Rich Dubroff
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March 19, 2021 at 6:01 pm
No surprise that Means will get Orioles started
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde made the obvious official on Friday when he named John Means the Opening Day starter. Hyde had Means lined up to start the April 1st game against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park since the start of the Grapefruit League season. The left-hander was supposed to start...
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March 16, 2021 at 2:11 pm
Orioles sign third baseman Franco to 1-year contract, place Hunter Harvey on 60-day injured list
The Orioles have signed third baseman Maikel Franco, whose name is pronounced Michael Fraun-CO, to a one-year contract. Franco will earn $800,000 this season and can earn $200,000 in incentives and would get a bonus if he’s traded, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. To make room for Franco on the 40-man...
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March 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Nick Markakis was the most underappreciated Oriole
The news that Nick Markakis quietly confirmed his retirement shouldn’t be a surprise. Markakis, who told The Athletic that he was ending his outstanding career, was the most underappreciated of the last decade’s Orioles, except by those who played with him. Markakis played his first nine years with the Orioles and then...
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March 12, 2021 at 11:40 am
Orioles to allow 11,000 fans at games
The Orioles will allow about 11,000 fans, 25 percent capacity, at games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for the 2021 season, the club announced on Friday. The announcement comes on the one-year anniversary of the cancellation of spring training. In a statement, the team said, “As the public health situation improves,...
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March 10, 2021 at 1:06 pm
Orioles’ Elias discusses Kjerstad, Davis, crowds at Camden Yards and Hernández’s velocity
Heston Kjerstad, who hasn’t been in uniform because of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), won’t attend spring training and will report to the Orioles’ alternate site in Bowie next month. Kjerstad, 22, was the second overall selection in last June’s draft Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias, who revealed Kjerstad’s condition...
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March 9, 2021 at 7:00 am
Answers to your Orioles questions
The Orioles enjoyed their first of two days off during spring training on Monday, and I hope you’ll enjoy the monthly mailbag. Questions have been edited for clarity and length. Question: When do you think Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson and Heston Kjerstad will make their major league debuts? From Timothy Stahm via...
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3.3K15March 3, 2021 at 10:38 pmOrioles CEO John Angelos: ‘The team would never move’
Orioles chairman and CEO John Angelos doubled down on his past assertion that the team will not leave Baltimore in an interview...
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3.2K22February 16, 2021 at 12:00 pmIt makes sense for Orioles to sign veteran starters
Since the end of last season and the beginning of spring training, the Orioles have turned over 30 percent of their 40-man...
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3.3K44February 13, 2021 at 11:56 amOrioles set to sign Matt Harvey to minor league deal
The Orioles are signing right-hander Matt Harvey to a minor league contract, pending a physical, according to an industry source. Harvey,...
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February 12, 2021 at 7:00 am
Health protocols mean fewer extra players; Orioles announce 2021 game times
It appears that we might be without one of the charms of Grapefruit League games in 2021. In early spring training games, if the two managers agree, games may be reduced to five or seven innings. In the final two weeks of exhibition games, it may be seven innings. That’s to reduce...