Goll named Aberdeen manager, rest of Orioles minor league coaching staff announced

The Orioles announced their 2025 minor league coaching staffs and player development assignments, with lots of shuffling and an outside hire at Triple-A Norfolk.

As reported earlier, Tim Federowicz was named manager of the Tides after serving in the same role last summer at Triple-A Toledo in the Tigers system. Ryan Goll will be a first-time manager at High-A Aberdeen, with Felipe Rojas Alou Jr. moving up to development coach at Norfolk.

Federowicz replaces Buck Britton, who was promoted to major league coach. Alou replaces Ramón Sambo, who’s now a fundamentals coach in the Florida Complex League.

Goll, 28, has served as a development coach for four years, including last year with the IronBirds, and is responsible for coordinating the offseason minor league camps.

Sherman Johnson is upper-level hitting coordinator and also one of the new assistant hitting coaches with the Orioles.

Orioles sign Vimael Machin to minor league contract

The Orioles have made the following roster move:

 

  • Agreed to terms on a 2025 minor league contract with INF Vimael Machin.

Grayson Rodriguez looked MLB ready in Charlotte outing

If anyone was worried about right-hander Grayson Rodriguez when he recently gave up eight runs over 7 1/3 innings about two and a half weeks ago in back-to-back starts versus Gwinnett, call off the dogs.

No reason for worry, concern or anything of the sort.

Right now the opposite is true. After his latest outing last night - a dominant performance at Charlotte - the best pitching prospect in baseball is rolling again. He looked like the top-of-the-line Grayson last night as I watched on MiLB.TV.

Is it crazy to say after just eight Triple-A starts that he looked like a pitcher that is ready for his Major League debut?

He did look like that last night at Charlotte. If the Orioles wanted to pitch him on Sunday at home versus the Tampa Bay Rays, I could see strong logic to do just that. Why waste more bullets as they say at the Triple-A level?

Nationals spring training minor league games begin March 15

Nationals spring training minor league games begin March 15
Nationals minor league games begins March 15 with four against Marlins affiliates. Potomac and Hagerstown each play a game versus Miami's High Single-A and Low Single-A teams on the back fields in West Palm Beach. The games are free to the public. Fresno and Harrisburg play separate games against the Marlins' Triple-A and Double-A squads at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., that same day. The Nats' Triple-A and Double-A teams play their first games at home in West Palm Beach March 16...