Orioles announce spring training guest coaches

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  February 11, 2026

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The Orioles today announced that they have invited six former players and one former manager/coach to serve as guest coaches at major league Spring Training in Sarasota, Fla. The list includes ADAM JONES, NICK MARKAKIS, BEN McDONALD, SCOTT McGREGOR, SAM PERLOZZO, BRIAN ROBERTS, and JOHN SHELBY. Jones, Markakis, McGregor, and Roberts are members of the Orioles Hall of Fame, while Jones also serves as Special Advisor to the General Manager and Community Ambassador. Together, the guest coaches have nine All-Star selections, seven Gold Gloves, and two Silver Slugger Awards. A complete list of guest coaches and dates is below:

Jones played 11 of his 14 major league seasons with Baltimore from 2008-18, primarily as a center fielder. A five-time All-Star, six-time Heart and Hustle Award nominee, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, three-time Most Valuable Oriole, and 2013 Silver Slugger, he anchored the resurgent Orioles teams that won more games than any other AL club from 2012-16, including an AL East title in 2014 and Wild Card berths in 2012 and 2016. He ranks among the club’s overall career leaders in hits (4^th, 1,781), total bases (4^th, 2,929), runs scored (5^th, 875), home runs (5^th, 263), extra-base hits (5^th, 595), RBI (5^th, 866), doubles (7^th, 305), games played (8^th, 1,613), and triples (T-10^th, 27). Jones is the all-time home run leader at Oriole Park with 146 long balls. In 2023, he signed a ceremonial contract to officially retire from baseball as an Oriole, and in January 2025, he rejoined the organization as Special Advisor to the General Manager and Community Ambassador. He was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2025. 

Shelby, an outfielder, spent the first six-and-a-half seasons of his 10-year career with the Orioles after being selected by Baltimore with the 20^th overall pick in the 1977 First-Year Player draft. During his first full year in the majors, he was a member of the 1983 World Series Championship team. Shelby hit .444 (4-for-9) with a run and an RBI in the 1983 World Series against Philadelphia, knocking in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning of Game 4. As a pinch hitter for the Orioles, he hit .288 (23-for-80), and his 222 appearances off the bench rank tied for seventh most in team history (since 1954). 

McDonald, a right-handed pitcher, spent seven of his nine major league seasons with the Orioles from 1989-95. He was selected by the Orioles in the 1989 First-Year Player Draft as the first No. 1 overall pick in franchise history. He threw a four-hit shutout in his first career start and went on to win 40 games from 1992-94. He finished his career with an overall record of 78-70, including 58-58 with the O’s, and he threw more than 200.0 innings in a season three times (1992-93, 1996) In addition to his major league and collegiate baseball career, McDonald also won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, picking up two wins for Team USA. In 2008, he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. McDonald currently serves as a color analyst for the Orioles on MASN and Louisiana State University Baseball, his alma mater. He joined the Orioles’ broadcast team full-time in 2018. He also serves as a color analyst for ESPN and the SEC Network, including covering the Men’s College World Series.

McGregor, a left-handed pitcher, played his entire major league career with the Orioles from 1976-88. In 1981, he was selected to the All-Star team. McGregor finished his career with an overall record of 138-108, recording a 20-win season in 1980 and throwing more than 200.0 innings in a season six times. In Game 5 of the 1983 World Series, he shut out the Philadelphia Phillies in a complete game to end the series, four games to one, leading Baltimore to its third World Series championship. In six career Postseason starts, he pitched to a 1.63 ERA (9 ER/49.2 IP), the ninth-best mark of all time (min. 40.0 IP). McGregor was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1990 and spent 18 years as a minor league pitching coach and coordinator with the Orioles from 2002-19.

Perlozzo spent parts of three seasons (2005-07) as manager of the Orioles, compiling a 122-164 record. The Cumberland, Md. native served as Baltimore’s infield coach from 1996-2005, while also serving as third base coach from 1996-2000 and bench coach from 2001-05. He spent a total of 24 years as an MLB coach, including stints with the New York Mets (1987-89), Cincinnati Reds (1990-92), Seattle Mariners (1993-95, 2008), and Philadelphia Philles (2009-12). During his professional playing career, Perlozzo totaled 12 career major league games between the Minnesota Twins (1977) and San Diego Padres (1979), while playing 118 games in 1980 with the Yakult Swallows in the Japan Central League. 

Roberts played 13 seasons with the Orioles from 2001-13, compiling a .278 batting average (1,452-for-5,214). He ranks first in Orioles history as a second baseman in nearly all major offensive statistical categories. Roberts is also among the club’s overall career leaders in stolen bases (2^nd, 278), doubles (4^th, 351), runs (6^th, 810), triples (6^th, 35), extra-base hits (7^th, 478), walks (7^th, 581), hits (9^th), at-bats (10^th, 5,214), and total bases (10^th, 2,149). Drafted by Baltimore in the first round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft (No. 50 overall), Roberts made his debut with the Orioles on June 14, 2001. He appeared in 51 games at shortstop in his first season with the O’s before making the transition to second base the following year. He made his first Opening Day roster in 2004, starting at second base. He led the O’s in hitting (.314) in 2005 and led the team in stolen bases six different times (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), tying for the AL lead in 2007 with 50 stolen bases. Roberts’ 56 doubles in 2009 are tied for the MLB record by a switch-hitter. Roberts was a two-time All-Star (2005 and 2007), two-time Most Valuable Oriole (2005 and 2009), and was also named AL Player of the Month in April of 2005. In 2018, he was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame. He currently serves as a Community Ambassador for the Orioles.

Markakis played nine of his 15 major league seasons with Baltimore from 2006-14 after being selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. His .994 fielding percentage ranks first all-time among MLB right fielders, and he ranks among the all-time Orioles leaders in doubles (6^th, 316), hits (7^th, 1,547), extra-base hits (8^th, 473), runs (9^th, 749), and RBI (10^th, 658). In 2008, he led the AL in times on base (283) and bWAR (7.4). Markakis earned two of his three Gold Glove Awards as a right fielder (2011 & 2014) for the Orioles and was voted Most Valuable Oriole in 2007. He was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2024. 

Orioles pitchers and catchers will hold their first workout today, while the first full-squad workout is scheduled for Monday, February 16. The Orioles are slated to open 2026 Grapefruit League play at home on Friday, February 20, against the New York Yankees.