SARASOTA, Fla. - When the Orioles' minor league spring training games got underway this afternoon at Twin Lakes Park, the Orioles' two Single-A teams had major league pitchers on the mound. Right-hander Mychal Givens was pitching for the team representing Single-A Delmarva and left-hander Richard Bleier for Single-A Frederick. Both got in two innings, but yielded runs to aggressive young hitters from the Minnesota Twins. Givens allowed three hits and one run with one walk and three...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles have reassigned left-hander Jayson Aquino to minor league camp before today's game against the Yankees at Ed Smith Stadium. The camp roster is down to 44 players, including 21 pitchers. Closer Zach Britton is on the list, but he's also on the 60-day disabled list. Aquino made three appearances this spring and allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits in five innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts. The Orioles tabbed him as the starter on Saturday after...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles haven't reached the point where the disabled list becomes a consideration for first baseman Chris Davis, but manager Buck Showalter didn't dismiss the possibility. Davis continues to make gradual progress after receiving a cortisone injection Saturday to alleviate the inflammation in his right elbow. "We're not there yet," Showalter said when asked about the DL. "I still have confidence that we can get this behind us and get enough at-bats to be ready. We're...

SARASOTA, Fla. - For Orioles 2016 top draft pick, right-handed pitcher Cody Sedlock, his first full season of pro baseball did not go as planned. He spent two stints on the disabled list, injured for the first time in his life. He also could look at a stat sheet that he may not have liked, also probably for the first time in his life. He went 4-5 with a 5.90 ERA for Single-A Frederick. He missed time due a right elbow flexor strain and a forearm strain. But he is back now, completely healthy...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Mark Trumbo returns to the Orioles lineup today as promised now that he's recovered from a sore right quadriceps muscle. And Trey Mancini is batting first in a 1:05 p.m. home game against the Yankees on MASN. Anthony Santander gets another look in left field. The bullpen behind starter Miguel Castro includes Rule 5 pick Nestor Cortes Jr., Darren O'Day and Joely Rodriguez. For the Orioles Trey Mancini 1B Jonathan Schoop 2B Manny Machado SS Adam Jones CF Colby Rasmus RF Mark...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Maybe it was the fact they were playing under the lights for the first time this spring. Maybe it was the fact he was stretched out to five innings for the first time. Or maybe it was simply the fact he's Max Scherzer. Whatever the case, the Nationals ace seemed to be even more amped up than usual for tonight's start against the Mets, one in which he posted five zeros, allowed one hit, struck out nine and strutted around the mound more than once. Scherzer may not be...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter will meet with his relievers shortly and map out what constitutes roles for them. He's big on just making sure guys are ready when the phone rings, but he also wants them to know what he's planning while closer Zach Britton is on the 60-day disabled list. Showalter said Brad Brach is a "potential closer," but only because he hasn't made his intentions public. I wouldn't read too much into it. "I don't think anybody has made that...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Let's just say he will work to keep it pretty basic and not overthink it. Once drafted as a shortstop, right-hander Mychal Givens has become a quality late-inning reliever for the Orioles. After a very good 2017, he will just look to do more of the same this year. "Pretty much will try to keep things simple and just get better," he said concisely of his goal for this season. Givens put together one very solid season, going 8-1 with a 2.75 ERA over 78 2/3 innings last summer....

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla - The closer we get to opening day and the more he keeps piling up hits, the more Matt Wieters looks like he may legitimately have figured something out at the plate. Already having shown marked improvement through the first half of spring training, Wieters hasn't let up tonight. The veteran catcher had hits in each of his first two at-bats against Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler, raising his Grapefruit League batting average to a cool .438. Wieters' hits tonight, like...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Though he couldn't make his scheduled start Monday due to an illness, A.J. Cole is already back throwing and should be able to slot back into his spot in the Nationals rotation by the end of the week. Cole was supposed to face the Tigers in Lakeland but had to be scratched a day in advance after he fell victim to a stomach bug. The right-hander did feel well enough Monday to throw a side session off a bullpen mound, manager Davey Martinez said, and he emerged from that...