SARASOTA, Fla. – The at-bats and innings are going away. Boxes will arrive in front of lockers to ship belongings to Baltimore or other destinations. Meetings that shape the Opening Day roster will continue. The days are dwindling but the work that remains is stacked high. As the team prepares today for split-squad games against the Braves in Saras
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Optioned LHP Matt Krook and RHP Kaleb Ort to minor league camp after today’s game. The Orioles’ Spring Training roster currently has 47 players (36+10 NRI+1 IL).
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Davey Martinez wanted to see how several relievers in the mix for jobs handled major league hitters, the kind of proven players they don’t normally get to face late in spring training games when backups and minor leaguers take over. So today’s game against the Cardinals became a bullpen game, with a string of relievers trott
SARASOTA, Fla. – Corbin Burnes coasted through the first inning today, retiring the Red Sox in order on nine pitches and throwing seven for strikes. Cedric Mullins made a nice running catch in left-center to deny Pablo Reyes. The second inning couldn’t have gone much worse. Couldn’t have been more dramatically different than the rest of Burnes’ out
The Orioles have made the following roster move: Claimed OF Peyton Burdick off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to minor league camp.
The Orioles have made the following roster move: Reassigned C Samuel Basallo to minor league camp. The Orioles’ Spring Training roster currently has 49 players (38+10 NRI+1 IL).
SARASOTA, Fla. – Ryan Mountcastle is out of the lineup for a fourth consecutive game. Manager Brandon Hyde said Mountcastle has some neck stiffness. “Just giving him a little bit of rest,” Hyde said. Austin Hays also is out of the lineup, missing back-to-back games because he’s under the weather. John Means threw his second live batting practice se
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – On the heels of Friday’s doubleheader in Port St. Lucie, the Nationals return home for an early 12:05 p.m. exhibition today against the Cardinals. No rest for the weary. The good news: The Nats are playing winning baseball right now, for whatever that’s worth. Friday’s 7-3 win over the Mets was their sixth straight, leaving
While the Orioles know they will begin their season without either right-hander Kyle Bradish or lefty John Means in their pitching rotation, they now also know that the New York Yankees will begin the year without 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole. Cole and the Yankees got some good news this week, in that his elbow ailment see
SARASOTA, Fla. – The reunion between Orioles reliever Cionel Pérez and pitching coach Drew French was much easier to arrange than their first meeting. The Astros signed Pérez, a native of Matanzas, Cuba, to a $5.15 million bonus in 2016 as an international free agent, but they voided the deal a month later due to an issue with his physical that led