SARASOTA, Fla. - Mark Trumbo started in right field again last night and handled both fly balls hit in his direction in a 4-1 victory over the Twins. The early camp misplays haven't been repeated. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette, appearing last night on the "Hot Stove Show" on 105.7 The Fan, said he's been "encouraged" by what he's seen from Trumbo in right. "He's worked hard on his first step, which is something that was a priority for our instructors when we came in...

VIERA, Fla. - The Nationals had no idea what to expect when they signed Sean Burnett to a minor league contract in November. As much as they hoped they'd get the guy who established himself as one of baseball's best left-handed relievers during his first stint with the organization from 2009-12, reality suggested it was a long shot. Burnett, after all, had appeared in only 16 major league games since departing from Washington more than three years ago, none since May 27, 2014, when elbow pain...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles will make at least two cuts on Friday as they continue to whittle down their spring roster. Dale Thayer struck out the side in the ninth inning tonight to seal the Orioles' 4-1 victory over the Twins. The Orioles are 4-12-3 heading into Friday night's game in Tampa. Mike Wright tossed five scoreless innings, the first Orioles starter to get past the fourth. "He was good, huh?" said manager Buck Showalter. "Pitching in a normal condition game and attacking the...

ORIOLES QUICK WRAP Score: Orioles 4, Twins 1 Recap: Adam Jones broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with his third home run, a no-doubter to left field on an 0-2 pitch. Jones had an RBI double in the sixth, and Mark Trumbo delivered an RBI single. Mike Wright became the first Orioles starter to work into the fifth. He tossed five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out two. Brad Brach pitched out of a jam in the sixth by getting a strikeout and double play....

SARASOTA, Fla. - If we were giving trending grades right now for some Orioles starting pitchers, 26-year-old right-hander Tyler Wilson would get a thumbs up. His stock has been rising in the Florida sun. With the Orioles rotation not exactly setting the world on fire in the Grapefruit League, Wilson drew heavy praise from his manager when he pitched in relief Tuesday in Dunedin. Against the Toronto Blue Jays, he threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two runs in three innings against the...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Mike Wright allowed two one-out singles in the top of the first inning tonight, got a double play grounder and settled into a nice groove. Wright retired nine Twins in a row before back-to-back singles put him in a jam in the fourth. Byung Ho Park fouled out to first baseman Chris Davis, who made a nice catch near the stands. Kevin Gausman was the only Orioles starter to work four innings. Wright completed five tonight, allowing four hits and walking none. He struck out...

VIERA, Fla. - Today's game was perhaps the wildest the Nationals have played so far this spring, a back-and-forth affair with the Braves that included six home runs on an afternoon when the wind wasn't even blowing that hard at Space Coast Stadium. It was the last of those six homers - Chris Heisey's three-run, walk-off shot to left in the bottom of the ninth - that secured the Nationals' 9-7 victory and left them an impressive 11-3-2 in Grapefruit League play. Heisey, who took right-hander...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Manager Buck Showalter saw from the dugout what pitcher Vance Worley saw when he was on the mound today: a pitcher that hit many of his spots and kept the ball down. But still Worley allowed a three-run homer and gave up eight hits and six runs (four earned) in 3 1/3 this afternoon as Boston beat the Orioles 9-5. So he pitched better than that pitching line indicates? "Oh, yeah," Showalter said. "Every night we play in conditions here that you never play in during the...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles lost their afternoon split-squad game to the Red Sox, 9-5 in Fort Myers. They're 3-12-3 heading into tonight's game against the Twins at Ed Smith Stadium. It's more important that Christian Walker hit a three-run homer and Rule 5 pick Joey Rickard singled, doubled, walked and stole a base. The roster could hold both players on opening day. Rickard has to remain with the Orioles all season or be placed on waivers and, if unclaimed, offered back to the Rays. Walker...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Jimmy Paredes said his left wrist feels much better, the plastic brace no longer worn, and he hopes to swing a bat within a week. Paredes would be taking dry swings instead of facing live pitching, but it's a start. Up to this point, he's only been cleared to swing with his right hand since an MRI didn't reveal any broken bones in the wrist, which he injured while diving for a ball on March 3 in Port Charlotte. "It's doing pretty well," he said. "Every day it's getting...