SARASOTA, Florida—Major League Baseball announced that spring training operations ended on Friday. Players will be allowed to leave their spring training cities if they wish in response to the coronavirus pandemic. MLB announced In an agreement between the Players Association and MLB, players will be allowed to return to their homes, and...
SARASOTA, Florida—The Orioles weren’t in the Ed Smith Stadium complex on Friday because the facility was closed for a deep cleaning. Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said that he expects details early next week on how clubs should proceed during this time of uncertainty. On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that...
SARASOTA, Florida—There was so much to digest from a day with two enormous Oriole stories. Within two hours on Thursday, Major League Baseball announced the postponement of at least the first two weeks of the regular season and the cancellation of the rest of spring training, and the Orioles announced that their...
SARASOTA, Florida—Trey Mancini underwent surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon on Thursday. The Orioles said the surgery was successful. The tumor was discovered last week during a colonoscopy. Lab results and a timetable for Mancini’s recovery won’t be known until next week. Manager Brandon Hyde announced that Mancini, 27,...
SARASOTA, Florida— Chris Davis had left the Orioles’ complex in Sarasota on Thursday afternoon to drive to the team’s scheduled game in Fort Myers against the Minnesota Twins. Davis was going to be the designated hitter in Thursday night’s game against the Twins, which was scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Not long after...
SARASOTA, Florida—The Orioles were scheduled to open the 2020 season in two weeks against the New York Yankees. That March 26 opener at Oriole Park won’t be happening as Major League Baseball Thursday delayed the start of the regular season by at least two weeks and ended spring training in response to...
DUNEDIN, Florida.-What’s happening? Bruce Zimmermann will start for the Orioles when they play the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night in Fort Myers. Zimmermann replaces Alex Cobb, who will throw on the back fields in a simulated game in Sarasota. Cobb has a blister on the middle finger of his right hand, an...
DUNEDIN, Florida—Fifteen days from today, the Orioles open their season. There’s still plenty of roster trimming to do. After Tuesday night’s game, in which left-hander Keegan Akin gave up a three-run home run and was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk, the Orioles had 54 players on their spring training roster, 28 more than...
SARASOTA, Florida-What’s happening? – Thomas Eshelman will pitch for the Orioles when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin on Wednesday. Eshelman has allowed two runs on four hits in eight innings this spring. Chase Anderson will pitch for Toronto. Hector Velázquez, whom the Orioles claimed on waivers from Boston on...
SARASOTA, Florida—The strange and scary new world of Major League Baseball is upon us. Hopefully, it won’t be for long. On Tuesday, MLB joined the NHL, NBA and Major League Soccer in closing clubhouses to the media because of concern about the spread of the coronavirus. Instead of the customary hour-long media...