SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter made a couple of veiled (and comical) references to the Yovani Gallardo physical today while meeting with reporters and other assorted media. He didn't address it specifically. It was the elephant in the room. Showalter isn't going to say much about Gallardo until he's on the team. Gallardo won't attend tonight's meeting unless he passes the physical, and there's some doubt that it's going to happen. There's been a strange vibe in camp all...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Yovani Gallardo hasn't completed his physical and couldn't take the field for today's workout at the Ed Smith Stadium complex. A team official said there's "more work to do," including diagnostic testing. The Orioles appeared set to announce Gallardo's signing this afternoon, but those plans apparently changed after reviewing his MRI and further tests were ordered. In the meantime, his three-year, $35 million deal isn't official beyond the sides reaching an...

The Orioles and CBS Radio's 105.7 The Fan (WJZ-FM), the flagship station of the Orioles Radio Network, have announced that 12 Orioles Spring Training games will be broadcast in 2016. The schedule begins with the home opener against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, March 2, at 1:05 p.m. ET, and includes six additional home games in Sarasota. Three of the 12 broadcasts will feature 30-minute pre-game and post-game shows. 105.7 The Fan will again broadcast all 162 Orioles regular season games...

VIERA, Fla. - Ryan Zimmerman today vehemently denied ever using performance enhancing drugs or knowing the trainer who accused him of using them, and offered a detailed explanation why he was willing to file a defamation suit against the television network that aired the allegation that jolted the Nationals first baseman's offseason. In his first public comments since Al Jazeera America aired a documentary in December accusing him and several other high-profile athletes of receiving shipments...

The Orioles are proud to support Major League Baseball in the eighth annual Honorary Bat Girl Contest designed to celebrate the stories of fans who are "going to bat against breast cancer." The club invites Orioles fans to join in spreading awareness and support for the breast cancer cause by voting in the contest to determine who will be this year's Honorary Bat Girl for a game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Voting begins today and will continue through Thursday, April 14, at...

The Houston Astros and Washington Nationals today announced that Brady Ballard has been named General Manager of The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the future, state-of-the-art Spring Training home of the two clubs which is scheduled to open in 2017. Ballard will be a critical resource in the construction and opening of the brand new Spring Training facility that will be operated as a joint venture between the Astros and Nationals. He will also be responsible for leading all aspects of...

The Orioles traded their bats for golf clubs Monday afternoon, taking aim at a decidedly smaller ball for a good cause in the sixth annual Birdland Golf Classic at The Founders Club in Sarasota. The event benefited the Miracle League of Manasota, an organization dedicated to providing the opportunity for everyone to play baseball, regardless of ability. Manager Buck Showalter and current Orioles Brad Brach, Chris Davis, Ryan Flaherty, Kevin Gausman, Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Darren O'Day...

VIERA, Fla. - It's finally the official reporting date for all Nationals position players, though that deadline didn't mean much to most this spring. Every single player had already arrived by Monday, with only Wilmer Difo remaining among the unseen. Well, rest easy folks, because Difo is now here. He reported on time, giving the Nats a completely full clubhouse. We sometimes make too big a deal out of early arrivals, but I do have to say I think it's notable how many regulars arrived not...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Third baseman Manny Machado reported to camp yesterday and stood at his locker for about 10 minutes this morning while the media peppered him with questions about the Orioles' offseason, his optimism about signing an extension and predictions that the club will finish in last place. "I'm just excited to be back," he said. "Happy to see all my boys back, my former teammates back. The team that we have here. I'm excited for the year, I'm excited for myself, I'm excited...

VIERA, Fla. - Oliver Perez's career was on the brink of collapse. He had sported a 5.09 ERA over his past six seasons with the Pirates and Mets, and now he was left to accept a minor league contract offer from the Nationals. Perez took the offer, mostly because of his past relationship with Nationals minor league pitching coordinator Spin Williams, who had been his first big league pitching coach in Pittsburgh. He reported to Double-A Harrisburg, a once-promising left-hander now reduced to...