The Orioles have reached an agreement with their top draft pick, Florida State outfielder DJ Stewart, who is expected to get a signing bonus of $2,064,500. That is the exact slot value for the No. 25 pick in Round 1 of the draft. Stewart is in Baltimore today to get a physical, which would lead to the Orioles making an official announcement of his signing when he passes. While one industry source cautioned that the deal may not be "100 complete," it certainly seems headed that way as draft...

PHILADELPHIA - Right fielder Bryce Harper will miss his second straight game after pulling up lame with a right leg cramp on a double in the 11th inning of Wednesday's victory over the Braves. Harper remained in that game, scoring the game-winning shortly after, but was unable to play yesterday. Nationals manager Matt Williams yesterday called Harper's absence in the lineup nothing but a "day off." Clint Robinson will start for Harper in right field. Robinson was 2-for-3 with an RBI...

Adam Jones is not in the Orioles lineup for the fifth straight game as he continues to deal with right shoulder soreness. David Lough will get another start in center field, with Chris Davis getting a rare start in right field, his first since 2012. Wei-Yin Chen is set to start tonight's matchup against the Indians, but no corresponding roster move has been announced yet. Stay tuned. For the OriolesManny Machado 3BTravis Snider LFJimmy Paredes DHChris Davis RFChris Parmelee 1BJ.J. Hardy SSRyan...

Baltimore City Youth Clinic, Baltimore RBI Program, and PLAY Campaign will encourage interest in baseball and healthy lifestyles The Orioles will open their seven-game homestand on Friday, June 26, at 7:05 p.m. against the Cleveland Indians. Following Major League Baseball's announcement of a new league-wide "Play Ball" campaign designed to encourage widespread participation of all forms of baseball among youth, Orioles players and coaches will participate in two youth clinics - one focusing...

PHILADELPHIA - After beginning the 2015 season on the disabled list, infielder Anthony Rendon finds himself back on it, this time with a left quad strain. Rendon missed the first 52 games of the season, recovering from a left knee sprain followed by a left oblique strain, and didn't make his season debut until June 4. In his 18 games this season, he is batting .290/.375/.362, with five doubles, nine walks, five RBIs and nine runs scored. He does not yet have a homer on the year. The move is...

Second baseman Jonathan Schoop is working out at Camden Yards today before the Orioles taking batting practice. Schoop is running sprints with vice president of baseball operations Brady Anderson. Manager Buck Showalter, head athletic trainer Richie Bancells and assistant athletic trainer Brian Ebel are standing along the right field line. The drills also include Schoop running the bases, going from first to third at full speed. The Orioles could choose to activate Schoop from the disabled list...

The Washington Nationals selected the contract of infielder Emmanuel Burriss from Triple-A Syracuse on Friday and placed infielder Anthony Rendon on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain, retroactive to June 25. Outfielder Reed Johnson was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Burriss, a Washington, D.C. native and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in the Tenleytown neighborhood of...

The Orioles today announced that outfielder Steve Pearce has been selected as the AT&T Fans' Choice Bobblehead. For the fourth consecutive year, fans were able to select the player they wanted immortalized in a bobblehead giveaway. The bobblehead is scheduled to be distributed during Fan Appreciation Weekend on Sunday, October 4, to the first 25,000 fans age 15 and over. Voting began on March 31 and fans voted two different ways throughout the promotion: through unlimited mobile voting,...

While the Orioles figure out how to create room on their roster for starter Wei-Yin Chen, one player fighting to hold onto his spot will have a bobblehead in his likeness distributed at Camden Yards. Outfielder Steve Pearce has been selected as the AT&T Fans' Choice Bobblehead. He received more votes than Chen, closer Zach Britton, reliever Darren O'Day and starter Bud Norris. The bobblehead will be distributed on Oct. 4 to the first 25,000 fans age 15 and over as part of "Fan...

It didn't take long for prospect Trea Turner to get to Triple-A. The talented shortstop is expected to join the Syracuse Chiefs today or tomorrow in Indianapolis, more likely today, according to a source familiar with the situation. Turner spent 10 days with Double-A Harrisburg. But really he spent 68 games at Double-A, where he started the season at Double-A San Antonio. With the Missions, Turner had a 16-game hit streak. Before that he had a 10-game streak. Turner has had 25 multi-hit games...