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

BRADENTON, Fla. – Anthony Santander noticed the Orioles beat writers walking toward his locker this morning, smiled and provided an unsolicited update on his left knee. Skip the formalities and get to it. “I’m OK guys, I’m OK guys,” he said. Santander was hit by a pitch yesterday, fell to the ground and limped to the dugout, and later the clubhouse

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It’s another warm, windy day here in South Florida, where a refreshed Nationals club returns from one of only two days off this spring to face the Cardinals at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Patrick Corbin makes his first start of 2023, the last pitcher from the projected Opening Day rotation to take the mound. Obviously,

BRADENTON, Fla. – Bryan Baker and Mike Baumann will make their spring debuts today behind starter Kyle Bradish, as the Orioles travel to Bradenton to play the Pirates. The lineup is thick with young infield talent. Gunnar Henderson is making his first appearance, starting at third base. He had a sore wrist that pushed back his debut. Joey Ortiz is

Last year the Orioles had one veteran pitcher in their rotation for most of the year, a guy to try and give them some quality innings while also helping the numerous young pitchers around him on the staff. That was Jordan Lyles, who was very well respected in the Baltimore clubhouse. This year they feel they have two pitchers like that in lefty Col

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Matt Adams never thought he’d have to look for a job, not at this stage of his career. Sure, the 34-year-old slugger hadn’t been a full-time big leaguer since 2019 with the Nationals, but he still managed to play in major league games for the Braves in 2020 and the Rockies in 2021, seasons that weren’t normal for reasons bot

SARASOTA, Fla. – To push for a clean slate in spring training is to erase the best of Keegan Akin in 2022. The Orioles’ left-hander posted a 2.63 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and .196 average against in 33 games through Aug. 14. He worked at least two innings in his first 19 outings to set a reliever record. The switch to a bullpen role seemed to unlock the tale

SARASOTA, Fla. – Bruce Zimmermann broke camp with the Orioles last spring and spent the offseason trying to repair himself. The Baltimore native understood that he had to do a better job of separating the two-seam fastball from the four-seamer, which he introduced in 2022. It became an issue. There was more work to be done. Zimmermann also adjusted

SARASOTA, Fla. – Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann broke camp last spring as the Orioles’ fourth starter, lining up the Baltimore native to pitch in the home opener. Couldn’t have worked out better for him. Zimmermann tossed four scoreless innings against the Brewers and five more against the Yankees. A quality start followed with two earned runs allowe