SARASOTA, Fla.—For the first time in his career, Alex Cobb gets to be an Opening Day starter, and the announcement came just five days after Cobb’s wife gave birth to the couple’s first child, Chloe. The 31-year-old Cobb will face the New York Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka at Yankee Stadium on March 28....
TAMPA, Fla.-What’s happening? Mark Trumbo will play his first game of the spring when the Orioles play the Toronto Blue Jays today in Sarasota. Trumbo, who had surgery on his right knee last September, will be the designated hitter. “We’re going to give it a shot,” Trumbo said. “There’s not really anything...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening? The Orioles resume play today with a 6:35 p.m. game with the New York Yankees in Tampa. Mike Wright, who has pitched 10 scoreless innings, will start. John Means, Nate Karns, Richard Bleier, Mychal Givens, and Josh Lucas are scheduled to follow. The Orioles reduced their roster by eight...
SARASOTA, Fla.—The Orioles get their only day off of spring training on Monday, and when play resumes, there will be 13 days remaining before the team leaves the warmth of Florida for a much chillier climate. Opening Day is March 28 in New York, and manager Brandon Hyde has dozens of decisions...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening? –The Orioles play the Philadelphia Phillies in Sarasota today. Josh Rogers will start for the Orioles. Luis Ortiz, Miguel Castro, Paul Fry and Branden Kline are also scheduled to pitch. Aaron Nola, who will be the Phillies’ Opening Day starter, is scheduled to pitch for Philadelphia. Dwight Smith Jr.,...
SARASOTA, Fla.—The Orioles might begin the 2019 season with a familiar theme, but with a different twist. On the 25-man roster, the Orioles might have three Rule 5 draft choices. One is Pedro Araujo, the right-handed reliever who needs to spend the first 17 days with the Orioles to erase his Rule...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening? –Dylan Bundy starts against the Tampa Bay Rays in Port Charlotte in the first of today’s split-squad games. David Hess will start the night game. Chris Davis was scheduled for an MRI because of a strain of the left hip flexor, but manager Brandon Hyde said Davis, who hasn’t...
SARASOTA, Fla.—Very quietly, Miguel Castro has put together an outstanding spring training. In four innings, Castro has allowed just two hits and struck out six without walking a batter. The 24-year-old right-hander is one of the more senior Orioles. In 2018, he appeared in 63 games, second only to Mychal Givens. While...
BRADENTON, Fla.-What’s happening?—Andrew Cashner starts against the Boston Red Sox at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota today. Cashner, who allowed four runs on six hits in four innings on March 5 against the Detroit Tigers, is scheduled to be followed by Gabriel Ynoa, Nate Karns, Sean Gilmartin and Josh Osich. Catcher Austin...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.-What’s happening? –Mike Wright pitches for the fourth time this spring against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Fla., today. Wright has thrown seven scoreless innings, giving up eight hits, walking two and striking out four. Wright be followed by Yefry Ramirez, Dillon Tate, Miguel Castor, Branden Kline and Josh Osich....