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Wells strikes out seven in last start, Mateo hit on hand (O’s lose 2-1)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
DUNEDIN, Fla. - As the Orioles burn away hours on the composition of their opening day roster, the decision to option left-hander Zac Lowther creating more hope for the non-roster pitchers, players on the fringes insist they haven’t been told whether they’re on the club. The Orioles can bring extras to St. Petersburg for the taxi squad, but some of
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Notes on Tate, Lowther, Mateo and more
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Reliever Dillon Tate remains out of camp with an illness that the Orioles have described only as “a sore throat.” Tate began spring training as a virtual lock to make the club, but he hasn’t pitched since March 26 - his third appearance, all of them scoreless. Manager Brandon Hyde said Tate is feeling better, but he’s away from the
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Orioles option Zac Lowther
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Zac Lowther isn’t breaking camp with the Orioles. One of the pitching questions has been resolved. The Orioles announced this morning that Lowther was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk, removing him as a candidate to start or work in a tandem role coming out of the bullpen. Lowther walked four Pirates batters yesterday in 2 1/3 innings a
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Taking a shot at projecting the pitching staff
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles will begin the season with 15 pitchers on their 28-man roster. The rosters must decrease to 26 players and 13 pitchers beginning on Monday, May 2. But here is a guess at how that group of 15 could look starting Friday at Tropicana Field. My group of pitchers includes 15 of the 21 hurlers that are currently on the club’s 40-man roster, s
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On Thomas’ leap, Cruz’s first homer and Rainey’s velocity
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There’s one more exhibition game to be played here before the Nationals board their charter flight and head north for Thursday’s opener. But before we get to that, a few more observations and reactions to Monday’s 4-3 loss to the Cardinals in Jupiter. ... * The play of the day - really, the play of the entire spring - came i
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Harris had follow-up procedure to clean scar tissue
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Will Harris recently underwent a follow-up procedure to clean scar tissue remaining from last year’s thoracic outlet surgery, delaying the Nationals reliever’s season debut even further, manager Davey Martinez revealed this morning. Harris had the procedure Thursday in Dallas, performed by the same orthopedist who performed
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An infield in transition in Baltimore (plus a trade with Miami)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles may be headed for a transition year with their infield. The players that take the field on opening day on Friday in St. Petersburg will surely be pushed from behind by some of the club’s top prospects. How soon those prospects arrive is an open-ended question, but surely the Orioles have them - both in quantity and quality - and the inf
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More O’s minor league break-camp roster information
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles, in conjunction with their affiliates at low Single-A Delmarva, high Single-A Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie announced their break-camp rosters today. The rosters could still change between now and opening day on Friday for those three clubs, but the bulk of the rosters were set today with this announcement. Earlier, in this entry, we deta
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Adon makes final case to make opening day rotation
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
JUPITER, Fla. - Joan Adon was 2 1/2 years old when Albert Pujols made his major league debut for the Cardinals in April 2001. The Dominican-born right-hander has spent his entire life watching Pujols mash baseballs in St. Louis, Anaheim and every other town in the National and American leagues. So when Adon, now 23, stood on the mound at Roger Dean
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Rising to No. 1 in the farm system rankings
Steve Melewski
Orioles
They are No. 1. The Orioles have the top farm system in all of Major League Baseball. They do according to both ESPN, which listed them atop its rankings in mid-February, and according to MLBPipeline.com, which rated the O’s No. 1 when updating its rankings earlier this week. When Baseball America released its latest organizational ratings in Janua