. - Tanner Scott will take the one-pitch outs. Ground ball, fly ball, however they come. He isn't averse to them. There are those occasions, however, when he can't stop the strikeouts. It happened again Sunday afternoon against the Yankees. Scott was assigned the ninth inning and fanned the side. Armando Alvarez, Brandon Lockridge and Trey Amburgey took turns flailing at fastballs clocked at 100-101 mph and the crowd at Ed Smith Stadium reacted to each radar reading on the...
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Carroll trying to convince Orioles to keep him (Akin optioned)

Carroll trying to convince Orioles to keep him (Akin optioned)
SARASOTA, Fla. - Cody Carroll knows the feeling of impressing the Orioles in spring training and failing to make the club. He might be too good to pass up in 2020. Carroll registered another scoreless inning tonight, stranding the Braves' Yangervis Solarte after a two-out double in the fourth by striking out Alex Jackson with a 96 mph fastball. Drawing praise from manager Brandon Hyde before the game, Carroll has allowed only one run with one walk and seven strikeouts in six innings. He's...
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