The Orioles today announced that Oriole Park at Camden Yards will host a NCAA Division I baseball game between the United States Naval Academy and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County baseball teams on Wednesday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m. ET. Tickets are $10 for general admission in the lower level seating bowl. Current Navy and UMBC students w

SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles manager Brandon Hyde provided some significant health and workout updates this morning, rattling off the morning advancements from a sheet of paper. Got to keep it straight, and there were quite a few. Left-hander DL Hall, who’s recovered from the discomfort in his lower back, completed a bullpen session today. Hyde said it

LAKELAND, Fla. – It’s the last long trip of spring training and the Nationals have to be thrilled to no longer come to this side of Florida. The team bus left the complex in West Palm Beach at 6:45 a.m. to embark on the three-hour drive to Lakeland to face the Tigers this afternoon. Needless to say, not a lot of major leaguers made the trip, with L

SARASOTA, Fla. – Colton Cowser is starting in center field today against the Pirates, and Adam Rutschman is serving as the designated hitter. Cowser is 2-for-11 with one home run, seven walks, six strikeouts and six runs scored. Adam Frazier moves up to the leadoff spot. Ryan Mountcastle is the first baseman, Ramón Urías is playing third base, Jorg

It started out with a tweet I published following Sunday’s Orioles game, which took just two hours and 16 minutes to play, posing a question. What did fans think of the use of the pitch timer thus far? Twitter didn’t disappoint in that I received a large amount of responses and I did not count up how many were positive or negative but there were pl

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jackson Rutledge looks like he’s ready for a breakout season. And not just because his 6-foot-8, 251-pound frame looks like it already belongs in the major leagues. While he physically can measure up to anyone in the Nationals clubhouse, the former organizational top prospect still has some growing to do on the mound. And he

SARASOTA, Fla. – Do not fall in love with spring training or September stats. Managers have warned us about it for centuries. Or at least since I’ve been a full-time beat reporter in 1997. The same rule or sage advice applies to overreactions on the negative side. Do not fall out of love. Here are a few examples, beginning with a hitter who left ca

JUPITER, Fla. – When discussing MacKenzie Gore this morning, Davey Martinez called his starting pitcher a “perfectionist.” That was slightly evident after Gore came out of his last start on Thursday a little disappointed in the results. He wasn’t as sharp as he would have liked. It was even more evident after Gore finished what was, in his eyes, a

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Grayson Rodriguez left his glove on the ground as the crowd reacted today to a line drive hit up the middle of the field. Rodriguez hustled after the ball, threw out the Twins’ Donovan Solano and began flexing his hand. The Orioles dugout began to hyperventilate. The medical check from manager Brandon Hyde and an athletic trainer

The Nationals have made the following roster moves: Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Joan Adon Re-assigned to minor league camp: LHP Alberto Baldonado, RHP Gerardo Carrillo, LHP Evan Lee, LHP Francisco Perez, RHP Tommy Romero, C Brady Lindsly, INF Lucius Fox, INF Erick Mejia, OF Yasel Antuna OF Donovan Casey, RHP Jackson Tetreault, RHP Anthony Castro, OF