ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Barring an unforeseen change, former Orioles pitcher Miguel Gonzalez won't make a start later this week at Camden Yards. The redemption angle is shot. The White Sox's starters for their four-game series don't include Gonzalez, who made his debut last night after the club purchased his contract from Triple-A Charlotte. Tyler Wilson will oppose John Danks in the opener Thursday night. Carlos Rodon, Mat Latos and Chris Sale are listed as the other starters for the White...

Last weekend, Mike Rizzo met with reporters and gave his insight on how the Nationals have started this season. Of course, they were only 12-4 when he gave us this update. They are now 14-4. It still applies. "I'm happy with the start. I like the energy," Rizzo said. "I think we've been playing pretty solid fundamentally. We've been pitching well. The bullpen, with the exception of couple of hiccups, has pitched well. But I like the energy of the team, and the feeling and the vibe in the...

When the Orioles drafted Mike Wright in the third round out of East Carolina in 2011, they looked at a few numbers they liked about the right-hander. He was 6-foot-6 and he could throw 96 mph. You can't teach that. The Orioles could envision Wright advancing to the majors and become a big, strong and durable innings eater who had mid-90s heat. In 2013, Wright was the Orioles' minor league Pitcher of the Year. In 2015, he made the majors for the first time, throwing a stunning 14 scoreless...

As much as we've focused recently on some of the Nationals' most impressive individual performances so far this season, let's not forget about the bigger picture. This is a team sport, after all, so really nothing matters more than the team's record, no matter who is contributing to that and in what manner. The Nationals, as a team, have been fantastic to date in 2016. They enter tonight's series opener against the Phillies with a 14-4 record, matching the 2012 Nats for the best 18-game...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - J.J. Hardy has played 1,374 games at shortstop and none at any other position. Manny Machado has played 461 games at third base, nine at shortstop and none at any other position. Chris Davis has played 670 games at first base, 91 at third and 71 in the outfield. He's also made one relief appearance. Pedro Alvarez has played 554 games at third base, 129 at first and none at any other position. Caleb Joseph has caught in 180 games and played five at first base. In the...

Because the 2016 Orioles rotation isn't the most dominant, it'll need an elite bullpen to back it up, and for the most part, the team's relievers have been up to the task. The four-headed monster of Zach Britton, Darren O'Day, Brad Brach and Mychal Givens has taken the league by storm. They've all blown the ball past opposing hitters, and except for Givens, each of them has an ERA under 2.00. This bullpen has a glaring weakness, though: top prospect Dylan Bundy. In limited action this...

ST. PETERBURG, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he'd check later on Adam Jones to find out whether his center fielder was hurting again or annoyed during an at-bat in the top of the ninth inning. Jones took a big swing and missed a pitch from Rays reliever Erasmo Ramirez, circled the batter's box while grimacing and hit a slow roller to the mound. Showalter doesn't know whether Jones was experiencing more discomfort in his rib area. "I saw some of the same things you did," he...

It looks like Chris Archer's struggles this season and against the Orioles are over. Archer pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings tonight as the Rays beat the Orioles 2-0 at Tropicana Field. Behind the right-hander's strong outing, Tampa Bay takes the opener of this three-game series. The Orioles fall to 1-3 on this road trip, 6-3 against the American League East and to 11-7 on the season. Archer began tonight with an 0-4 record and 7.32 ERA over four starts. The Orioles hit four homers and scored...

If you missed it, Tanner Roark threw a masterful 15-strikeout, two-hit shutout gem on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. For a while there, it looked like if Roark could keep his pitch count down, he could go after the record that Roger Clemens set on April 29, 1986 with 20 strikeouts in a game, which was then equaled again by Clemens in 1996 and matched by Kerry Wood in 1998. Roark was at 96 pitches to end the fifth inning as he threw 23 pitches in that inning, and you knew that Roark...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter sat in the dugout during batting practice today and interrupted his own thought to marvel at a ball launched by slumping slugger Pedro Alvarez. He was scrambling for the right words, as if it were one of those "you had to be there" moments. Reporters had their backs turned to the field, but Showalter said the ball hit just below the scoreboard in center field. Upon further inspection, it's still perched in its landing spot. Showalter...