SARASOTA, Fla. -- In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, many young baseball players would be in their backyard imitating catches made by Andruw Jones, a premier MLB center fielder at the time. His popularity was even greater in the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao), as Jones made

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Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for March 3.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With 11 big league seasons under his belt, Chris Bassitt knows his preferred way to to build up during Spring Training. The 37-year-old right-hander takes care of his endurance work before reporting to camp, isn’t a big fan of throwing live batting practice and doesn’t show

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Orioles player with the most home runs so far this Spring Training isn’t even a member of big league camp. He has three homers (tied with five others for the MLB spring lead entering Sunday), and most impressively, they’ve come in his only three Grapefruit League

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Before leaving Orioles camp on Sunday to join Team USA ahead of the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Gunnar Henderson wanted to get a few reps at third base in Saturday’s 7-5 Grapefruit League loss to the Braves. The 24-year-old shortstop hadn’t played third in a game since

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BRADENTON, Fla. -- At the start of Spring Training, new Orioles manager Craig Albernaz didn’t mince words when talking about the potential of Shane Baz, the 26-year-old right-hander and former top prospect who was acquired in a trade with the Rays on Dec. 19. “Shane Baz's upside is a Cy

SARASOTA, Fla. -- After an injury-plagued 2025 season, the Orioles were hoping for improved health and better fortune in ‘26, when they reported for Spring Training a little more than two weeks ago. To this point, that hasn’t been the case -- although they appear to have survived a scare

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The starting pitchers at the Orioles’ big league camp this Spring Training can be easily divided into three tiers: The locks to make the roster (if healthy): RHP Kyle Bradish, LHP Trevor Rogers, RHP Shane Baz, RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Dean Kremer, RHP Zach Eflin

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The disappointment and frustration felt by Tyler O'Neill during a challenging 2025 season -- his first after signing a three-year, $49.5 million deal with the Orioles -- fueled the 30-year-old outfielder during his offseason work over the winter. It has continued to provide motivation since he reported

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Pete Alonso is happy to convert as many Mets fans to Orioles supporters as possible this year -- and that includes your baseball-loving son, John Oliver. Oliver, a comedian and host of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on HBO, may be from Birmingham, England, but he

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Ask anybody in the Orioles' Spring Training clubhouse who the biggest trash talker has been during live batting practice over the past two weeks and the answer would surely be Pete Alonso. The frequent ribbing has often been audible from the stands at Ed Smith Stadium. But

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SARASOTA, Fla. -- From the moment Jackson Holliday returned from getting the fractured hook of the hamate bone in his right hand removed -- a surgery that took place Feb. 12 in Los Angeles -- the 22-year-old second baseman was itching to get back into workouts with his Orioles teammates.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- For the first nine days of Spring Training workouts in mid-February, the only game-like action on the Ed Smith Stadium field was live batting practice. Each day, Orioles pitchers faced Orioles hitters. That's no longer the case.

Pete Alonso has homered in every game he’s donned an Orioles uniform. It’s only been two Grapefruit League exhibitions, but Alonso’s O’s career is off to quite the start. After going deep in Friday’s Grapefruit opener vs. the Yankees, the 31-year-old first baseman hit another home run in Sunday’s 4-4

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Nobody is more upset by Jordan Westburg's injury troubles over the past 19 months than the 27-year-old Orioles infielder himself. He wanted the 2026 season to be different, and instead, he'll miss Opening Day -- and at least the first month of the season -- due to

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Nate George answered a phone call from Orioles Minor League field coordinator Jeff Kunkel on Friday night and got the best possible news a member of Minors camp can receive this early in Spring Training. The 19-year-old outfielder was heading to Baltimore's big league camp -- well,

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The question was asked repeatedly by fans and pundits alike for much of the past two months: Why don't the Orioles trade Coby Mayo? They had too many first basemen, and the 24-year-old former top prospect would be a prime trade chip to flip for pitching help.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- As Pete Alonso stood behind the right-field bullpen at Ed Smith Stadium during the seventh-inning stretch to discuss his first Spring Training game with the Orioles late Friday afternoon, he stopped mid-sentence when he heard John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” -- a staple at

SARASOTA, Fla. -- A new second injury will delay Jordan Westburg’s start to the 2026 season -- and further ravage the Orioles’ projected starting infield for Opening Day. After dealing with a tweaked right oblique early in Spring Training, Westburg now also has a partial UCL tear in his right

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles manager Craig Albernaz provided an update on injured infielder Jordan Westburg on Thursday morning, stating that the 27-year-old -- who has been slowed by a tweaked right oblique early in Spring Training -- is currently "'physically unable to participate" in workouts. "Right now, he's physically unable

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The American League East is loaded this year. The Blue Jays had a huge offseason after falling just short in Game 7 of the World Series. The Yankees are running it back, for better or worse, with a team that won 94

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The new agility field at the Ed Smith Stadium complex has artificial turf and 40 yards worth of line markers to assist in timing drills. Many of the athletes roaming around are hulking figures. Is this MLB Spring Training happening in Sarasota, or is it an NFL