Carter Kieboom met with reporters before Monday's spring training workout.

Juan Soto met with reporters before Monday's spring training workout.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles first baseman Chris Davis spoke with the media for about 10 minutes this morning at his locker before heading out to the field for the first full-squad workout. He discussed how he put on 25 pounds of weight in order to increase his strength. He talked about how he doesn't want to become a part-time player, one who's been, in his words, "well below-average." He also admitted that he talked to his wife, Jill, late in the season about walking away from the game with...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles no longer appear to be in an aggressive mode to find a starting pitcher as the first full-squad workout is held later today. They'll keep checking the market, but it's possible that left-hander Tommy Milone is the last candidate to join the fray. One phone call can swing the momentum. However, the Orioles seem satisfied with their pitching numbers in camp - the grand total has reached 36 - and there hasn't been any progress made toward a major league deal that...

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expressed no concerns this afternoon while speaking at the annual Media Day about the decline in Orioles attendance and the club's future as it goes through a painful rebuild process. He probably enjoyed the break from all of the Astros questions. "I have spent a considerable amount of time with the Angelos family during this offseason," Manfred said. "I think that the family is committed to making baseball as good as it can...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Nationals position players officially report to spring training this morning, and there may be nobody in camp happier to hear that than Davey Martinez. "I've actually been excited since right after the New Year, really," the third-year manager said. "I've started gathering my thoughts and looking forward to seeing all the guys, and then all of a sudden you're here, you're excited and after about two days of watching pitchers throw bullpens, it's like: 'Let's...

So what can 20-year-old right-hander Grayson Rodriguez do for an encore? In 2019, he had a great season for Single-A Delmarva, pitched a scoreless inning in the All-Star Futures Game and ended his year as co-winner of the Jim Palmer Award as the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Rodriguez, who shared that award with right-hander Michael Baumann, went 10-4 with an ERA of 2.68 for the Shorebirds. Held to 94 innings, Rodriguez gave up just 57 hits and only four homers with 36 walks and 129...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Some might be intimidated walking into a clubhouse full of returning veterans - veterans returning from a World Series title, for that matter - and trying to blend in as one of only a handful of new guys. Starlin Castro walked into the Nationals clubhouse today for the first time, though, and looked and acted like he's been here all along. "I've been in the league a while and I know a lot of guys," the 29-year-old infielder said. "It's a little bit scary when you...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kurt Suzuki wasn't expecting to find himself in the middle of the war of words between the Astros and players around the majors who are now blasting the 2017 champs for cheating by illegally stealing signs. But when the Nationals catcher was quoted in The Washington Post saying he believed the Astros were still cheating during the 2019 World Series - "We could hear it from their dugout. We heard their whistling." - he suddenly was thrust into the fray and earned the...

Davey Martinez met with the media after Sunday's spring training workout.