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Expect to see plenty of lineup shuffling that will include a revolving door at designated hitter this year.

After averaging eight runs a game over their past eight Grapefruit League contests, the Orioles' bats were much quieter in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Ed Smith Stadium.

David Lough provides speed and defense for the Orioles, but can he hit enough to make the team?

Ubaldo Jimenez's biggest goal for spring training is to make the mechanical adjustments he's working on in his delivery feel like second nature, so he can concentrate on getting hitters out rather than his form.

Jimenez allowed three runs, all in the second inning, on five hits over those four innings. But most important, he didn¿t walk a batter.

DUNEDIN, Fla. ¿ The Orioles making their second of three trips to Florida Auto Exchange Stadium this spring for a 1:07 p.m. start.

The Blast suffered its first loss of the Major Arena Soccer League season Friday night, falling, 5-4 in overtime, to the host Las Vegas Legends at Orleans Arena.

The Orioles took one humongous step toward winning the American League East with their 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, giving the club an opportunity to clinch the division title with a win Tuesday.

The Orioles struggled mightily against Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Drew Hutchison, managing only one hit in a 5-1 loss Wednesday night in front of an announced 33,054 at the Rogers Centre.

The Orioles wasted no time taking control of the series Tuesday, posting their best offensive output in more than two months in a 9-3 win over the Blue Jays in front of an announced 36,183.

David Lough is batting just .169 this year and it just 5-for-36 in his last 19 games. He wasn¿t in the starting lineup Friday or Saturday, with Nelson Cruz playing left and Delmon Young filling the designated hitter spot.

Zach Britton got the save call despite the numbers favoring Tommy Hunter. That says plenty.

Zach Britton gets his first pro save in the Orioles' 2-1 win.

The drama of Thursday's night game had little to do with Kansas City's impressive rookie Yordano Ventura or another short but solid performance from the Orioles' Wei-Yin Chen.

Orioles infielder Ryan Flaherty says he's pleased that Major League Baseball announced Friday that it would revert to the old interpretation of a catch on a transfer play.

Manny Machado could DH-only Friday due to the weather.

As Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette sat in his office at the Ed Smith Stadium complex on a sunny afternoon earlier this month, overlooking a well-manicured cloverleaf of fields, a bitter winter seemed like an eternity ago in more ways than one.

The way Orioles manager Buck Showalter sees it, the addition of Nelson Cruz not only gives the club a middle-of-the-order power bat, but it will also give him the flexibility to keep other players healthy over the course of a 162-game season.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter had word of praise for new outfielder David Lough but also tempered expectations for the 28-year-old.

While the Orioles signings of Delmon Young and Alexi Casilla over the past few days aren't groundbreaking -- I know a lot of fans just see it as more frustrating examples of bargain-bin shopping -- and by no means are they going to push the team over the top, they definitely fill some needs.

Free agents Delmon Young and Jack Cust have been invited to this week's Orioles minicamp and could be signed as non-roster invitees, according to an industry source.

But on Friday, the Orioles announced that they were re-signing Casilla, whose $3-million option was declined in October, to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.

Back in October, we asked how many of the Orioles' nine free agents were likely to return in 2014. With less than five weeks until spring training, it could end up that none of them return to Baltimore.

Grant Balfour's two-year, $15 million deal with the Orioles is now in major jeopardy, after team doctors expressed concern with Balfour's right shoulder during his physical, according to industry sources.

The Orioles added a left-handed outfield bat they had been pursuing this offseason on Wednesday, acquiring 27-year-old David Lough from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for infielder/designated hitter Danny Valencia.

What I really want to know is whether you, Mr. or Mrs. Orioles fan, want Mike Mussina to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Oriole.

Despite not making the playoffs this season, the Orioles can say they got the best of the American League East champion Boston Red Sox.

When the Oakland Athletics lost in Seattle early Saturday evening, the night's contest between the Orioles and the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards technically became meaningless shortly after the first pitch.

Now that their chances at the postseason are finished, the Orioles sure have mixed up their lineup today, with Adam Jones not starting for the first time since 2011. He has played in 322 consecutive games dating back to his last miss on Sept. 25, 2011

The MRI performed on Orioles third baseman Manny Machado's left knee has this afternoon has been read by a radiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, but the club won't announce the findings until team ordopedist Dr. John Wilckens also reads the results.

Moments after Orioles third baseman Manny Machado crumbled to the ground beyond the first base bag with an apparent left leg injury on Monday afternoon, fellow major leaguers extended their best wishes to one of the game's brightest young starts.

On Friday night (and Saturday morning), the Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays combined for the longest game, time-wise, in both franchises' histories, a six hour, 54-minute, 18-inning ordeal that ended on David DeJesus' single to right that gave the celebrating Rays a 5-4 win.

For the first time in his professional career, usual No. 2 hitter Manny Machado is leading off. Adam Jones, who has hit exclusively third or fourth this season, is batting second. And Danny Valencia, who is 9-for-12 lifetime against Tampa Bay starter David Price, is batting cleanup.

Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez, who left his previous outing in Toronto in the sixth inning due to a right groin strain, feels fine and will pitch Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Orioles right-hander Darren O'Day was available out of the bullpen in Thursday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox, hoping the pain, numbness and tingling in his fingers is behind him.

The Orioles beat the Red Sox, 5-3, in 12 innings Wednesday night, gaining ground in the wild-card chase before an announced sellout crowd of 38,540 at Fenway Park.

On a night when slugger Chris Davis made Orioles history with his 51st home run of the season ¿ setting a single-season franchise record ¿ the team's hero was its unheralded hottest hitter.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis made history on Friday night, tying Brady Anderson for the franchise single-seasn home run record with his eighth-inning solo blast against the Toronto Blue Jays.