Baltimore Baseball

SARASOTA—What’s happening? The Orioles haven’t named a starting pitcher for Tuesday when they play the Pittsburgh Pirates at LECOM Park in Bradenton at1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh will start baseball’s oldest player, Rich Hill, who turned 43 on Saturday. The game will be available on MLB.TV. Félix Bautista, who hasn’t pitched because of knee and shoulder injuries, is scheduled to pitch … [Read more...] about Orioles hit 8 home runs as they defeat Tigers, 11-7, lose to Braves, 6-5; Gibson’s solid start

SARASOTA—For the first time in his five seasons as Orioles executive vice president/general manager, Mike Elias has reacquired a player, and 2 1/2 years after he last wore an Orioles jersey, Mychal Givens is back. Givens was traded to the Colorado Rockies on August 30th, 2020 for infielders Tyler Nevin and Terrin Vavra and minor league outfielder Mishael Deson. Since then, … [Read more...] about Givens back to mentor young Orioles relievers: ‘Just trying to use my knowledge’

SARASOTA—What’s happening? Kyle Gibson will make his third start this spring when the Orioles play a Detroit Tigers split-squad at 1:05 p.m. at Ed Smith Stadium on Monday. Gibson has allowed one run on five hits in five innings in his first two starts. He’ll be opposed by Zach Logue. The Orioles have a split-squad, too. Spenser Watkins will start against the Atlanta Braves at … [Read more...] about Rutschman’s grand slam powers Orioles to 6-4 win over Red Sox; Rodriguez has 3 good innings, 1 not good

SARASOTA—The Orioles’ final Grapefruit League game is two weeks from Monday, and readers have lots of interesting questions this month for our mailbag. I’ll answer more of them on Thursday. Questions may be edited for length, style and grammar. Question: Which way are they leaning with Tyler Wells? Starter or reliever? I like him coming out of the bullpen for two or three … [Read more...] about Answers to your Orioles questions, Part 1

DUNEDIN, Florida—What’s happening? Grayson Rodriguez will make his third start of the spring on Sunday against a Boston Red Sox split-squad at 1:05 p.m. at Ed Smith Stadium. Rodriguez has allowed one run on three hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first two starts. Keegan Akin, Joey Krehbiel and Yennier Cano are also scheduled to pitch. Kutter Crawford will start for Boston. The game … [Read more...] about Orioles lose to Blue Jays, 8-6; Voth’s 1st start; Baumann allows 6 runs