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SARASOTA—The conventional wisdom is that without an injury to a regular infielder, Coby Mayo is going to have a difficult time breaking camp with the Orioles. Mayo had two stints with the Orioles last season. The first came after Jordan Westburg went on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right hand on August 2nd. He went 1-for-17 with 10 strikeouts before he was sent down … [Read more...] about Mayo is driven to deliver for the Orioles after last year’s debut

SARASOTA–Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson left Thursday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays after the first inning with lower right side discomfort, the team announced. Henderson led off the bottom of the first with a groundout to first base and left the game afterward. He was replaced by Luis Vázquez. Henderson’s start to 2024 spring training was delayed by left oblique … [Read more...] about Henderson leaves Orioles game with lower right side discomfort

SARASOTA–What’s happening? Gunnar Henderson left Thursday’s exhibition game against the Toronto Blue Jays after one inning with lower right side discomfort. Manager Brandon Hyde said that Henderson was injured when he caught a line drive hit by Toronto’s Bo Bichette in the top of the first. “We took him out for precautionary reasons,” Hyde said. “On the ball that [Bo] Bichette … [Read more...] about Henderson taken out for ‘precautionary reasons’ with side discomfort in Orioles’ 11-8 win over Blue Jays

SARASOTA—One of manager Brandon Hyde’s goals this season is to diversify the Orioles’ offense. Last year, the Orioles bunted for just six base hits, tied for 23rd in the majors. Cedric Mullins was responsible for four of those hits. “I think you’re going to see some guys work on their base-hit bunting,” Hyde said. “It’s so hard to replicate in a game-like standpoint. You have … [Read more...] about Hyde wants Cowser, Holliday to bunt more, steal more bases

I have been writing throughout this month at BaltimoreBaseball.com and really have enjoyed and appreciated very much the forum I was provided here. Some fans and readers may have seen my announcement Thursday of a move for me to Substack and that move has been made. Readers moving forward can find me at Steveonbaseball.Substack.com. There will always be free content there but … [Read more...] about A few predictions for my final post here