SARASOTA, Fla. - It's time to revisit the Orioles' offseason grades. Revisit and revise. The lineup is set with Dexter Fowler expected to take his physical this morning at the Ed Smith Stadium complex. The rotation is set with Yovani Gallardo agreeing to a restructured two-year deal that includes an option for 2018. Hyun Soo Kim is projected as the left fielder. Mark Trumbo is projected as the regular designated hitter, capable of filling in at first base and the outfield corners. Matt...

While the deals are not officially completed, it sure looks like this time we can safely say the Orioles have indeed added a starting pitcher and outfielder. For the second night in a row, MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko was the first to report an agreement. This time he reported it is a two-year deal with a team option for a third season with pitcher Yovani Gallardo after last night's three-year agreement with outfielder Dexter Fowler. Whatever the Orioles' concerns were or are about...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles have restructured pitcher Yovani Gallardo's contract from three guaranteed years to two years with a club option, according to a source. The source said "it's done," which allows the Orioles finally to plug the hole in their rotation created when left-hander Wei-Yin Chen signed with the Marlins. Rather than receive a guaranteed $35 million over three years, Gallardo is assured of getting $22 million, including a $2 million buyout. A $13 million option instead of...

At a time when players come and go - and major league rosters change, sometimes almost daily - the Orioles may now be developing a situation where their roster will feature stability. At least for a few years. Let's look at the eight players that could be on the field with the pitcher on opening day and include outfielder Dexter Fowler. Except for catcher Matt Wieters, who can be a free agent after 2016, the other seven all will be under team control for at least two more years. Five of those...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles aren't commenting on pitcher Yovani Gallardo's physical or their agreement with outfielder Dexter Fowler. These are sensitive issues that manager Buck Showalter, a smile on his face, danced around again this afternoon. The club has discussed a restructure of its three-year, $35 million agreement with Gallardo, according to multiple sources. The question is whether Gallardo would be receptive to it or if the Orioles would be sifting through their other rotation...

VIERA, Fla. - The prospect of the first live batting practice session of the spring brought a little extra sense of excitement to Nationals camp this morning. That excitement, though, was dampened by the prospect of a major line of storms sweeping across Florida and supposedly set to barrel through the Space Coast smack dab during the middle of the workout. Turns out, all they got was a little rain and some strong wind, nothing severe enough to disrupt the workout. "The main thing is we dodged...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles center fielder Adam Jones sat at his locker this afternoon and fielded questions with a Gold Glove touch. His dinner meeting with managing partner Peter Angelos. The composition of the lineup. His new teammates. His disdain of qualifying offers. And somehow, his political aspirations. Let's get started. On Hyun Soo Kim: "He's attentive. That's the thing about it. He knows he was a damn good player over there. Coming here is going to be an adjustment for him. I just...

VIERA, Fla. - It's been seven years since Nick Johnson last donned a Nationals uniform, but there was something comforting about the site of the former first baseman standing at the batting cage this morning, a curly W on his cap, watching current members of the team take swings off live pitchers. What, exactly, is Johnson doing here? "Whatever they need me to do," he said succinctly, to this day still a man of few words. Officially, Johnson is in camp for 10 days as a special instructor....

SARASOTA, Fla. - The rain was coming down hard this morning at the Ed Smith Stadium complex, just as the Orioles anticipated while arranging for indoor workouts. Pitchers will throw inside the covered cage while hitters do some tracking. Bats remain on shoulders. The Orioles aren't expected to make a final decision today on Yovani Gallardo's physical. It could drag out through the rest of the week. There's growing speculation that the Orioles may attempt to restructure the three-year, $35...

VIERA, Fla. - When he arrived back home in Fayetteville, Ark., in October, Clint Robinson could well have been viewed a wholly different man than he was when he left eight months prior. After nearly a decade in professional baseball and 921 minor league games, he had finally broken through as a big leaguer for a full season, a successful one at that. Anybody who knows Robinson, of course, knows that would never be the case. Because he would never allow it to be the case. "Everybody knows how...