NEW YORK - Steve Pearce is out of the Orioles lineup for a fourth straight game with a sore right wrist. Pearce said he expects to play Wednesday after receiving a cortisone injection over the weekend. With Pearce still sidelined, the Orioles are fielding an unusual infield alignment for tonight's game at Yankee Stadium. Ryan Flaherty is at first base for the third time this season and 10th time in his career. Kelly Johnson is at second base for the first time as an Oriole. He has played...

The Washington Nationals today announced the launch of the TEAM Service All-Stars campaign to recognize and reward gameday staff who provide world class customer service to guests at Nationals Park. From Tuesday, September 23 to Friday, September 26, fans of all ages are encouraged to go to nationals.com/teamservice to vote for the team member(s) they believe go above and beyond their typical duties to create a memorable experience at the ballpark. Managers from each of the nine TEAM Service...

The Orioles today announced their 2015 Grapefruit League schedule, which opens Tuesday, March 3 with a 1:05 p.m. game in Lakeland against the Detroit Tigers. The Orioles will open their home schedule the next day, with a 1:05 p.m. game against the Tigers on Wednesday, March 4. The 2015 season will mark the sixth consecutive Spring Training for the Orioles in Sarasota, and the fifth in the renovated Ed Smith Stadium. Baltimore will face 10 different opponents during their 16-game home...

NEW YORK - We interrupt your obsession with October baseball to bring you the Orioles' 2015 spring training schedule. The Orioles' first Grapefruit League game is March 3 against the Tigers in Lakeland. The home opener at Ed Smith Stadium is March 4 against the Tigers. The Orioles will face 10 different teams as part of their 16-game home schedule. They will host the Rays and Blue Jays three times each and the Twins and Pirates twice. They will play the Braves, Red Sox, Tigers, Yankees,...

Tanner Roark will get the ball today for his 31st start of the season, and should he happen to work 7 2/3 or more innings, he'll top the 200-inning mark for the 2014 campaign, a milestone for many pitchers. Roark has posted a 2.85 ERA this season, which only ranks 17th among qualified major league starters. No big deal. He has an ERA-plus (which is adjusted to the pitcher's ballpark, where a league-average mark is 100) of 131, eighth-best in the National League. Decent, I guess. His...

Manager: Terry Collins, fourth year Record: 76-80 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: 1B Lucas Duda (.254/.354/.479, 26 doubles, 28 HR, 86 RBIs); 2B Daniel Murphy (.295/.339/.410, 35 doubles, 9 HR, 55 RBIs); LHP Jon Niese (9-11, 3.50 ERA, 1.29 WHIP); RHP Bartolo Colon (14-12, 4.02 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) Season series vs. Nats: 3-13, 43 runs scored, 84 runs allowed Pitching probables Sept. 23: Bartolo Colon vs. Tanner Roark, 7 p.m., MASN2 HD Sept. 24: Dillon Gee vs. Gio Gonzalez, 7 p.m., MASN HD Sept....

In 2007, I was where you are. I voraciously read about the Orioles and participated on message boards. My thoughts and discussions about baseball were largely limited to reacting to written pieces or the dizzying pace at the old Baltimore Sun Orioles forum. Perhaps different from you, I was becoming more and more a message board hero armed with a set of sabermetric concepts, but without much understanding of the underlying data science. As I became aware of my path to be an internet...

When discussing left-handed relievers, are Jerry Blevins and Xavier Cedeno battling for one playoff roster spot? Should they be? Blevins has been with the team the whole season. He started off well. But recently, he has had some rough outings, especially the Sept. 10 appearance against the Braves at Nationals Park. Blevins allowed three earned runs on two hits and a walk in just one-third of an inning. The Nationals lost that game 6-2. They lost only two of the next 11 games. Blevins has...

Do the Orioles have a problem at third base? Well, yes, in the sense that they don't have Manny Machado and the player that was replacing him, Chris Davis, has been suspended. The club is a bit down the depth chart at the position. Bringing further concern to the fanbase is the poor defensive play we are seeing at the hot corner. Ryan Flaherty's error last night at third led to two unearned runs. O's third basemen have made four errors in the last four games. Both Jimmy Paredes and Kelly...

NEW YORK - The Orioles lost two out of three games to the Red Sox to conclude the home portion of their regular season schedule, and they dropped the series opener to the Yankees last night. That's not typically how the American League East has treated the Orioles this season. Quite the opposite. The division used to give the Orioles wet willies and hang their underwear from a flag pole. It used to push them in the girls bathroom and hold the door shut. #HighSchoolFlashbacks The Orioles...