CLEARWATER, Fla.-What’s happening? –The Orioles play their first of three split-squad doubleheaders today. Alex Cobb will pitch at 1:05 p.m. in Sarasota against the Tampa Bay Rays’ Charlie Morton. Nate Karns was scheduled to start the 6:35 p.m. game in Tampa against the New York Yankees’ James Paxton, but he’s been scratched....
CLEARWATER, Fla.— A revived Dylan Bundy is one of the keys to a successful Orioles season. Last year, Bundy slumped badly, allowing a major league-leading 41 home runs. He was 8-16 with a 5.45 ERA. Manager Brandon Hyde and pitching coach Doug Brocail know that Bundy and Alex Cobb, who makes his...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-What’s happening? –Dylan Bundy makes his spring debut against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., today. Bundy will be followed by David Hess, Jimmy Yacabonis, Cody Carroll, Miguel Castro and Pedro Araujo. Alex Cobb will make his first Grapefruit League start for the Orioles on Friday at Sarasota in the...
FORT MYERS, Fla.—A year ago, Chance Sisco forced his way on the Orioles with a superb spring training. He’s trying to do it again this year. In 2018, there was an opportunity for a catcher to make the team behind Caleb Joseph, and Sisco hit .429 with two home runs and 10...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening?—Gabriel Ynoa, who had an injury-marred 2018 season, starts against the Boston Red Sox today at Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers. Dillon Tate, Paul Fry, Branden Kline, Evan Phillips, Tanner Scott and Bo Schultz are scheduled to pitch after Ynoa. Eduardo Rodriguez is Boston’s listed pitcher. Right-hander Gregory Infante,...
SARASOTA, Fla.—In his second spring game, Chris Davis hit his first Grapefruit League home run. Davis had gone hitless in four at-bats, striking out three times, before he launched a 1-2 breaking ball from Tampa Bay’s Austin Pruitt in the fifth inning. The ball cleared the center-field wall, and Davis had a...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-What’s happening?—Mike Wright starts against the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon. Wright pitched two scoreless innings against Minnesota on Saturday, allowing three hits and striking out one. Wright will be followed by John Means, Yefry Ramirez, who started Saturday’s game, Josh Rogers and Pedro Araujo. Dylan Bundy has been scheduled...
FORT MYERS, Fla.—The last time Jonathan Schoop saw the Orioles was last July 31, when a trade to the Milwaukee Brewers at the deadline took him by surprise. Schoop, a fan favorite, was shaken by the trade and had a difficult time adjusting in Milwaukee. He was cut loose at the end...
SARASOTA, Fla.-What’s happening? – Nate Karns starts against the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium at Fort Myers at 1:05 p.m. today. Other Orioles pitchers scheduled are Hunter Harvey, Luis Ortiz, Chris Lee, Miguel Castro, Donnie Hart and Josh Lucas. Karns hasn’t appeared in a major league game since May 2017, and Harvey...
SARASOTA, Fla.—Branden Kline made sure he kept the baseball. “That goes to mama,” he said. For the 27-year-old Kline, it was a day to remember, even if it was the ninth inning of an exhibition game. Kline entered the game, with the Orioles clinging to a 9-8 lead over the Toronto Blue...