Akin "starting all over" in spring training
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – To push for a clean slate in spring training is to erase the best of Keegan Akin in 2022. The Orioles’ left-hander posted a 2.63 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and .196 average against in 33 games through Aug. 14. He worked at least two innings in his first 19 outings to set a reliever record. The switch to a bullpen role seemed to unlock the tale
Zimmermann pleased with start, Santander limps off field (updated after 14-2 loss)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Bruce Zimmermann broke camp with the Orioles last spring and spent the offseason trying to repair himself. The Baltimore native understood that he had to do a better job of separating the two-seam fastball from the four-seamer, which he introduced in 2022. It became an issue. There was more work to be done. Zimmermann also adjusted
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Zimmermann gets first spring chance to reset after 2022 season
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann broke camp last spring as the Orioles’ fourth starter, lining up the Baltimore native to pitch in the home opener. Couldn’t have worked out better for him. Zimmermann tossed four scoreless innings against the Brewers and five more against the Yankees. A quality start followed with two earned runs allowe
Orioles and Rays lineups
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles have scored 20 runs in their first two exhibition games, both victories, and will try to offer the same support to left-hander Bruce Zimmermann and the pitchers working behind him. Today’s lineup against the Rays is loaded with regulars, as promised by manager Brandon Hyde. Cedric Mullins is in center field again, Austi
Elias talks roster, opt outs, WBC and more in radio appearance
Steve Melewski
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and his staff have several decisions coming when spring training nears the end and the regular season is about to begin. Not only do they have to set the 26-man roster for the big league squad but also for Triple-A where they get callups and reinforcements throughout t
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Healthy House ready to make up for lost time
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It would be easy for Brady House to look back at his 2022 season, which lasted only 45 games and included zero games played after June 11, and consider it a lost year. This was supposed to be the Nationals’ 2021 first-round pick’s first full pro season, an opportunity to really show what he could do at low Single-A and estab
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Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Spenser Watkins will make his spring training debut Thursday on the Orioles’ return trip to Lakeland. To face the organization again that drafted him in 2014 and released him six years later without serving a cup of coffee in the majors. Watkins is in the same boat as so many other Orioles pitchers in camp, trying to impress and ea
Nats pitchers working fast, throwing strikes and winning games
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – If Davey Martinez and Jim Hickey had only one message for pitchers entering spring training, it was as simple a message as they get: Throw strikes. The Nationals issued 558 walks last season, fifth-most in the majors. They simply can’t afford to keep issuing free passes at that rate. Three games into Grapefruit League play t
Vavra stands out again in Orioles' 10-6 win over Tigers
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
LAKELAND, Fla. – Terrin Vavra didn’t have or need much time today to get comfortable at third base. He seemed right at home, as if roaming the corner put him on familiar ground. Vavra made two diving stops to record outs against the Tigers and singled twice to stay hot at the plate. In his first game at third beyond a rehab inning last summer with
More Orioles notes before today's game in Lakeland
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
LAKELAND, Fla. – Terrin Vavra incorporated ground balls at first base into his winter workouts to increase his versatility and his chances of making the Orioles’ Opening Day roster. He has a new assignment this afternoon, playing third base against the Tigers. Vavra’s experience at the position consists of one inning last summer with High-A Aberdee