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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals' first full-squad workout of 2019 featured some familiar sights (the daily "Circle of Trust" meeting, lots of defensive fundamental drills, live batting practice). It also featured some noticeable changes from last spring: Max Scherzer throwing two simulated "innings" to live hitters already, several instances when players were instructed to re-do a particular drill if it wasn't done flawlessly the first time.
"It was great," manager Davey Martinez...
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SARASOTA, Fla. - ESPN broadcaster Kevin Brown is joining the Orioles Radio Network in 2019, serving as a play-by-play announcer for about 50 games this season.
Brown's hiring comes on the heels of Joe Angel's retirement after 19 seasons as the radio play-by-play voice of the Orioles. Angel spent more than four decades calling major league games, including two World Series, 44 postseason games and seven no-hitters.
Brown currently serves as a play-by-play commentator on ESPN's...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde continues to rotate players at different positions in camp. Heads can spin trying to track them.
Ryan Mountcastle, Chris Bostick and Jace Peterson worked out at third base this morning on the Earl Weaver "Little" Field. Rio Ruiz and Steve Wilkerson moved to first base. Rule 5 picks Richie Martin and Drew Jackson were stationed at shortstop. Zach Vincej and Jack Reinheimer took ground balls at second base.
Hyde is new to the organization and...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The first domino in the never-ending free agent stalemate of 2019 has finally fallen. Manny Machado has agreed to a 10-year, $300 million deal with the Padres, according to multiple reports this afternoon.
Which means Bryce Harper is now on the clock, and the bar for his eventual contract has been set by San Diego.
The Machado news broke as the Nationals' first full-squad workout was in its final stages, and word spread quickly through the complex. For veteran players...
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles made another waiver claim this afternoon, selecting Josh Osich from the Giants, while also adding a fifth left-handed reliever to their 40-man roster.
Osich, 30, joins Richard Bleier, Tanner Scott, Paul Fry and Donnie Hart. Non-roster southpaws Sean Gilmartin and Chris Lee also are in camp.
Infielder Hanser Alberto has been designated for assignment to make room for Osich on the 40-man roster. The Orioles claimed Alberto off waivers from the Yankees last month.
The...
Youngsters who dream of a big league career are getting a little taste of what it takes, with the help of the Orioles Health & Fitness Challenge and today's visit from some O's stars to a middle school in the club's spring home of Sarasota, Fla.
Orioles Hall of Famer Brian Roberts and current Orioles Mychal Givens, Trey Mancini and Mike Wright Jr. - along with Wright's wife, Madison, a personal trainer and reigstered dietician and nutritionist - went to Booker Middle School to help...
For years, I've spent the offseason staring at the canopy that houses Boog's BBQ at Camden Yards during the regular season and wondered how good it would be to chow down on a pit beef sandwich (medium well, with barbecue sauce and horseradish, of course) to ward off the winter chill.
But the emptiness beneath the canopy on Eutaw Street usually tells me that there will be no wintertime feast (though I've often though about the gold mine that would be created by opening Boog's BBQ one day a...
After 26 years of shaking hands, signing autographs, and serving millions of BBQ sandwiches in Maryland, Orioles Hall of Famer Boog Powell will bring his famed Boog's BBQ to Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota for the 2019 Spring Training season.
"No trip to Oriole Park at Camden Yards is complete without a stop at Boog's BBQ, and we are delighted to offer the same experience to fans at Ed Smith Stadium," said Greg Bader, Orioles Vice President, Communications & Marketing. "As an Orioles...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Infielder Alcides Escobar is in Orioles camp this morning and taking his physical. He's been assigned uniform No. 1.
Rule 5 pick Richie Martin sits next to him in the clubhouse. He's also been assigned No. 1.
My guess here is that Martin will be changing numbers.
Four fields will be used again today for living batting practice. Alex Cobb, Yefry RamÃrez and Mychal Givens will throw inside the stadium. John Means, Josh Rogers and Zach Pop are on Field 2. Mike Wright Jr.,...
MLBPipeline.com released its new list of top 30 Orioles prospects yesterday, featuring outfielder Yusniel DÃaz ranked No. 1 and six pitchers among their top 10. There are 16 pitchers listed in the top 30.
Click here for that list.
The top 10 features DÃaz followed in order by infielder Ryan Mountcastle, pitcher DL Hall, outfielder Austin Hays, pitchers Grayson Rodriguez and Keegan Akin, outfielder Ryan McKenna, and pitchers Zac Lowther, Dean Kremer and Blaine Knight. Let's take a look at...