TAMPA – Davey Martinez has another four weeks before he has to decide who he wants to keep as his fourth outfielder to begin the season, but the evaluation process is already underway. And this afternoon, the Nationals manager has the opportunity to watch all three candidates for that job at the same time. Alex Call, Derek Hill and Stone Garrett ar

SARASOTA, Fla. – The schedules for players leaving Orioles camp for the World Baseball Classic are clearer after this morning’s media scrum with manager Brandon Hyde. Center fielder Cedric Mullins will play Friday and Sunday before joining Team USA in Arizona. Right fielder Anthony Santander will play Friday, Sunday and Monday before driving to Mia

TAMPA – The Nationals’ spring relocation from remote Viera to centrally located West Palm Beach six years ago cut their travel down to a fraction of what it used to be. Most of their road games now are played on site against the Astros or 15 minutes away in Jupiter, with a few 45-minute trips to Port St. Lucie thrown in. There are, however, still t

SARASOTA, Fla. – Anthony Santander said this morning that his left knee is fine, and he’s in the Orioles lineup against the Blue Jays. Santander was hit Monday by an 85 mph pitch and limped off the field. Cole Irvin is making his Orioles debut and James McCann is catching him. Ramón Urías is playing third base and batting cleanup. Adam Frazier is t

He is still officially a rookie, but a versatile one with the glove and a player that had some nice moments during his Orioles' debut in 2022. That might give Terrin Vavra a leg up on his chance to grab a bench role on the 2023 Orioles. They need a player that can play multiple positions and Vavra spent all winter working on that after he started 1

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Kyle Finnegan has come a long way in three seasons with the Nationals since signing a major league contract as a minor league free agent in December 2019. The 31-year-old went from unknown rookie who flashed impressive stuff in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season to trusted reliever who fizzled out late in 2021 to de facto cl

SARASOTA, Fla. – Ryan O’Hearn came off the bench yesterday and received two at-bats against the Pirates. He struck out, walked and played right field. O’Hearn pinch-ran for Austin Hays the previous day, played left and right and went 1-for-2. He started at first base in Saturday’s exhibition opener and also went 1-for-2. This is all that O’Hearn ca

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – What should be the biggest takeaway from Patrick Corbin’s 2023 spring debut? The home runs he surrendered on back-to-back pitches to Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado in the top of the first of what wound up a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals? The two strikeouts he recorded after that? The fact he threw 16 of his 22 pitches for st

BRADENTON, Fla. – The chore of posting a daily spring training lineup and creating a travel roster has become a joyous exercise for Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. The number of prospects is unprecedented. All the concerns about the quality of play nosediving after the starters leave are beginning to wane. Hyde talks about how the Orioles have the mo

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Sean Doolittle reported for spring training at full strength, and he joined his Nationals teammates as a full participant through the first week-plus of camp. He started thinking about making the Opening Day roster, completing his recovery from surgery to repair a torn elbow ligament in near-record time. That’s when the team