Look for the union label
The clubhouse remained closed to the media today, with players taking the field for batting practice after their union meeting adjourned.
Michael Weiner, general counsel to the players association, has two more camps to visit this spring. His car was pointed in the general direction of Fort Myers.
"It's mostly about getting ready for bargaining because there's such turnover in the player composition that you have a lot of players who haven't been through it before," he said. "The...
For the Orioles:
Felix Pie LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Matt Wieters C
Adam Jones CF
Luke Scott DH
Garrett Atkins 1B
Ty Wigginton 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
Brad Bergesen RHP
For the Yankees:
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Randy Winn CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Alfredo Aceves RHP
The Orioles have assigned pitcher Jake Arrieta to the minor league camp, reducing their spring training roster to 47 players.
Arrieta needs the innings, and they won't come in Grapefruit League games with the projected starters being stretched out.
Look for Arrieta to reappear in Triple-A Norfolk's rotation in April.
The right-hander allowed three earned runs (five total) and seven hits in five innings this spring, with four walks and nine strikeouts.
This place looks familiar. Is it...could it be...Sarasota?
I might drive around Ed Smith Stadium 172 times before parking my car, just so it feels like a road trip.
The Orioles are home for three straight games, beginning today against the New York Yankees. That means they'll be able to work on some fundamentals on the back fields, a luxury they didn't have because of all the recent travel.
The clubhouse won't be open to the media in the morning because the players have a union meeting....
The Orioles today announced that they have exercised their option for the 2010 season on the contract of MANAGER DAVE TREMBLEY.
This season is Trembley's 25th in professional baseball. He won two league titles and earned Manager of the Year awards in three leagues in 20 years managing in the minor leagues before joining the Orioles as bullpen coach and field coordinator in 2007. After spending most of the first 2 ½ months of that season as the club's bullpen and interim...
In celebration of their new spring training home, the Baltimore Orioles will join with The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau to host Orioles Family FanFest--a free event for the entire community--at Ed Smith Stadium on Saturday, November 14 from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. The afternoon will feature autograph sessions with current and former Orioles players, Orioles giveaways, fan forums, a variety of kid-friendly family activities, including Kids Run the...
The Orioles today announced that they have hired JEFF DATZ as Major League Bench Coach.
Datz spent the past eight seasons on the Major League coaching staff for the Cleveland Indians, including four seasons as the Bench Coach.
The 2010 season will be Datz's 29th in professional baseball. After a nine-year career as a player, which included a Major League stint with the Detroit Tigers in 1989, Datz spent two years as a scout before beginning a coaching career that has spanned the last 17...
The Orioles today announced that they have outrighted RHPs ALFREDO SIMON (reinstated from 60-day DL) and BOB McCRORY and LHP RICH HILL (reinstated from 60-day DL) to Triple-A Norfolk after all three cleared waivers, removing them from the 40-man roster.
Simon, 28, went 0-1 with a 9.95 ERA (6.1IP, 7ER) in two starts for the Orioles. He left his second start on April 14 at Texas with discomfort in his right elbow. Simon was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 15 (transferred to the...
The Orioles today announced that they have claimed RHP ARMANDO GABINO off of waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
Gabino, 26, went 6-4 with three saves and a 2.94 ERA (98.0IP, 32ER) in 38 games (seven starts) with Triple-A Rochester in 2009. He is 22-19 with a 3.41 ERA (390.2IP, 148ER) in 192 career minor league games. Gabino appeared in two games for the Twins this season.
The Orioles currently have 34 players on their 40-man roster.
Earlier today, Rawlings announced that Orioles CF ADAM JONES is one of this year's American League Gold Glove Award recipients for defensive excellence in the outfield. The award, the first of Jones' career, culminates a season in which the 24-year-old was also named to his first All-Star team and set new career-highs in nine offensive categories, including average, hits, runs and RBI.
Jones is the 13th overall Oriole and the first since MIKE MUSSINA in 1999 to be named as a Gold Glove...
Orioles right fielder NICK MARKAKIS and his wife CHRISTINA will join the Maryland Food Bank this Saturday, November 21, from 11:00 a.m. - noon and help distribute frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving to pre-registered Marylanders in need. The turkeys were purchased using money donated by Orioles fans at the team's annual Food Drive earlier this year.
The distribution will take place at Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 67 Winters Lane in Catonsville. Fans donated over 4,000...