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SARASOTA, Fla. - Chris Tillman threw 61 pitches over three innings in this morning's simulated game. The crowd included Kevin Gausman, Dylan Bundy, Darren O'Day and Zach Britton.
Mark Trumbo is unavailable due to a sore right quadriceps muscle. Manager Buck Showalter estimated, after talking to head athletic trainer Brian Ebel, that Trumbo could be out for three to seven days.
"We're probably going to give him time to get that completely healed," Showalter said. "He's got a quad going on...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Trey Mancini gets another start at first base today with Chris Davis unavailable, and Pedro Ãlvarez is serving as the designated hitter for a 1:05 p.m. game against the Blue Jays in Sarasota.
Colby Rasmus is leading off and playing right field. Chance Sisco is catching.
Mark Trumbo isn't in the lineup today and he isn't listed among the reserves.
Rule 5 left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. makes his third start while bidding for the fifth spot in the rotation. He's allowed two...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Stephen Strasburg makes his second start of spring training this afternoon when the Nationals host the Mets. He'll face right-hander Noah Syndergaard.
In his first start on March 3, Strasburg worked two innings against the Astros, allowing a run on three hits with two strikeouts.
Manager Davey Martinez has been extending his starters in recent games and hopes to get Strasburg up up to 60-65 pitches today.
There are few hitters this spring hotter than Moisés Sierra,...
SARASOTA, Fla. - The competition for backup catcher with the Orioles appears to be a two-man race between Chance Sisco and Austin Wynns, though Andrew Susac remains in camp and is trying to make a push after a staph infection led to a brief hospital stay.
Wynns was in the lineup yesterday against the Rays and had a single and walk before striking out with the bases loaded to end the fifth. Susac replaced him and singled in his only at-bat.
Susac is 2-for-2 and has walked twice in limited...
Well, it is not a four-man rotation in the traditional sense that the club will use only four starters, but the Tampa Bay Rays will use four starters and then a bullpen game every fifth day this season.
This is the plan, according to their manager Kevin Cash. In this story in the Tampa Bay Times, Cash said his four main starters will be Chris Archer, Blake Snell, Nathan Eovaldi and Jake Faria. On the fifth day, the Rays will fill in with several multi-inning relievers, and they will not name...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As far as Wilmer Difo is concerned, the more work, the better.
If microfracture surgery delays the start to Daniel Murphy's season, Difo is happy to play second base for the Nationals as long as he's needed. If shortstop Trea Turner or third baseman Anthony Rendon need a day off, Difo's ready to fill in. He'll grab a bat and pinch-hit or use his legs to make a difference as a pinch-runner.
"I'm a player that likes to work hard, and the more work I get, the better I...
JUPITER, Fla. - Max Scherzer often makes his craft look so effortless that it's easy to forget that he's part of a perpetual thinking man's exercise that requires a pitcher to constantly adjust and readjust both plan of attack and expectations.
So, after winning back-to-back Cy Young Awards, here was the Nationals ace using an innocuous spring training start to try to integrate a few new wrinkles into his repertoire, just in case the hitters have caught up to him and think they've figured...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Danny Valencia has an RBI double today off Rays left-hander Anthony Banda and a two-run double off right-hander Yonny Chirinos. He's trying to demonstrate that he's an equal opportunity masher and not just a platoon player.
Valencia is 4-for-9 with three doubles, a home run and four RBIs since signing a minor league deal with the Orioles and vowing to make the major league club.
The Orioles sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth and took a 7-2 lead. Tim Beckham had a...
Who says the end of spring training needs to be a sad time?
Yes, the ending of camp means the regular season is about to start. But after training, playing and living in an area for over a month, it can be a little bittersweet to leave your spring home for your regular season home.
That can be especially said for the Orioles, who have made a longstanding commitment to the Greater Sarasota community since they moved their big league spring training operations there in 2010. So it's no surprise...
Top-ranked Spring Training Venue to Host Award-Winning Country Duo
The Orioles today announced a special end-of-season charitable concert featuring the award-winning country duo LOCASH on Sunday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. ET. All proceeds from the event will benefit Sarasota Academy of the Arts Musical Theater Program. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 9, at 10:00 a.m. at www.orioles.com/LOCASH, at the Orioles Box Office at Ed Smith Stadium, and by phone at 941-893-6312.
Sarasota Academy of...