The Orioles today announced that Brett Hollander, former host of the Brett Hollander Show on WBAL Radio, will join the Orioles broadcast team in 2020, appearing on both MASN and the Orioles Radio Network throughout the season. Hollander joins the broadcast team following the conclusion of his agreement with WBAL Radio last week. He will appear as a special guest on MASN and the Orioles Radio Network during Monday's broadcasts. A lifelong Baltimore resident, Hollander began covering the Orioles...

SARASOTA, Fla. - As the Orioles' player representative, Chris Davis is ready to offer an opinion on the Astros cheating scandal, the punishments handed down and how opponents might deal with it. "I think the discipline that the players are going to get this year is going to be very interesting, and I say that meaning that a lot of that is going to be handed out between the lines," Davis said. "Obviously, what went on was awful for the game, for the fans, just for everybody involved. But it...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Rule 5 pick Brandon Bailey gets his first start today, as the Orioles travel to Bradenton to play the Pirates in a 1:05 p.m. game. Bailey pitched in relief in Sunday's home opener against the Red Sox and allowed one run and three hits with no walks and two strikeouts over two innings. Yusniel Diaz makes his spring debut today as the designated hitter. Dwight Smith Jr. is leading off, followed by Hanser Alberto. Ryan Mountcastle moves to first base after playing left field in...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Stephen Strasburg gets his first start of Grapefruit League play this afternoon, and you'll be able to watch the right-hander battle the Rays on MASN at 1 p.m. Given that it's about a three-hour trek from the Rays' spring home in Port Charlotte on the state's west coast, there will only be a few major leaguers in the lineup facing Strasburg. So the first couple of innings will be the best chance to gauge Strasburg's effectiveness against actual major league...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - For his second Grapefruit League start, Max Scherer had simple goals. He wanted to build up his pitch count, and succeeded, throwing 49 pitches over three innings. He hoped to display better glove-side location with his fastball, something he and catcher Kurt Suzuki had talked about between starts. Those were the things Scherzer could plan for. It was what he couldn't have anticipated - and what looked like a momentary loss of command during a top of the first that...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Yusniel Diaz arrived in Orioles camp with the other position players and had his mind set on making the opening day roster. Making the jump from Double-A and sticking the landing. The sticking point, however, has been another health issue that's delayed his first appearance in an exhibition game. Diaz noticed some discomfort in his left shoulder while taking batting practice a few days before the opener. Nothing to concern Diaz or the organization, but also nothing that a...

SARASOTA, Fla. - He was the Orioles' Minor League Player of the Year in 2018 and their starting center fielder on opening day in 2019. But in 2020, Cedric Mullins is out to prove he can still play and still be a key part of the O's future. In August 2018, Adam Jones moved to right field with Mullins taking over in center with the veteran's blessing. But Mullins hit just .094 (6-for-64) to start last season and he held the job in center field for just 22 games. After hitting .205 in 66 games...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The scruffy five o'clock shadow Jake Noll wore as a rookie has morphed into a full, flowing beard. It's noticeable because the chair at Noll's locker stall in the Nationals clubhouse faces outward, affording him a view of the room. Last year's camp phenom looks a lot more comfortable in his second spring training with the major league club. He knows the routine, understands what's expected of him and no longer has the appearance of a deer caught in the...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Right-hander Stephen Strasburg will make his first Grapefruit League start at home against the Rays on Friday, and lefty Patrick Corbin will take his first spring turn on Saturday when the Nationals travel to Jupiter to face the Cardinals. Manager Davey Martinez has been slow-playing his veteran starters in the early portion of the exhibition schedule and said he expects both pitchers to go about two innings or 30 pitches in their first game action. While Strasburg and...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Tommy Milone is new to the Orioles after agreeing to a minor league deal earlier this month. He's learning about his teammates, and his comfort zone has been expanded in workouts and clubhouse conversations. Today's start enabled Milone to confirm what he already knew about Austin Hays. Anything hit in his general vicinity is likely to be caught. And the kid can hit, too. Milone retired the Pirates in order in the top of the first inning because Hays raced into right-center...