SARASOTA, Florida.-What’s happening? – Manager Brandon Hyde is moving players around on the field in the early days of full-squad workouts. Ryan Mountcastle is taking fly balls in the infield and playing first base, and Richie Martin, who played exclusively at shortstop last year, is working at second base. “We definitely want...
SARASOTA, Florida—Jeff Conine has long been known as Mr. Marlin. But after Derek Jeter took over the Miami Marlins, Conine has been looking for another opportunity in baseball. Conine was with the Marlins for eight years as an adviser and broadcaster after his playing career concluded. Conine was an original Marlin in...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening? Orioles first baseman Chris Davis considered retiring after last season, but decided to continue playing after conferring with his wife, Jill. Davis said that she didn’t try to talk him into continuing his career. “I think once the season ended, and I was able to kind of reassess where...
SARASOTA, Florida—After two horrible seasons, Chris Davis acknowledged he considered walking away from the Orioles after last season. Davis, who is entering the fifth year of a seven-year, $161 million contract, has struggled since signing the deal in January 2016, and the past two seasons have humbled him. In 2018, Davis hit...
NORTH PORT, Florida.-What’s happening? Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed optimism that the Orioles’ franchise was solid in remarks he made at a news conference at Major League Baseball’s Florida Spring Training Media Day. “I have spent a considerable amount of time with the Angelos family this offseason,” Manfred said on Sunday. “I think...
SARASOTA, Florida—As the last of the position players reported to camp on Sunday, Hanser Alberto settled into his locker. He was one of the Orioles’ few feel-good stories last season. A year ago, Alberto was here for the early days of camp, then put on the waiver wire and snapped up by...
SARASOTA, Florida—What’s happening?-Position players are scheduled to report Sunday. The first full-squad workout is scheduled for Monday. Most of the position players are in camp. The most prominent players who’ve yet to report are Hanser Alberto, Chris Davis and minor league invitees Yusniel Diaz and Stevie Wilkerson. One player who reported early...
SARASOTA, Florida—Tommy Milone arrived at the Orioles’ spring training camp on Saturday morning and immediately met an old teammate, Wade LeBlanc. Milone, whose deal with the Orioles became official Friday, is one of 15 non-roster pitchers in camp. Milone and LeBlanc were teammates with the Seattle Mariners last season. Both are left-handed...
SARASOTA, Florida-What’s happening? – Orioles manager Brandon Hyde doesn’t know former Oriole shortstop J.J. Hardy, but he’s heard a lot about him. “As soon as I got here last year,” Hyde said. “People were coming up to me a lot and saying how impactful J.J. Hardy was.” Hardy will be one of...
SARASOTA, Florida—Pitcher Alex Cobb had a 2019 season that he’d like to forget — three starts, a 10.95 ERA and hip surgery. In the third season of a four-year, $57 million contract, Cobb is trying to prove that the Orioles didn’t make a mistake. In his first two seasons, he’s 5-17 with...