Orioles announce five camp roster cuts

The Orioles are chipping away at their camp roster. They've gotten it down to 36 players. Veteran starter Kyle Gibson was optioned today to minor league camp after the Orioles signed him last week to a one-year deal. He was staying back in Sarasota, and manager Brandon Hyde told the media in D.C. that the ramp-up hopefully will have Gibson ready ar
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson to minor league camp.Reassigned C Maverick Handley, INF Vimael Machín, INF Emmanuel Rivera, and INF Luis Vázquez to minor league camp. The Orioles’ Spring Training roster currently has 36 players (33+1 NRI+2 IL).
Due to inclement weather, today’s exhibition game between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles at Nationals Park has been canceled and will not be made up. Fans with tickets for today’s game may exchange them for a future game with no blackout dates, except for Opening Day. Individuals who received tickets via the Federal Workers offer ca
Following a career that spans 20 years with the Washington Nationals, more than 40 in Major League Baseball and nearly 50 in the profession, Bob Carpenter is hanging up his microphone.  Carpenter announced at the start of today’s MASN telecast that 2025 will be his final season as a regular in the broadcast booth. “This is totally a family decision
The 2025 season will be Bob Carpenter’s final season as the Nationals’ lead play-by-play television announcer. Carpenter revealed at the start of today’s broadcast of the Nats’ exhibition finale against the Orioles he plans to step down at the end of the season, his 20th with MASN. “I've got a new deal working for next year as a full-time husband,
WASHINGTON – As it turns out, the window of opportunity wasn’t just ajar for Cade Povich. It was open, and “Slim” took full advantage.  Povich won the fifth spot in the rotation and earned the right to hit the hill for Baltimore’s home opener. A big step up for the lefty, who began last season at Triple-A Norfolk.  “First Opening Day roster, being
The Orioles finally can close out their exhibition schedule today and prepare for Thursday’s opener in Toronto. The fake games will be over. Left-hander Cade Povich makes the start against the Nationals in D.C., a tune-up before he takes the ball for the first home game on March 31. Povich has pitched four times and the only runs allowed were the f
After six long weeks, the Nationals have finally broken camp and departed Florida. All that stands between them and Opening Day against the Phillies on Thursday are a couple of off-days and today’s exhibition finale against the Orioles. Yes, today’s game is the first of a five-year deal between the two neighboring clubs that will see them play an a
Over the last six weeks, we’ve written a lot of words here about the Nationals. A lot more about some of them than others. It’s just the nature of spring training, where a handful of seemingly important storylines get most of the attention while others get ignored. But that’s why we write this final piece at the end of camp every year. It’s an oppo
SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles didn’t mean to become a spring training cliché. It just happened. Nothing they could do about it. Their roster appeared to be mostly set, with few decisions pending. They were proceeding without new injuries. But a team can’t get too comfortable because something always seems to happen. Or multiple things happen, which
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Selected the contract of RHP Matt Bowman.Placed RHP Tyler Wells (right elbow UCL surgery) on the 60-day Injured List. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.