The Orioles are sending Ubaldo Jiménez to the mound tonight to complete their series in Toronto and their six-game road trip. They're back home on Friday. Chris Tillman beat them to Baltimore. Manager Buck Showalter told reporters yesterday that he sent Tillman ahead of the team in preparation for Friday's scheduled start against the Rays, but it's tentative with the right-hander's wife, Christina, due with their first baby. Dylan Bundy, slated for Saturday afternoon's start, would...

After going through a 3-13 stretch through the end of a series at Houston a week ago yesterday, the Orioles went 4-3 over their past seven games against the Yankees and Red Sox. A 4-3 record against those teams would be pretty solid most of the time, except maybe when they started the stretch 4-1, then lost the next two games as the Orioles just did. They took the first two games against Boston before losing the last two. They have played four series against Boston and have not lost a single...

Orioles director of player development Brian Graham headed down to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota this week to check on a few players who remain at extended spring training. Closer Zach Britton ranks first if we're listing them in order of importance. Nothing against the others, of course. It's just hard to compete against a guy who was 47-for-47 in save chances last season. Perfection tends to raise a bar to ridiculous heights. Britton continues to play catch on flat ground,...

Another outfielder is off the board while the Orioles try to figure out who's playing right for them on opening day. The Athletics signed Rajai Davis to a one-year deal last night worth a reported $6 million guaranteed. He's no longer an option for the Orioles, who are intrigued by him every winter without reaching an agreement. The Orioles would prefer a left-handed hitter, so Davis wasn't an ideal fit. He's also 36 and owns a career .314 on-base percentage. He's posted an OBP of .306 in...

The Orioles made one of their depth-type moves today that won't bring much risk and certainly no reward until perhaps later in the summer. Jesus Montero, 27, agreed to a minor league deal, the signing confirmed by executive vice president Dan Duquette. The former elite catching prospect now is a first baseman/designated hitter who's suspended for the first 50 games of 2017 after testing positive for the banned stimulant dimethylbutylamine back in September. Montero appeared in 126 games with...