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Orioles reassign Audry Perez to minor league camp

March 30, 2016, 1:14pm

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The Orioles today announced that they have reassigned catcher Audry Perez to minor league camp. With this move, the Orioles now have 39 players at Major League Spring Training, including six non-roster invitees.

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O's scout playing in game this afternoon to honor mother with cancer

March 29, 2016, 6:31am

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O's scout playing in game this afternoon to honor mother with cancer

This afternoon's Single-A spring training game pitting Orioles farmhands against Red Sox minor leaguers at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota will provide a special memory for a member of the Orioles family and his mom. Orioles scout Ryan Powell will again don a uniform to fulfill his cancer-stricken mother's wish of seeing him play in one more game. He is signing a one-day contract with the Orioles, allowing him to take the field in front of his family. Wendy Powell was diagnosed with brain cancer...

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A few words about the Space Coast - go-tos, to-gos and friends who'll be missed

March 28, 2016, 8:19am

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A few words about the Space Coast - go-tos, to-gos and friends who'll be missed

Earlier this morning, on the day of the final scheduled Nationals game at Space Coast Stadium, my colleague Mark Zuckerman penned a thoughtful farewell to Viera. I'd like to add a few comments about the community that has been the Nationals' spring training home since 2005, one that has welcomed both fans and media members with open arms. Saying goodbye is difficult. Whether it was reporters making the Space Coast their home away from home for six or seven weeks as winter morphed into spring...

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Orioles option Odrisamer Despaigne to Triple-A Norfolk

March 28, 2016, 6:58am

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The Orioles today announced that they have optioned right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne to Triple-A Norfolk. With this move, the Orioles now have 41 players at Major League Spring Training, including seven non-roster invitees.

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Christian Walker optioned to Triple-A Norfolk

March 26, 2016, 1:14pm

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Christian Walker optioned to Triple-A Norfolk

The Orioles today announced that they have optioned infielder/outfielder Christian Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. With this move, the Orioles now have 43 players at Major League Spring Training, including eight non-roster invitees.

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Remembering the Orioles' trip to Havana and what's happened since

March 24, 2016, 9:09am

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This week's exhibition game in Havana between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team is another example of baseball being used as a positive step forward in the thaw of diplomatic relations between the United States and the island nation. During much of the media coverage of Tuesday's game, it was noted that the last Major League Baseball team to play in Cuba was the Orioles, who traveled to Havana for the first game in a home-and-home series with the Cuban National Team 17 year...

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Orioles host sixth annual All Faiths Food Drive on March 26

March 23, 2016, 6:30am

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On Saturday, March 26, the Orioles will host the sixth annual All Faiths Food Drive. Fans attending the 1:05 p.m. game against the Boston Red Sox at Ed Smith Stadium are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items and/or monetary donations to benefit the All Faiths Food Bank. Volunteers will collect all donations at the gates of the ballpark. Since 2011, more than 4,000 pounds of food and more than $5,200 in cash donations have been collected at the yearly food drive to help people in need...

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Orioles sign left-hander Zach Phillips to one-year contract

March 23, 2016, 5:09am

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The Orioles today announced that they have signed left-hander Zach Phillips to a one-year contract. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Orioles have designated left-hander Chris Jones for assignment. Phillips, 29, pitched for Triple-A Charlotte last season in the Chicago White Sox organization, going 1-1 with a 3.13 ERA (19 ER/54.2 IP), 64 strikeouts, and 12 saves over 46 relief appearances. In 365 career minor league games (98 starts), he has gone 39-45 with a 3.85 ERA (369 ER/863.1 IP),...

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Orioles reassign Marte, Beliveau to minor league camp

March 20, 2016, 1:33pm

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The Orioles today announced that they have reassigned outfielder Alfredo Marte and left-hander Jeff Beliveau to minor league camp. With these moves, the Orioles now have 43 players at Major League Spring Training, including eight non-roster invitees.

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Orioles make two roster moves

March 18, 2016, 12:01pm

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The Orioles today announced that they have optioned right-hander Parker Bridwell and left-hander Chris Lee to Double-A Bowie. With these moves, the Orioles now have 45 players at Major League Spring Training, including 10 non-roster invitees.

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Setting our Orioles guest blogger rotation for 2016

March 18, 2016, 11:48am

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For baseball fans, the two most cherished words in the English language are, "Play ball!" That cry signifies the start of a new season full of renewed hope. For MASNsports.com, that also means getting our coverage plans in order for what we hope will be a memorable season of Orioles baseball. Since 2011, we've shared our pages with some of the myriad of guest bloggers who write daily - and often more frequently - about the O's. If there's an opinion to be stated, a move to be critiqued, a...

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Introducing our Nationals guest blogger lineup for 2016

March 18, 2016, 11:10am

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Back in 2005, when the Nationals arrived from Montreal, they filled a tremendous void in Washington, D.C. Generations of fans who had not had a team to call their own suddenly did, parents could take their children to games and a new crop of baseball fans was born. So was a new kind of fan - those with keyboards at their disposal and opinions that flowed like frosty beer at the Red Porch. Fervent Nationals fans descended upon the blogosphere in numbers that made other baseball towns envious....

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Orioles "Go Green" to mark St. Patrick's Day

March 16, 2016, 10:30am

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When the Orioles take the field for tonight's game at Ed Smith Stadium against the Twins, they'll look a little different. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the Orioles will host "Go Green" Day sponsored by Waste Pro. O's players and coaches will wear specially designed white jerseys with green Orioles script lettering and a shamrock on the right sleeve. A green cap will top off the ensemble. The caps and jerseys will be autographed, authenticated and auctioned online at www.orioles/spring...

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Baker bemoans 11 whiffs in 1-1 tie (plus roster moves)

March 14, 2016, 12:57pm

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Baker bemoans 11 whiffs in 1-1 tie (plus roster moves)

VIERA, Fla. - The Nationals struck out 11 times Monday against Astros pitching, including three whiffs in the final two innings with the potential go-ahead run in scoring position. That's too much fanning for manager Dusty Baker, who wants his team to make sure they're not overaggressive at the plate. "Boy, it's a little frustrating when you've got a chance to win over and over, and strikeouts have plagued us." In the eighth, with Reed Johnson on third after Stephen Drew's two-out...

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Correa makes Ross pay for mistake (Nats, Astros tie 1-1)

March 14, 2016, 10:55am

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Correa makes Ross pay for mistake (Nats, Astros tie 1-1)

NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Nationals 1, Astros 1 Recap: Joe Ross allowed only one run during his four-inning stint, a solo homer to Carlos Correa with two down in the first. The Nationals managed only one hit - a Brendan Ryan single in the third - off Houston's Dallas Keuchel's three innings. The Nats tied the game in the sixth when Reed Johnson was hit by a James Hoyt pitch with the bases loaded. The rally was stoked by Hoyt's wild pitch on a swinging third strike by Matt den Dekker, who...

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Hardly star struck, Baker says Harper's baseball knowledge is impressive

March 14, 2016, 6:14am

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Hardly star struck, Baker says Harper's baseball knowledge is impressive

VIERA, Fla. - In the few weeks he's been around Bryce Harper on a regular basis, new Nationals manager Dusty Baker has enjoyed getting to know the reigning National League MVP. Managing stars is hardly new territory for Baker - he's skippered clubs with Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Joey Votto, among others - but Harper's unbridled enthusiasm for the game and his encyclopedic knowledge of its history and players have made their mark. "He's a very knowledgeable young man," Baker said when...

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Today's Astros-Nationals lineups

March 14, 2016, 4:53am

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VIERA, Fla. - Just as Dusty Baker promised, Ryan Zimmerman is back in the Nationals lineup today as the designated hitter. Assuming he comes through today's assignment with no ill effects from the plantar fasciitis in his left foot, Zimmerman should make his spring debut at first base in the next couple of days. Center fielder Ben Revere, who was struck on the left shoulder by a pitch as he awkwardly swung at it yesterday, is also back in the lineup. The Astros will pitch left-hander Dallas...

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Dusty Baker inching closer to decisions on lineup makeup

March 13, 2016, 1:33pm

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Dusty Baker inching closer to decisions on lineup makeup

VIERA, Fla. - The significance of Dusty Baker's starting lineup Sunday against the Cardinals was not lost on observers inside and outside of the Nationals clubhouse. For one thing, guys who spent much of last season on the sidelines - Jayson Werth, Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman - were part of the lineup. The key offseason additions were represented, Ben Revere atop the order to lend some speed and Daniel Murphy batting fifth to add protection and length to the order. The pitcher was Max...

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Baker on Scherzer's zone, Zimmerman's return and Revere's shoulder

March 13, 2016, 12:48pm

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Baker on Scherzer's zone, Zimmerman's return and Revere's shoulder

VIERA, Fla. - Having watched the mastery of Max Scherzer mostly from afar and on television, Nationals manager Dusty Baker is still getting to know his ace. On Sunday, Baker got a lesson in how zoned in the right-hander gets during his starts when he attempted to congratulate him on a strong four-inning effort. "Max looked great. He was sharper today than he was, which you expect and you hope," Baker said. "One thing I learned today is you don't give him five when he comes in the dugout. He...

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Scherzer accomplishes what he set out to do (Nats, Cards tie 4-4)

March 13, 2016, 11:46am

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Scherzer accomplishes what he set out to do (Nats, Cards tie 4-4)

NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Cardinals 4, Nationals 4 (nine innings) Recap: Wilson Ramos had three hits, Max Scherzer pitched four innings of two-hit ball and Ryan Zimmerman added an RBI single in his first Grapefruit League appearance. Scherzer allowed a run with a walk and five strikeouts in his longest start of the spring. The Nats' first four hitters in the first inning reached via hits with Bryce Harper's run-scoring double, a Michael Wacha wild pitch and Zimmerman's single providing a...