As a host of young outfielders who could be significant parts of the Orioles' future took the spotlight during spring training, a holdover who struggled to hold down a major league spot the past two years has played himself to the cusp of being a major league regular. Joey Rickard, the one-time...
As the Orioles prepare to begin spring training in Sarasota, Fla., and with it the next chapter of the franchise's rebuild under the leadership of executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde, the focus will finally shift from the front office to the field. Without...More
It's becoming something of a tradition for right-hander Mike Wright to start the Orioles’ St. Patrick's Day game, but with so many springs under his belt trying to pitch his way onto the Opening Day roster, Wright would have to be as green as the bill of his holiday cap to say anything has been...
Orioles outfielder Austin Hays, who hit his fifth home run of the spring Saturday to solidify a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and has swung one of the hottest bats in camp, was a surprising inclusion on the third wave of roster cuts the Orioles made Sunday. Hays, 23, had more hits (13) than...
Taking every road trip and playing the last few innings of every spring game as a nonroster free agent isn't the most glamorous life. But the group of infielders occupying that role for the Orioles has proceeded into the last full week of camp unimpeded by those tough assignments. Long after the...
Alex Cobb has only one start left between his strong showing Saturday in the Orioles' 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and his Opening Day assignment March 28 at the New York Yankees, but used this important spring tune-up to try something he's never done in his life: pitch entirely out of the...
On a day when manager Brandon Hyde said he wanted Orioles left fielder Trey Mancini to lighten up on himself and just play free through his slow start to the spring, Mancini did just that. Starting with a flare single to right field in his second at-bat, Mancini had a three-hit day in the Orioles'...
Save for the experienced trio of Alex Cobb, Dylan Bundy and Andrew Cashner at the top of the Orioles' rotation, and the relief core of Mychal Givens, Richard Bleier and now Nate Karns, essentially every pitcher the Orioles have in spring training fits a certain mold. They aren't necessarily young,...
Everything about this spring for the Orioles, and more likely everything about the Orioles for years to come, has been about young talent — the acquisition of it, and the development of it. All the while, a pair of veterans with eight years of big league service time apiece — designated hitter...
Alex Cobb was named the Orioles’ Opening Day starter Wednesday, rounding out a week he called the best of his life for reasons wholly unrelated to baseball. He and his wife, Kelly, welcomed their first daughter, Chloe, on Friday. It was a monumental life event that punctuates a tumultuous professional...
Wednesday's start to minor league spring training games meant several top prospects ended their time at major league camp for the Orioles, some surprisingly and others less so, but all armed with a far better experience at Ed Smith Stadium in hopes that their own extended runs in the majors aren't...
Orioles reliever Mychal Givens is having a tough spring, and Tuesday night’s discouraging performance against the New York Yankees didn’t help. He has never struggled like this during the exhibition season, so it’s a new and unwelcome experience. His Grapefruit League ERA is a voluminous 30.38....