Roch Kubatko

Contending vs. evaluating remains a popular storyline

Contending vs. evaluating remains a popular storyline
The ability of a 60-game season to thrust teams with normally low expectations into contender status has become a fascination of sorts in Baltimore. Fans wonder if the Orioles can make the playoffs, or at least flirt with the possibility from their lowered bar until closing time, due to the unusual dynamics brought by the coronavirus pandemic. Media is, at the least, curious about the possibility. The playoff field isn't expanded, since Major League Baseball had to implement its own vision of...
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Roch Kubatko

Recapping Day 2 of summer training camp

Recapping Day 2 of summer training camp
The Orioles still don't have a full turnout for their summer training camp, with manager Brandon Hyde saying again this afternoon that a couple of Dominican players remain in the intake process for COVID-19 testing. "We're still waiting on that," Hyde said today in a Zoom conference call. While some teams are confirming positive tests, whether or not they receive permission from players to reveal the names, the Orioles are keeping the process under wraps. Major League Baseball announced...
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Roch Kubatko

Davis on the "most odd, just random, weirdest" day of his baseball life

Davis on the "most odd, just random, weirdest" day of his baseball life
Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has played a game with no fans inside the ballpark. He's eclipsed 50 home runs, earned a win on the mound, received the richest contract in franchise history and endured the longest hitless streak for a position player to start a season. Nothing, however, can compare to what he experienced today at Camden Yards. So many changes implemented to keep everyone safe during the coronavirus pandemic. The social distancing, the masks, the hand sanitizer stations on...
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Steve Melewski

Hyde on the big picture, Davis on clubhouse accountability

Hyde on the big picture, Davis on clubhouse accountability
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde understands that anything can happen in a short season of 60 games. It's a sprint, not a marathon. He'd love nothing better than for his team to surprise people and be contending deep into the summer. He also surely realizes that - short year or not - the odds of that are still long. And the Orioles still have a bigger picture in mind. That should include playing some prospects throughout the 60 games, although some are not yet in the Orioles' 60-man player pool,...
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Roch Kubatko

Hearing from Hyde and LeBlanc on first day of summer training camp

Hearing from Hyde and LeBlanc on first day of summer training camp
The oddity of holding a summer training camp in July at Camden Yards showed itself this afternoon in a variety of ways. More than just the month and location. Starting up again after the coronavirus pandemic shut down baseball in March, the Orioles held their first workout today with Tommy Milone and Thomas Eshelman facing hitters while executive vice president Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde watched from the stands behind home plate. Separated by the tunnel that leads onto the...
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Mark Zuckerman

Summer training begins today at Nationals Park

Summer training begins today at Nationals Park
It's been 114 days since the Nationals last took the field in any kind of formal capacity. On that warm March afternoon in West Palm Beach, they faced the Yankees in an exhibition game played as the entire country was beginning to shut down due to the still-mysterious novel coronavirus. When Major League Baseball announced it was suspending operations, little could anyone have known how much time would pass before they'd gather again on a ballfield. Today, it finally happens. Not in West Palm...
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Roch Kubatko

Dwight Smith Jr. on baseball's return and his fundraiser

Dwight Smith Jr. on baseball's return and his fundraiser
The temperature in Baltimore today is supposed to reach 98 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky. But there will be Orioles on the Camden Yards field. Sweating for a shortened season. The summer camp begins this morning with staggered workouts. The facility and social distancing don't allow 44 players to perform drills simultaneously. Pitchers will do their throwing in shifts with an obvious shortage of mounds, compared to the Sarasota complex. Hitters will take their hacks in cages and drills will...
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Mark Zuckerman

Some pressing on-field questions as Nats prepare to return

Some pressing on-field questions as Nats prepare to return
There hasn't been much reason to have actual baseball discussions around here in a while. But lo and behold, baseball players are going to begin doing baseball things inside baseball stadiums Friday for the first time in nearly four months, so it's finally appropriate to discuss some actual baseball topics. There are countless issues facing the Nationals over the next three weeks and beyond, and so many of those have to do with the unprecedented protocols everyone must follow in an attempt to...
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Roch Kubatko

Leftovers for breakfast

Leftovers for breakfast
The obsession with how the 2020 season impacts the Orioles' rebuild is understandable. The process already is challenging on many levels. Reducing the schedule to 60 games and eliminating the minor league side is downright cruel. No one said life is fair, and that's certainly the case in a pandemic, where perspective is needed on a daily basis within the sports community. Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias is moving forward with his vision for the organization. Improving the...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles still deciding next step for Kjerstad after signing him

Orioles still deciding next step for Kjerstad after signing him
Now that the Orioles have signed outfielder Heston Kjerstad, the second overall selection in the First-Year Player Draft, they must decide what to do with him. It's a little more complicated than in past summers. The minor league season has been canceled, with the official announcement coming yesterday afternoon. The hammer was going to fall. The only question was how long it would take for everyone to hear it. The Orioles can't assign Kjerstad to one of their lower affiliates. They also...
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Mark Zuckerman

Mayor approves Nats Park for workouts, fan-less games

Mayor approves Nats Park for workouts, fan-less games
The schedule hasn't been finalized yet. The protocols are still being fine-tuned. More players could choose to opt out. But 48 hours from now, the Nationals will be gathering on South Capitol Street for their first team workout in nearly four months. Summer training is officially approved for Nationals Park after D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser granted the team a waiver Tuesday to hold group workouts in its home ballpark. Camp is scheduled to open Friday and run for almost three weeks, setting the...
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Roch Kubatko

Minor league season canceled in 2020

Minor league season canceled in 2020
The Orioles are making plans to keep their prospects and signed draft picks active and in developmental phase as Major League Baseball attempts to play a truncated season. There are no affiliates to aid the cause. The minor league season officially has been canceled due to COVID-19, with a press released sent out today to confirm what's been known for a while. What's never happened until this summer. "These are unprecedented times for our country and our organization as this is the first...
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Mark Zuckerman

Minor league season officially canceled

Minor league season officially canceled
It had been a foregone conclusion for some time, but today's official announcement nonetheless hurts baseball fans around the world: The 2020 minor league season has been canceled. The announcement came after Major League Baseball informed Minor League Baseball it will not be providing its affiliated teams with players this season. MLB clubs have designated 60 players who may appear during the planned 60-game major league season, with those players not on the active roster at any given time...
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Roch Kubatko

Hess goes from optioned to an Orioles option for opening day

Hess goes from optioned to an Orioles option for opening day
David Hess spent the offseason following a program created for him at Premier Pitching & Performance center in St. Louis. The same facility that changed John Means' professional life. He made it through the first version of spring training with a spot on the camp roster. He lost that spot a week later when the Orioles included him among four players optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. He made it back onto the camp roster Sunday afternoon when the Orioles included him among 44 players announced...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles sign second overall draft pick Heston Kjerstad

Orioles sign second overall draft pick Heston Kjerstad
A third 2020 draft selection by the Orioles is under contract. The team announced today that it signed outfielder Heston Kjerstad, the second overall pick from the University of Arkansas. The biggest fish in their draft pond. Infielder Jordan Westburg, the 30th overall pick, and outfielder Hudson Haskin, the 39th, signed on Saturday for $2,365,500 and $1,906,800, respectively. Both at full slot value. Kjerstad has signed for $5.2 million, according to a source. Terms were first reported by...
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Mark Zuckerman

Players who choose to sit out don't owe us an explanation

Players who choose to sit out don't owe us an explanation
Four major league players announced their decisions not to play in 2020 on Monday, three of them current or former Nationals. Their stated reasons for opting out varied from specific health concerns about close family members (Ryan Zimmerman) to more vague concerns about the pandemic (Mike Leake) to a passionate and deeply personal message about baseball, race, culture, health and family (Ian Desmond). Joe Ross, the fourth player, has not yet made a public statement about his decision. Which is...
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Roch Kubatko

More on the possible 30-man roster and new rules for 2020

More on the possible 30-man roster and new rules for 2020
The composition of the Orioles' second camp roster is public knowledge. We've been able to identify the first 44 players set to gather later this week at Camden Yards. We're just figuring out exactly what to call it. "Summer camp" and "spring training 2.0" are getting mixed reviews on Twitter. Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias used "summer camp" in yesterday's Zoom with the media, so perhaps that makes it acceptable. Put the blame on him if anyone rebels. Also under...
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Roch Kubatko

Elias: "So far we are expecting full participation"

Elias: "So far we are expecting full participation"
Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said today that he anticipates having a full roster and staffs for the beginning of spring training 2.0. Camps open on Friday after testing for COVID-19 is conducted two days earlier. Multiple players on other teams already have decided to sit out the 2020 season, which is reduced to 60 games due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross and the Diamondbacks' Mike Leake opted out today. "After a great...
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Mark Zuckerman

Zimmerman and Ross opting out of 2020 season (updated)

Zimmerman and Ross opting out of 2020 season (updated)
Ryan Zimmerman, the only person to play in a major league game for the Nationals during each of their 15 seasons in town, will not play for the club during its 16th season. Zimmerman and right-hander Joe Ross have opted out of the abbreviated 2020 campaign, uncomfortable with the health risks posed to players and staffers during this unprecedented attempt to play through a global pandemic. "Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross have decided not to participate in the 2020 season for the personal health...
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Mark Zuckerman

Thoughts on the Nats' preliminary 60-man roster

Thoughts on the Nats' preliminary 60-man roster
If you've followed baseball closely over the years, you should have a basic understanding of a franchise's various rosters and how they differ. There's the 25-man roster, of course, the group of players actively in the major leagues at any given moment. Then there's the 40-man roster, which in addition to the 25 active big leaguers includes players on the short-term injured list (10-day IL) and the group of top-tier minor leaguers who are most likely to be promoted at some point. Players...
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