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- The Orioles bullpen allowed seven runs as the team's first offensive eruption of the season goes to waste in a 10-6 loss to the Astros.
- Miguel Castro could still eventually start, but right now he's too valuable to the Orioles' quickly taxed bullpen.
- All signed point to Alex Cobb making his first Orioles start at home on Monday against Toronto
- Despite the Orioles’ moves to address their starting pitching problems during spring training, the past few days served as a reminder that there are still many unanswered questions in terms of this team’s rotation. Those questions could dictate how the Orioles line up the rest of their pitching.
- The Orioles are hitting just .134 as a team and have scored just six runs in their first four games.
- Chris Tillman failed to get an out in the fifth inning, allowing four runs and walking four in Monday night's loss to Houston.
- Rich Dauer, a defensive standout infielder for the Orioles, nearly died Nov. 3 as the Houston Astros had their World Series championship parade.
- Orioles players said that if the Twins cared so much about Chance Sisco bunting Sunday, they shouldn't have played a shift.
- Both pitchers were recently designated to make space for nonroster players on the 40-man roster
- With a pair of short starts on the first weekend of the season, the Orioles are already setting themselves on a dangerous path if they can't consistently have their starters go deep into games.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis didn't have a hit out of the leadoff spot in the team's three-game series to open the season against the Minnesota Twins, but he still believes it's the best place for him to hit for both himself and the team.
- Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman was working with the slowest fastball of his major league career Sunday as the Minnesota Twins teed up off on him and hit three home runs.
- The Orioles are supposed to be a big-swinging, power-hitting machine, but they ended last season in a monthlong offensive funk and have seemed to pick up where they left off.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter discusses his favorite offseason hobby, women's college basketball, which culminates Sunday night with the Mississippi State-Notre Dame national championship game.
- Nestor Cortes, Jr. and Pedro Araujo made their major league debuts in a 6-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
- Kevin Gausman has struggled in the first half of his two full seasons in the Orioles rotation. He's been working to reverse that trend and Buck Showalter is trying to help.
- After his best big league season last year, Jonathan Schoop is focused on becoming a more complete player in 2018.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said putting Chris Davis at leadoff was like "a new toy, something that signifies a new start" as the team looks to get full value from its highest-paid slugger.
- Opening Day was the usual celebration of renewal for the Orioles and their fans, but it was also a time to reflect on those who might not be with the team next year.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said catcher Caleb Joseph will play more often early in the season, but he envisions an equal partnership to grow with Chance Sisco.
- Whether first baseman Chris Davis bats leadoff on Opening Day or not, it's clear that the Orioles are going to try whatever means necessary to get their highly paid slugger going this year.
- Orioles fans spent much of the offseason in a glum mood, but spirits lifted when the club landed pitcher Alex Cobb just nine days before opening their 2018 season against the Minnesota Twins,
- As the Orioles invested in veterans, the club has fewer optionable players.
- Jonathan Schoop hit his seventh homer of the exhibition season in the Orioles' 7-6 win at Triple-A Norfolk.
- On "Kasie DC," host Kasie Hunt talked about Stormy Daniels and Orioles pitching.
- Trey Mancini sat out Monday's exhibition in Norfolk but is expected to be play on Opening Day
- With left-handers Joely Rodríguez and Josh Edgin sent to minor league camp, the Orioles seem to have the 12 pitches they'll go north with this week.
- The Orioles wrap up spring training knowing that they're not only prepared on the field, but also are a better team than when they arrived because of the additions they made while in Florida.
- Orioles third base coach Bobby Dickerson threw a classic Louisiana crawfish boil for the team Thursday, and the Orioles turned it into a diploma ceremony for the new 52-year-old graduate of Nicholls State University.
- Orioles Rule 5 left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. feels like he has his fate in his own hands as he starts the Grapefruit League finale on Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies.
- With so much uncertainty from top to bottom, is this the final ride for the Orioles core group?
- For the Orioles, a spring of uncertainty spent looking for signs that right-hander Chris Tillman would be able to move on from his 2017 collapse and regain his place as a reliable part of the rotation looks like it will continue beyond March.
- Orioles top prospect Austin Hays ended last season in the big leagues, but was optioned Saturday to Double-A Bowie.
- Danny Valencia was told Saturday that he was heading north to Baltimore with the major league club.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis isn't just batting first in spring training to get at-bats, manager Buck Showalter said. He's a legitimate candidate to lead off during the season.
- Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb's schedule is plotted out, and he could make his first Orioles regular-season start at home on April 9.
- The Orioles' Tim Beckham is confident he can handle anything placed in front of him, including moving to third base from shortstop.
- Tim Beckham, who tweaked his groin on Thursday, said his removal was simply a precaution.
- The move to option Engelb Vielma leaves nonroster players Danny Valencia and Luis Sardinas as the remaining players competing for the team’s utility spot.
- With two extra-base hits at the plate and a pair of throwing miscues behind it Thursday, Orioles catching prospect Chance Sisco's entire candidacy to make the Opening Day roster--good and bad--was on display Thursday against the Boston Red Sox.
- Now that he's refined his delivery, the Orioles believe Jimmy Yacabonis has starter potential.
- Orioles right-hander Mike Wright Jr. had a second straight poor outing Thursday, and said after the game that he hopes what he did earlier in the spring will be enough to help him break camp with the Orioles.
- New Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb threw a bullpen Thursday on his first full day with his new club, and discussed with the coaching staff how they'll get him ready for major league action on an abbreviated schedule.
- Orioles All-Star reliever Brad Brach and has wife, singer Jenae Cherry, have experienced almost nothing but good fortune since coming to Baltimore after the 2013 season.
- The Orioles were about to hand a prime-time assignment to top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey Wednesday against the New York Yankees, but Tuesday's rainout and the addition of Alex Cobb to the rotation conspired to see him sent out of major league camp.
- “They didn’t stop bothering me the whole offseason,” new Oriole Alex Cobb deadpanned Wednesday.
- Orioles infielder Danny Valencia was scratched with a calf soreness from Monday's lineup against the Detroit Tigers.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman scattered six hits and allowed one run without a walk in his second Grapefruit League start against the Detroit Tigers, a week after walking six in two inefficient innings in his debut.
- Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander has used an extended run in the Grapefruit League to show the Orioles that they might have more on their hands than a Rule 5 requirement once the regular season begins.
- Pedro Araujo enters his outing Monday with five scoreless appearances in his six spring training games.