Orioles claim Diego Castillo from Phillies
MASN Staff
Orioles
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Claimed INF/OF Diego Castillo off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.Designated INF Livan Soto for assignment. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.
Nats sign veteran Barnes to help fill spring pitching need
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Nationals club in need of more pitching depth this spring – and perhaps beyond – added another arm to the mix today, signing veteran reliever Jacob Barnes to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp. Barnes, 33, has considerable experience, having pitched in 265 major league games since 2016 for eight diff
Orioles spring training notes on Means, Wells, Vavra, Mayo and O'Hearn (O's claim Castillo and DFA Soto)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – John Means joined teammates in spring training warmups this morning, but his throwing distance looked more like a football practice. Deep bombs to his intended target. Long, long tossing to get his arm loose before heading to the row of mounds. Means didn’t have his first offseason bullpen session until Jan. 30, with the club slow-
Health updates on Bradish, Means, Henderson and Basallo
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Kyle Bradish said he’s “very confident” that he can recover from his elbow injury and be a major contributor to the 2024 Orioles. Bradish was diagnosed in January with an ulnar collateral ligament sprain. “I’m feeling really good right now,” he said this morning. “I’m going to take it day by day, trust the process and the schedule
Now the scramble to sort out O's rotation after Thursday's developments
Steve Melewski
Orioles
For now, we have to put on hold any talk that this might be among the best O’s rotations ever. They added a stud pitcher in 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, but on the first day of spring training we saw that injuries subtracted, at least for some period of time, two starters. We’ve seen better days in Birdland. Right-hande
Enigmatic Gore seeks more of the good, less of the bad
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – When MacKenzie Gore returned home in October and contemplated his season, the Nationals left-hander focused on the two extremes he experienced. “Some good and some bad,” he said. “I’ve really just got to figure out why I was good at times, and why I wasn’t. Fix that and go into this year.” Gore truly did pitch at both ends o
More on Orioles' pitching projections changing on first day of camp
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Former Orioles manager Buck Showalter used to make a point about the unpredictability of baseball by quoting one of his favorite sayings. If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. It’s supposed to apply to life, but it also works with sports. Think you have every angle covered before spring training and discover on
How secure is Robles' job in center field?
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It was something of an offhand comment, thrown in near the end of a longer answer to a question about his bench options to begin the season. But what Davey Martinez said Wednesday made a few ears perk up. “We’re going to have a battle for center field with Young and Robles,” the Nationals manager said in his first media sess
Players in Orioles camp excited to have Burnes on the club
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg was sitting on his couch with wife Anna Claire when she suddenly went from spouse to source. “I didn’t have my phone on me,” Westburg said this morning. “We were watching a movie and she’s like, ‘Hey, who is Corbin Burnes?’ It was just a random question for her to ask. I was like, ‘Why do you ask?’
Thompson anxiously awaits news on elbow injury
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Mason Thompson was enjoying what he believed was a productive offseason. Determined to bounce back from an erratic 2023, the Nationals reliever set out to make some mechanical changes to his delivery, and a couple weeks ago faced a live hitter near his home in Texas for the first time this year. Everything was going swimming