Orioles reliever Hunter Harvey won't come off the 10-day injured list when he's eligible on Thursday, with manager Brandon Hyde noting that the right-hander is improving but still facing a number of tests. Players on the injured list, including John Means and Dillon Tate, have moved to the alternate camp site in Bowie. Harvey is shelved with a right forearm strain that's been described as arm fatigue. "He's still in a progression," said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. "He's going to start...

Orioles fans and Lottery players alike are gearing up for the start of the 2020 baseball season. The fan favorite "Contestant of the Game" promotion returns, awarding cash to two lucky Maryland Lottery winners per Orioles game. The Lottery will select two "Contestants of the Game" for each of the 60 Orioles games this season. Each winner will receive $500 just for being selected, and an additional $500 for every Orioles home run hit during that game. The O's hit 213 home runs last season,...

Hanser Alberto moves up to second in the Orioles lineup today versus a left-handed starter and Anthony Santander shifts to left field and bats cleanup. Cedric Mullins is the right fielder against the Red Sox, who are sending left-hander Martín Pérez to the mound. Pat Valaika is replacing Rio Ruiz at third base. Ruiz homered last night in a 13-2 loss. Chris Davis moves down to seventh in the order. Alex Cobb is making his first start since April 26, 2019. He's posted a 3.84 ERA and 1.342...

The first game of the shortened 2020 season was a dud for the Orioles. So let's see, after a quick turnaround, what will unfold in the second one. The Orioles (0-1) play at Boston (1-0) this afternoon in the second game of a three-game series. The Red Sox scored four runs in the third and six in the fourth on opening night. They banged out eight doubles and 17 hits in a 13-2 win. It's the most runs the Orioles have ever allowed on opening day. After winning eight straight openers through...

Tres Barrera, who made his major league debut for the Nationals last season and was in camp this summer competing to make the opening day roster as the club's third catcher, has been suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball after testing positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a performance-enhancing drug. Barrera, who denied having ever knowingly taken a banned substance, appealed his positive test, but MLB's independent arbitrator upheld the decision. He must begin...

The Nationals won't have to leave South Capitol Street for their first road series of the season. Though the Blue Jays finally found a replacement home in Buffalo, the Triple-A ballpark in Western New York won't be ready for play until next weekend at the earliest. So their first scheduled home series, July 29-30 versus the Nats, will be played at Nationals Park, a source familiar with the decision said. The Nats and Jays already are playing a two-game series in D.C. from July 27-28. They...

Between 2011 and 2018, the Orioles won eight opening day games in a row. Starting in 2011, they beat Tampa Bay, followed by Minnesota and Tampa Bay again. Then they beat Boston, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Toronto and Minnesota again. But they lost 7-2 last year at Yankee Stadium and 13-2 last night at Boston. Starter Tommy Milone cruised through two innings but then gave up four doubles and four runs in the third. Cody Carroll and Travis Lakins Sr. allowed six runs an inning later. So Boston led...

Well, that was weird. But also the beginning of a new routine. I can't remember the last opening day spent at my home. Maybe in 1996 because I wasn't on the beat, though I could have been part of the overflow coverage at my former newspaper. More likely in 1995 with the Orioles in Kansas City. The openers at Camden Yards, Tropicana Field and Yankee Stadium ensured a seat in the press box. Breaking camp in Sarasota and driving to St. Petersburg simplified the travel process. The pandemic...

The Orioles formed a row along the third base line tonight while waiting for the playing of the national anthem. One of baseball's long-standing traditions that brought each of them to one knee. They clutched the long black ribbon that's been unfurled in ballparks as a symbol of the racial reckoning that's happening in the United States. Rising to their feet, the Orioles moved closer together and linked arms as another gesture of unity and equality that didn't require or demand social...

In search of their ninth opening day win in the last 10 years, a couple of bad innings happened to the Orioles tonight. A couple of really, really bad innings. They got bombed 13-2 at Fenway Park in the 2020 season opener. Instead of another opening day win - and the club was 15-4 its previous 19 openers coming in - the Orioles have lost back-to-back opening day games for the first time since 2007 and 2008. Lefty Tommy Milone was making his first career opening day start and his Orioles debut....