SARASOTA, Fla. - Infielder Paul Janish remains back in camp today while the Orioles make their latest spring road trip to Dunedin. However, he's inching closer to his exhibition debut. Janish had bone chips removed from his right elbow four weeks ago. He's been throwing the past three days and took batting practice on the field for the first time yesterday morning. "That was good," said Janish, who already had been taking ground balls. "At this point, the throwing has gone really well. I...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Ubaldo Jimenez will make his third start of the spring this afternoon, as the Orioles travel to Dunedin to play the Blue Jays. Jimenez allowed six runs (five earned) in 1 1/3 innings against the Tigers in Lakeland, and one run in two innings against the Twins in Fort Myers. Caleb Joseph will catch Jimenez. For the Orioles: Evereth Cabrera SS David Lough CF Travis Snider LF Delmon Young RF Chris Parmelee 1B Jonathan Schoop 2B Ryan Flaherty 3B Caleb Joseph C Henry Urrutia...

VIERA, Fla. - By now you're aware that Tyler Moore's bat is as hot as anybody's around spring training from Jupiter, Fla. to Mesa, Ariz. "In the zone" is one of those cliché sports phrases that gets thrown around far too often these day, but for Moore it may actually apply after his remarkable spring extended from the baseball diamond to the golf course on Wednesday night. Yes, the golf course. The Nationals held a team bonding Par 3 event at Duran Golf Club on Wednesday. The lighted...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Ubaldo Jimenez makes his third spring start today for the Orioles. He really could use a favorable line. Results matter for Jimenez. He's competing for a spot in the rotation and can't continue to run up high pitch counts and raise more doubts about his ability to contribute in 2015. Simply getting ready for the season isn't enough. Jimenez allowed six runs (five earned) in 1 1/3 innings against the Tigers in Lakeland, and one run in two innings against the Twins in Fort...

SARASOTA, Fla. - As I arrive at spring training, the Orioles are 3-8, have lost six of their last seven games and have scored just eight runs in the last five games. Should we be concerned? Of course not. Moving on ... I will be in Dunedin later today to see Ubaldo Jimenez make his third start of the year after he gave up six runs in 1 1/3 innings on March 3 against Detroit and one run over two-plus innings in his last outing March 8 against Minnesota. The Orioles play the Blue Jays today and...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Nationals manager Matt Williams was pleased with the way A.J. Cole threw the ball at the start of today's 11-9 loss to the Mets. The 6-foot-5 right-hander gave up a solo home run to Curtis Granderson and three other hits along with two walks in 1 2/3 innings. "I thought it was good," said Williams. "Mid-90s fastball. Probably threw more pitches earlier than he wanted to, but I thought he did really well." Cole, 23, wasn't thrilled with his performance that included...

Funnyman Will Ferrell has played a variety of roles - from his spot-on impressions on "Saturday Night Live" to news anchor and ladies man Ron Burgundy to former president George W. Bush in a one-man show. Now the Single-A Potomac Nationals want Ferrell to play a new role. Nine of them, to be exact. With Ferrell spending this afternoon playing all nine field positions and designated hitter while appearing for 10 different teams in five Cactus League games, the P-Nats have invited him to come...

JUPITER, Fla. - Hunter Harvey struck out a batter in a scoreless eighth inning in the Orioles' 8-2 loss to the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium. Henry Urrutia grounded into a double play to end the game, as the Orioles fell to 3-8 this spring. Here's a sampling from manager Buck Showalter, starting with his critique of starter Bud Norris: "Not where he's going to be, he needs to be. Got his pitch count in. He's fine, he's healthy, so we'll go from that. "It's a process. The biggest...

NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Mets 11, Nationals 9 Recap: Prospect A.J. Cole gave up a run on four hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings in his first start of the spring. Curtis Granderson homered off Cole in the first and Michael Cuddyer took reliever Evan Meek deep in the third. Nats center fielder Michael A. Taylor delivered a two-out double in the third, scoring Nate McLouth and Danny Espinosa. Espinosa later homered in the sixth to give the Nats a 4-2 advantage. The Mets scored nine runs in...

ORIOLES QUICK WRAP Score: Cardinals 8, Orioles 2 Recap: Former Oriole Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off Bud Norris in the bottom of the third inning to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead. Norris was charged with three runs and four hits in 2 2/3 innings, with three walks, a strikeout and a hit batter. He threw 54 pitches, 28 for strikes. The Cardinals loaded the bases with two outs in the first on a walk, infield hit and hit batter, but Norris escaped the jam. A leadoff single, passed ball and...