FORT MYERS, Fla. - Spring training statistics can be the great fooler, as so many managers have warned in the past, but Chance Sisco is serious about breaking camp with the Orioles - and the seams on a few baseballs. Sisco has belted a pair of two-run homers today in two at-bats against Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez and reliever Tyler Thornburg, and he slapped an RBI single to left field off Colten Brewer in the fifth to increase the Orioles' lead to 7-4. The RBI total has risen to eight,...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Alex Cobb is making his Grapefruit League debut in Friday's split-squad game against the Rays at Ed Smith Stadium. Nate Karns is making his second start in the night portion against the Yankees in Tampa. No way to shield them from a division opponent, especially with the Orioles returning to Fort Myers on Saturday to play the Red Sox. Cobb has been slotted ahead of Andrew Cashner after throwing live batting practice yesterday on Field 2 at the Sarasota complex. Cashner threw...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It looks like today's game will get started as scheduled after all. The forecast hasn't completely cleared up, but it appears to have cleared up enough to allow the Nationals and Astros to get underway on time. Whether it will stay that way long enough to get the full game in remains to be seen. Even if the rain holds off, we won't be seeing Ryan Zimmerman today. He was held out of the lineup, not because of concern about having him play on a wet field but because...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - We've had a bit of a strange weather pattern here over the last 24 hours. It absolutely poured last night, for multiple hours, soaking everything in sight. But this morning the sky was bright blue and it looked like it would be a beautiful day. Except there's another system heading this way, and it's forecast to hit the area right around 1 p.m. So that means today's game against the Astros could be jeopardized. The Nationals are preparing as though they'll be able...

The Orioles today released their 2019 promotional schedule highlighted by an extensive slate of unique items and events, as well as returning favorites, to appeal to Birdland's diverse fanbase. The Orioles also announced that individual game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 1, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Birdland Members will receive a special pre-sale opportunity on Thursday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. May the 'fourth' be with you on Saturday, May 4, as the Orioles...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Cedric Mullins is leading off again today as the Orioles return to Fort Myers to play the Red Sox. Eric Young Jr. is in left field and Anthony Santander is in right. Rule 5 pick Richie Martin is starting at shortstop, Chance Sisco is the designated hitter and Jack Reinheimer is playing second base. Rio Ruiz has moved across the diamond and is starting at first base. For the Orioles Cedric Mullins CF Eric Young Jr. LF Renato Núñez 3B Anthony Santander RF Rio Ruiz 1B Richie...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Anyone who hadn't seen Aníbal Sánchez pitch before Tuesday's game saw everything they needed to see during this start against the Cardinals to understand exactly why the Nationals wanted him in the first place. Over the course of two efficient, scoreless innings of work, Sánchez showed off the repertoire and approach that made him so successful last season in Atlanta. With a fastball that stayed in the upper-80s but a deep assortment of off-speed pitches that...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles individual game tickets go on sale to the general public Friday morning beginning at 10 a.m., which Birdland Members receiving first crack a day earlier at the same time. The club also has released its promotional schedule, highlighted by a Brooks Robinson bobblehead given to the first 25,000 fans 15 and over attending the July 16 game at Camden Yards, and a 30th-year celebration of the 1989 "Why Not?" team with a reunion and T-shirt giveaway on Aug. 9. There's also...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Four games into the exhibition schedule, following a couple weeks of workouts, seems like an ample amount of time to build some early impressions of the Orioles. The good and the disappointing. Reactions and overreactions. Chris Davis hit a home run yesterday in his fifth spring training at-bat and it was a tape-measure shot off a breaking ball. It could mean something or nothing, but I recognized that swing from the days when he was scary good in the middle of the...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Outfield is an area where the Orioles feature some young, up-and-coming talent, led by Yusniel Diaz, who is ranked as the team's No. 1 prospect and is in the top 100 list of several national outlets. It's a position to watch in camp to see Diaz, along with Austin Hays, Ryan McKenna, Cedric Mullins, Anthony Santander, Mike Yastrzemski and DJ Stewart, to name a few. Most of these guys have played together at some point on the farm, some for several seasons together. Now in this...