Spring Training
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April 3, 2020 at 7:00 am
Taking another look at the Orioles’ spring roster
When and if the season begins, the Orioles will have to reduce from their current roster of 50 to an undetermined number. Teams could begin the season with 29 or perhaps 30 players, so let’s see who has a good shot to be on the roster. This was supposed to be the...
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April 1, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ Davis confident he can keep up hot hitting when season starts
One of the nicest surprises of the Orioles’ truncated spring training was the hitting of Chris Davis. When the season begins, Davis will begin the fifth year of a seven-year $161 million contract, and after hitting a combined .172 in 2018 and 2019, the 34-year-old first baseman started off the spring strong....
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March 31, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Chris Davis prepares to play a shortened season in empty stadiums
On March 12, the day that baseball stopped, Chris Davis was driving down Interstate 75, heading from Sarasota to Fort Myers for a spring training game the Orioles were set to play against the Minnesota Twins that evening. Davis was summoned back to the Ed Smith Stadium complex, and a little after...
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Stevie Wilkerson wants to show he’s essential for Orioles in 2020
In these troubled times, we know who essential workers are. Doctors, nurses and other key hospital personnel. Police officers and firefighters. They’re also workers in food stores, pharmacies, gas stations, auto repair shops and hardware stores. Last season, the Orioles had a clear most valuable player, Trey Mancini. They also had some...
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March 27, 2020 at 7:00 am
Possible answers to what a 2020 season might look like
As the coronavirus pandemic puts everything on hold, Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue to discuss the format of a possible season. We’ll keep you updated as things change, but let’s surmise that we will have some sort of a season, and what it might mean for the Orioles. Question:...
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March 25, 2020 at 7:00 am
Five Oriole questions from four weeks of spring training
Opening Day would have been just one day away. It’s uncertain when the real opener will be played because we don’t know when, or even if, baseball will be given the all-clear to return in 2020. Let’s assume the game will be back. Here are five Oriole questions to ponder. Can Chris...
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6.7KMarch 24, 2020 at 7:00 amBroadcaster Geoff Arnold is eager to bring his voice to the Orioles’ 2020 season
On Monday, Geoff Arnold would have boarded his first Orioles’ team flight, bound for Baltimore and his initial regular-season game on Thursday....
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March 23, 2020 at 7:00 am
Oriole fans continue to wait and wonder when the season will begin
Last week’s conference calls with Oriole’ executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde were full of generalities and short on specifics. That’s understandable because so little is known about what the 2020 season will look like. The coronavirus-shortened season won’t be fun, not for players, nor for fans. Elias...
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March 20, 2020 at 3:29 pm
Orioles’ Hyde tries to adjust to uncertainty: ‘It’s such a strange time’
Manager Brandon Hyde was going through his second spring training with the Orioles eight days ago, preparing for the 2020 season. Now, he wonders when the season will begin. “There are just so many things that are not clear right now, and we’re in just a waiting game of what it’s going...
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Elias on player development delays during stoppage; Grondahl on Orioles’ economics; Mullins gets optioned
Usually, Orioles general manager Mike Elias has easy answers for questions he gets during conferences with the media. In Thursday’s conference call, he couldn’t give specifics because, like everyone else in this country, Elias doesn’t know when the coronavirus emergency will abate. He said no one in the Orioles’ organization has tested...