The Orioles today announced that they have invited eight former players to serve as guest coaches at Major League Spring Training in Sarasota, Fla. The list includes ROBINSON CHIRINOS, J.J. HARDY, ADAM JONES, BEN McDONALD, SCOTT McGREGOR, EDDIE MURRAY, BRIAN ROBERTS, and MATT WIETERS. Murray is an Orioles Legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer,

When a baseball player is said to have an 80-grade tool by a scout that is as good as it gets. That is like getting a 100 on a test. There is no better score. On the 20-80 scouting scale, Baseball America recently described 80-grade this way: “ Top of the scale. Some scouts consider only one player’s tool in all of the major leagues to be an 80. Th

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jesse Winker had played in Washington several times before as a member of the Reds and Mariners. He had played well in D.C., compiling a 1.084 OPS across 34 plate appearances. He had enjoyed touring the city during his downtime. And anyone he ever spoke to about the Nationals offered positive feedback. So when the opportunit

SARASOTA – Kyle Stowers got married in November. He’s back to full health after a shoulder injury and fractured nose messed with his 2023 season. He’s surrounded by friends inside the Orioles spring clubhouse. Life is good. To make it better, he’d need to again break camp with the team. But it’s hard to kill his positive vibe. Stowers went 2-for-30

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – These early days of spring training are supposed to be reserved for pitchers and catchers. Position players technically don’t report until Tuesday. Stroll through the Nationals clubhouse, though, or walk around their practice fields, and you can’t help but notice how many position players already are here. Of the 29 position

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Claimed INF/OF Diego Castillo off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.Designated INF Livan Soto for assignment. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Nationals club in need of more pitching depth this spring – and perhaps beyond – added another arm to the mix today, signing veteran reliever Jacob Barnes to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp. Barnes, 33, has considerable experience, having pitched in 265 major league games since 2016 for eight diff

SARASOTA, Fla. – John Means joined teammates in spring training warmups this morning, but his throwing distance looked more like a football practice. Deep bombs to his intended target. Long, long tossing to get his arm loose before heading to the row of mounds. Means didn’t have his first offseason bullpen session until Jan. 30, with the club slow-

SARASOTA, Fla. – Kyle Bradish said he’s “very confident” that he can recover from his elbow injury and be a major contributor to the 2024 Orioles. Bradish was diagnosed in January with an ulnar collateral ligament sprain. “I’m feeling really good right now,” he said this morning. “I’m going to take it day by day, trust the process and the schedule

For now, we have to put on hold any talk that this might be among the best O’s rotations ever. They added a stud pitcher in 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, but on the first day of spring training we saw that injuries subtracted, at least for some period of time, two starters. We’ve seen better days in Birdland. Right-hande