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

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles have scored 20 runs in their first two exhibition games, both victories, and will try to offer the same support to left-hander Bruce Zimmermann and the pitchers working behind him. Today’s lineup against the Rays is loaded with regulars, as promised by manager Brandon Hyde. Cedric Mullins is in center field again, Austi

SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and his staff have several decisions coming when spring training nears the end and the regular season is about to begin. Not only do they have to set the 26-man roster for the big league squad but also for Triple-A where they get callups and reinforcements throughout t

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It would be easy for Brady House to look back at his 2022 season, which lasted only 45 games and included zero games played after June 11, and consider it a lost year. This was supposed to be the Nationals’ 2021 first-round pick’s first full pro season, an opportunity to really show what he could do at low Single-A and estab

SARASOTA, Fla. – Spenser Watkins will make his spring training debut Thursday on the Orioles’ return trip to Lakeland. To face the organization again that drafted him in 2014 and released him six years later without serving a cup of coffee in the majors. Watkins is in the same boat as so many other Orioles pitchers in camp, trying to impress and ea

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – If Davey Martinez and Jim Hickey had only one message for pitchers entering spring training, it was as simple a message as they get: Throw strikes. The Nationals issued 558 walks last season, fifth-most in the majors. They simply can’t afford to keep issuing free passes at that rate. Three games into Grapefruit League play t

LAKELAND, Fla. – Terrin Vavra didn’t have or need much time today to get comfortable at third base. He seemed right at home, as if roaming the corner put him on familiar ground. Vavra made two diving stops to record outs against the Tigers and singled twice to stay hot at the plate. In his first game at third beyond a rehab inning last summer with