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NÃºÃ±ez, PÃ©rez and Palmeiro homer as O's split-squad loses to Phillies

March 24, 2019, 12:26pm

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NÃºÃ±ez, PÃ©rez and Palmeiro homer as O's split-squad loses to Phillies

CLEARWATER, Fla. - It was a spring training game that will be long forgotten very soon and maybe this one should be. The Orioles allowed 18 hits and made three early errors as a Baltimore split-squad lost 11-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies in front of a sellout crowd of 8,349 at Spectrum Field in Clearwater. The Orioles are 0-5-1 over their last six games. The rest of their squad played in Sarasota today and tied 1-1 with the Pirates. After both games this afternoon, the O's record is 12-16-3...

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O's 2018 fourth-round pick Rom preps for his first full season

March 23, 2019, 7:36pm

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O's 2018 fourth-round pick Rom preps for his first full season

SARASOTA, Fla. - He has just a few months of minor league experience under his belt, but his first pro experience in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League went well. So now young lefty Drew Rom awaits the next step. Drafted in round four last June out of a high school in Fort Thomas, Ky., the 19-year-old Rom reported to the GCL after he signed. He went 0-2 with a 1.76 ERA over 10 games. In 30 2/3 innings, he allowed just 20 hits with six walks and 28 strikeouts. He had an average against of .183...

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Trey Mancini: "This has become a close-knit team. ... There was a tone set here"

March 22, 2019, 7:04pm

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Trey Mancini: "This has become a close-knit team. ... There was a tone set here"

SARASOTA, Fla. - For Trey Mancini, it has happened pretty fast. At 27 and with 308 major league games under his belt, he's become one of the leaders of a group of mostly young Orioles. He's not even eligible for arbitration yet, but he's eligible and ready to be a leader of this team and help anyone he can in any way he can. Young players look to him for guidance and older players realize the player they once mentored is now a middle-of-the-order hitter and team leader. Mancini said in...

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Save for one wild inning, Jimmy Yacabonis has had a solid spring

March 21, 2019, 7:14pm

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Save for one wild inning, Jimmy Yacabonis has had a solid spring

SARASOTA, Fla. - After his outing versus Boston on Wednesday night, the spring stats don't look as solid for right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis. He allowed four runs (three earned) in a messy top of the eighth. But several factors worked against him in the inning - a double play not turned that would have ended a scoreless inning, two passed balls, a throwing error and a strikeout that went for a wild pitch with a runner reaching. Yep, messy. Before that, Yacabonis had allowed two runs over 7 2/3...

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MLBPA executive director Tony Clark visits Orioles camp

March 20, 2019, 1:06pm

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SARASOTA, Fla. - Tony Clark is the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. He heads up the players union and met with the Orioles today at Ed Smith Stadium. After his meeting with the team he took questions from the Baltimore media. He are a few of them and his answers. What is the concern level of so many free agent players signing late or currently unsigned?: "We've got players that see guys at home that can help clubs win ballgames. Guys that have earned their...

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Working on a strong spring, Paul Fry looks to cement roster spot

March 20, 2019, 12:13pm

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Working on a strong spring, Paul Fry looks to cement roster spot

SARSOTA, Fla. - Lefty reliever Paul Fry is still pitching well for the Orioles. Picking up where he left off last year, he's having a strong spring in Florida. One that should lead him again to a roster spot in the bullpen when this team heads north next week. After going 1-2 with a 3.35 ERA for the Orioles in 35 games last season, Fry has thrown seven scoreless outings for the club in spring games. Over 8 1/3 innings, he's allowed four hits with five walks, four strikeouts, a .148 average...

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A look at how data and analytics have come to O's farm system

March 19, 2019, 6:24pm

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A look at how data and analytics have come to O's farm system

SARASOTA, Fla. - It's part of a long-range plan, but it's now well underway and already the Orioles see signs of progress. The process of bringing data and analytics to their minor league pitchers has begun. And the pitchers at the Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes Park are soaking up the knowledge that they hope leads to them being part of a wave of future Orioles pitchers that will lead this team to October success. Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias...

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Mychal Givens on his strong outing in Lakeland

March 19, 2019, 5:37am

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Mychal Givens on his strong outing in Lakeland

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles right-hander Mychal Givens began yesterday's ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland with an ERA of 30.38. He had allowed nine hits and nine runs, including three homers, over 2 2/3 innings. But last Friday, during a simulated game in Sarasota, he felt he found something, and it carried over into the game yesterday when he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, ending the game with a swinging strikeout on a 97 mph fastball. He worked hard with pitching coach Doug Brocail...

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Carroll impressed before leaving, Hyde on starter usage

March 18, 2019, 5:41pm

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Carroll impressed before leaving, Hyde on starter usage

SARASOTA, Fla. - Before he was optioned to the minors on Sunday morning, bullpen right-hander Cody Carroll made a nice impression on his new coaches. We certainly should expect to see him on the roster during the 2019 season. Acquired from the Yankees last July 24 in the Zack Britton trade, Carroll was not scored on in six of his seven spring games. Over seven innings, he allowed five hits and two runs with one walk, nine strikeouts, three saves and an 0.86 WHIP. Over his last five spring...

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After solid 2018 debut, Grayson Rodriguez preps for first full pro year

March 17, 2019, 4:29pm

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After solid 2018 debut, Grayson Rodriguez preps for first full pro year

SARASOTA, Fla. - The 2018 season was pretty special for 19-year-old right-hander Grayson Rodriguez. He was taken No. 11 in round one of the draft by the Orioles, signed a large bonus, pitched well in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League and now can't wait to see what comes next. It will be his first full season of professional baseball and could begin with him in the rotation for Single-A Delmarva. But first, a thought back to last year when, after he signed, he went 0-2 with a 1.40 ERA in nine...

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Notes on Chance Sisco, Alex Cobb from the stretch and more

March 16, 2019, 5:48pm

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Notes on Chance Sisco, Alex Cobb from the stretch and more

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb said he'd never done it before and it was, in his words, "a gametime decision" yesterday. What he did was pitch from the stretch for his entire 69-pitch outing. Where he could have chosen to pitch from a full windup with no runners on base, he just stayed throwing from the stretch position. He went out and had four dominant innings against a Toronto split squad lineup that featured maybe only two or three regulars. But he was dealing. He struck...

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Wrapping up the Orioles' 4-3 win over Toronto

March 16, 2019, 12:44pm

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DUNEDIN, Fla. - If spring training is for working on things for certain veterans, Orioles opening day starter Alex Cobb sure did that today. And we might see more of his experiment. In a game the Orioles won 4-3, he pitched from the stretch throughout his 69-pitch five-inning outing against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dunedin Stadium. He was rolling with it, throwing a no-hitter for four innings before allowing three runs in the fifth. He liked how it went so much that we could see more of this....

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Hyde pregame on rotation, opener use and more (O's win 4-3)

March 16, 2019, 8:37am

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Hyde pregame on rotation, opener use and more (O's win 4-3)

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde still doesn't yet know or is not ready to announce anything for his starting pitching rotation beyond Alex Cobb as opening day starter and that the next two will be Andrew Cashner and Dylan Bundy in some order. But asked today again if the Orioles would consider the use of an opener, Hyde didn't say yes or no, just that it is an option and remains on the table at this point. "We are talking about a lot of different things," Hyde said before...

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Brandon Hyde on Mychal Givens' simulated game plus other notes

March 15, 2019, 6:37pm

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Brandon Hyde on Mychal Givens' simulated game plus other notes

SARASOTA, Fla. - Struggling in spring training is a new development for Orioles right-handed reliever Mychal Givens. This spring, over four outings, he's allowed nine hits, nine runs and three homers in just 2 2/3 innings. In four spring trainings combined between 2015 and 2018, he gave up four earned runs over 26 innings. Now he's allowed nine earned runs. When Givens pitched in a simulated game yesterday in Sarasota - and not against Minnesota as the schedule originally listed - it was not...

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Twins bash six homers in 12-9 win over Orioles

March 15, 2019, 12:54pm

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Orioles right-hander David Hess began his outing today with a spring ERA of 3.48, a batting average against of .237 and with a WHIP of 1.06 through four spring games. But he leaves with an ERA of 9.00 as Minnesota beat the Orioles 12-9 at Hammond Stadium. The Orioles have lost five of six, two in the last two days to the Twins, and are 10-10-2. Minnesota improved to 12-9-2. Hess elevated some pitches and paid for it, allowing four homers among nine hits and nine runs over 2...

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Orioles and Twins meet again, this time in Fort Myers (O's lose 12-9)

March 15, 2019, 8:47am

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - For the fifth time this spring training the Orioles have taken the interstate south to Fort Myers. They've faced Boston and Minnesota twice each in the area and are back today to face Minnesota with David Hess on the mound. The Orioles are playing the Twins for the fifth time among seven matchups this spring. They are 2-2 versus the Twins after Thursday's 7-6 loss in Sarasota. The Orioles have lost four of five and are now 10-9-2 with 12 games remaining in Florida before...

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A look at the outfield less than two weeks to opening day

March 14, 2019, 6:13pm

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A look at the outfield less than two weeks to opening day

SARASOTA, Fla. - We've seen the Orioles send a few young outfielders like Yusniel Diaz, DJ Stewart and Ryan McKenna to minor league camp, but a few youngsters are still around and the Orioles outfield situation is becoming a bit more clear with opening day approaching. Will the starters be Trey Mancini in left, Cedric Mullins in center and Austin Hays in right? That's what I see happening with 12 games remaining before the opener in the Bronx. Hays, barring a real surprise, is healthy,...

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Cedric Mullins on his homer today and his spring

March 14, 2019, 11:41am

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Cedric Mullins on his homer today and his spring

SARASOTA, Fla. - When spring training began, some may have assumed that Cedric Mullins would the Orioles' opening day starter in center field. But Mullins said today that he was not thinking that way. He felt like he's been fighting for a roster spot since the first day. "I felt like that coming in," he said. "I had my time when I played center every day last year. I had my ups and my downs. You come in and just try to make a strong impression, whether it is offensively or defensively or...

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Michael Baumann on his strong 2018 season on the farm

March 13, 2019, 3:39pm

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Michael Baumann on his strong 2018 season on the farm

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles selected him in the third round out of Jacksonville University and he might have a real bright future with the club. Yes, we could be talking about outfielder Austin Hays, but also pitcher Michael Baumann. In 2016, the O's selected Hays No. 91 overall out of Jacksonville. A year later, they selected Baumann No. 98 overall from Jacksonville. In his first full season of pro ball last year, Baumann began the year in the Single-A Delmarva rotation, got off to a very...

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After walk-off homer, Branden Kline came back strong

March 13, 2019, 5:30am

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After walk-off homer, Branden Kline came back strong

SARASOTA, Fla. - Eventually, it happens to all pitchers. They give up a big hit that contributes to a loss and have to bounce back in their next outing. Last Thursday in Bradenton, Orioles right-hander Branden Kline allowed a walk-off, solo homer to Cole Tucker on a 2-0 pitch as the Orioles lost to the Pirates 5-4. It came on the third pitch of his outing. It was over fast. Kline had to wait three days to get back in a game, but that happened Sunday, when he threw a scoreless inning against...