The education on the 2019 Orioles is ongoing and unable to be contained in one blog entry. What else have we learned through four games? Manager Brandon Hyde will push his pitchers in certain situations, but not all of them. Mychal Givens threw a career-high 49 pitches Sunday in the Bronx, but David Hess was removed last night in Toronto after 6 1/3 hitless innings and 82 pitches. Hess threw 42 on Thursday and came back on short rest. Fast forward to later in the season and Hess stays in the...

TORONTO - Last year the Orioles did not record a single win at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Tonight, right-hander David Hess made sure that would not happen this season as the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-5. Showing the best fastball velocity we've seen in his brief major league career, Hess was rolling from the start. He retired the first nine batters on 28 pitches, throwing nine in the first, seven in the second and 12 in the third. He took a no-hitter into the seventh with a 6-0 lead at 74...

TORONTO - It worked once so the Orioles will try it again. Whether you want to call him an opener or say the Orioles are going with a bullpen game, right-hander Nate Karns will start the third game of the series in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. "We're going to go with Karns again and (Alex) Cobb will have the home opener (on Thursday)," manager Brandon Hyde said today before the Orioles series opener at Rogers Centre. David Hess will start tonight and Andrew Cashner starts on Tuesday...

Over 110 locally owned and operated Papa John's franchisees in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area are proud partners again this year with the Washington Nationals and Max Scherzer to support the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. Sales of the "Max Scherzer Special" - which donates 10% of each Special ordered to the Academy - generated a donation of more than $13,000 last year to support academic enrichment, baseball and softball instruction, and nutrition education...

The Washington Nationals will mark the return of the Patriotic Series presented by SAIC when the team hosts Military Appreciation Day on Tuesday, April 2 vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. To honor the men and women of the U.S. military, the Nationals will offer complimentary tickets to military service members and their families for Tuesday's game. Active duty service members, dependents, veterans, retirees, and reservistsmay claim up to two complimentary tickets for each military ID or proof of...

Cedric Mullins has returned to the Orioles lineup tonight and figures to stay there with the Blue Jays starting three right-handers in the series in Toronto. Trey Mancini is in right field again with Dwight Smith Jr. in left. Mancini is making his fourth career start in right. Chris Davis is batting seventh ahead of designated hitter Renato Núñez. Rio Ruiz continues to play third base. Jesús Sucre is behind the plate after Pedro Severino got the start yesterday in the Bronx. For the...

Bryce Harper will be returning to Nationals Park for the rest of his career, just not the way Nats fans were thinking. Harper, 26, will be wearing Phillies gray for three trips a year into Washington, starting Tuesday night. Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with National League East rival Philadelphia, leaving the only major league city he's called home. Harper will wear No. 3 with the Phillies after wearing No. 34 for the Nationals. Harper's jersey is baseball's...

TORONTO - The Orioles will try to do something tonight at Rogers Centre that they could not do at all last year - win. They went 0-10 and were outscored 63-28 last season in Toronto. The Orioles had series where they went 0-4, 0-3 and 0-3 last year at Rogers Centre. They were out-homered in the 10 games, 35-20. Toronto batters hit .277/.339/.500 with an .839 OPS. Randal Grichuk hit .355 with five homers and 11 RBIs versus the Orioles, while Kevin Pillar hit .385 with four homers and 10 RBIs and...

With the Major League Baseball season now underway, the Orioles' year-round baseball operations continue in Sarasota with Extended Spring Training. The public is invited to watch Orioles minor league players in action at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in April, May, and June. Gates open 30 minutes before game time, and there is no charge to attend the games. Free parking is available in the East Lot. Please note that game times and locations are subject to change without notice due to weather...

The Nationals probably knew it would not be easy for center fielder Victor Robles to just jump into a major league everyday starting role. Even with his five-tool plus-plus ratings and top-prospect accolades, there would be growing pains. It would be a trial by fire in some sense, and it has been. But with every play, the 21-year-old Robles is learning from his mistakes and building to get better. The two biggest points of emphasis for Robles from the first three games of 2019: reads on center...