TT Bowens' feel-good moment part of another good day for the O's in Florida
Steve Melewski
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – An Orioles minor leaguer since the 2020 season, TT Bowens has shown some pop in his time in Birdland with 33 farm homers. Yesterday he hit one that helped the Orioles win yet another spring training game. Bowens’ three-run homer to left in the top of the ninth in Bradenton broke a 2-2 as the O’s beat the Pirates 5-2 to get to 9-1 i
Is Wood's path to the majors in left field?
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – James Wood has impressed in all facets so far in spring training. He’s 8-for-16 at the plate with three home runs, five RBIs, six walks, only three strikeouts and one stolen base in eight Grapefruit League games. He’s posting a .636 on-base percentage and 1.699 OPS. In the field, he’s played solid defense over his 24 innings
Because You Asked - Fresh Meat
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – The time has come to march into a new month with a spring training mailbag. (March. You see what I did there.) This is the latest sequel to the beloved 2008 original. So many have been published that there’s no reason to go over the format, rules and disdain for tinkering with style, clarity, length, brevity or anything else. Also,
Grayson Rodriguez sizes up his outing today in Bradenton (updated, O's win again)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
BRADENTON, Fla. – Break 'em up. The 2024 Orioles are spring training darlings. Today they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 in Bradenton for their ninth win in 10 Grapefruit League games.  The Orioles held an opponent to three or fewer runs for the eighth time. Their team ERA of 3.10 is second best in the spring among all 30 MLB teams. "A spring trai
Lile gets best-case scenario results after scary injury (Nats-Marlins rained out)
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Last night was nerve-wracking for the Nationals as the team awaited an update on the injured Daylen Lile, who was carted off the field at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers after flipping over the right-center field wall and taken to a local hospital. Manager Davey Martinez had a look of relief on his face as he provided the good ne
Pregame notes on Norby, Henderson and Rodriguez
Steve Melewski
Orioles
BRADENTON, Fla. – The Orioles are slowly getting some of their injured players back. Today their No. 6 ranked prospect, per Baseball America, infielder Connor Norby will make his spring debut as the O’s play Pittsburgh. Tomorrow, Gunnar Henderson is expected to see his first game action this spring. “Norby is going to play the second-half of the ga
Orioles lineup for the game with Pittsburgh
Steve Melewski
Orioles
BRADENTON, Fla. – The Orioles will play the Pittsburg Pirates for the third time this spring when the teams meet this afternoon at LECOM Park. The Orioles blanked Pittsburgh last Sunday 2-0 in Bradenton on a combined three-hitter. They produced a 9-8 walk-off win over the Bucs on Thursday at Ed Smith Stadium. The Orioles (8-1) have the best spring
Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in West Palm Beach on MASN
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH – The Nationals are back on the Atlantic Coast side of Florida after yesterday’s cross-state trip to Fort Myers. They’ll be here for the next week before making their final trip to the Gulf Coast side a week from today to face the Twins. What was supposed to be Trevor Williams’ spring debut turned into Zach Davies’ second start afte
Camp long shot Andrew Suarez made a nice first impression
Steve Melewski
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – If you call non-roster invite pitcher Andrew Suarez a long shot to make the Orioles roster, the left-hander completely understands that. And probably agrees with you. He can also glance at the roster of a team that won 101 games last season and realize his chances to be on it for Opening Day are indeed, well, long. But he has made
Observations as minor league camp gets set to start
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – As the Nationals enter their fourth week of spring training, the minor league side of camp officially gets underway in the coming days. Around 50 minor league players have already been in West Palm Beach over the past couple of weeks. All pitchers and catchers officially reported Saturday and the rest of the position players