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Fighting for a roster spot, Stowers homers in 3 straight at-bats

Orioles outfielder becomes first MLB player to hit 3 HRs in a spring game since 2018
@JakeDRill
March 17, 2024

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Orioles have quite a few challenging roster decisions on their plate entering the final week of Spring Training, and Kyle Stowers is only making things tougher. No player in MLB has hit as many spring home runs as Stowers, who went deep three times in Baltimore’s

Don't sleep on these arms competing in hitting-rich O's camp

March 18, 2024

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- The Orioles have sat atop MLB Pipeline's farm system rankings since mid-2021, largely on the strength of their position prospects. Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson and now Jackson Holliday all have rated as the consensus best prospect in baseball during that time. All the formidable bats making

Power Rankings: Who's on top entering the season?

@williamfleitch
March 18, 2024

There is a baseball game on Wednesday. Wednesday! Sure, the 28 Major League Baseball teams that aren’t in South Korea right now don’t get to play for another 10 days or so, but nevertheless: The Dodgers and Padres are playing some baseball on Wednesday. Which means it’s time for Power

Projecting the Orioles' 2024 Opening Day roster

@JakeDRill
March 17, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- In one week, the Orioles will play their final Grapefruit League game of 2024, wrapping up the spring with a road matchup vs. the Twins in Fort Myers next Sunday. Before they break camp and head to Baltimore, they’ll still have tough roster decisions to make. There

These prospects stood out most in Spring Breakout

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 17, 2024

As the inaugural Spring Breakout weekend comes to a close, there was no shortage of talent on display. With dozens of Top 100 prospects and nearly two-thirds of the 900 players who make up the team Top 30 prospects lists taking part, each club was well represented … but a

1 player from each team making a big impression this spring

March 18, 2024

As we near the end of Spring Training, and with Opening Day right around the corner, it's time to check in on which players around baseball have made the biggest impression on each club during Cactus League and Grapefruit League play. With the help of all 30 MLB.com beat writers,

Kimbrel finding his groove in spring as O's new closer

@JakeDRill
March 16, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Spring Training can be a vastly different experience every year for a pitcher in terms of building up in his throwing program, progressing from one outing to the next and also ensuring that both his stuff and his command are where they need to be in order

These 12 teams won the MLB offseason

March 16, 2024

The Dodgers and Padres will play games that count in the 2024 Seoul Series this week, while prominent free agents are still available, while 28 teams are still in their camps in Florida and Arizona. So, the regular season, Hot Stove season and Spring Training season are ALL HAPPENING AT

Injuries & Moves: Basallo reassigned to Minors camp

March 16, 2024

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'It's an honor': O'Hearn emerging as O's veteran leader

@Sportsgal25
March 15, 2024

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Finding himself in a very different position than he was one year ago, Ryan O'Hearn is intent on enjoying the experience this time around. “It's a fun change for me, because I feel like my whole career I've been fighting for one of those last two

Revisiting three storylines from O's Spring Training

@JakeDRill
March 16, 2024

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Orioles' future shines bright at Spring Breakout

Holliday vs. Skenes, Bradfield's speed highlight prospect showcase
@JakeDRill
March 14, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Jackson Holliday doesn’t shy away from the spotlight that inevitably comes with being MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft and the son of a former All-Star big leaguer (Matt Holliday). The 20-year-old future Orioles star embraces the widespread

Pumping triple digits, Skenes strikes out Holliday in battle of No. 1 picks

@AlexJStumpf and @JakeDRill
March 14, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Round Two of the most anticipated prospect clash of the spring brought another successful showing for Paul Skenes against Jackson Holliday. The first inning of Thursday night’s Spring Breakout exhibition between Orioles and Pirates prospects featured Holliday (MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect) stepping into the batter’s

'You can put him anywhere': Holliday continues impressing at 2B

@JakeDRill
March 13, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Jackson Holliday wanted more action at second base. Two weeks ago, the 20-year-old said it felt like he’d been “just standing out there” during games. Holliday finally got his wish during the Orioles’ 7-5 loss to the Braves on Wednesday night at Ed Smith Stadium. In a

O's hope hot spring bats carry over to regular season

@JakeDRill
March 12, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Anybody who needed a reminder of just how potent Baltimore’s offense can be got one Tuesday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium. For the first time in 18 games this spring, the Orioles utilized a starting lineup featuring nine players who appeared in the big leagues for them

Baumann dazzles, Teheran battles as O's weigh options

Top catching prospect Basallo makes spring debut after recovering from elbow fracture
March 11, 2024

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Orioles have some nice options in their pitching staff. Just past the midpoint of the Grapefruit League schedule, manager Brandon Hyde is getting more clarity. Mike Baumann, one of last season’s stalwarts, worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings in Monday’s 5-3 defeat to the Yankees at George

Mayo shifting narratives with glove, hit tool in spring

@JakeDRill
March 12, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Coby Mayo possesses two tools that rank as the best in Baltimore’s farm system: his 65-grade power and his 70-grade arm. But it’s two other tools in the 22-year-old’s skill set that have had everybody at the Orioles’ big league camp raving for the past month. First,

Worth the wait: Holliday's 1st spring homer a towering slam

@KeeganMatheson and @JakeDRill
March 10, 2024

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Jackson Holliday’s bid to make the Orioles’ Opening Day roster is heating up along with his bat. On Sunday, Holliday went deep for the first time this spring (and for the first time in an O’s uniform), doing so in grand fashion. MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall

1 under-the-radar Spring Breakout prospect for each club

@thevandalorian and @benweinrib and @jesus_cano88
March 13, 2024

Spring Breakout begins Thursday with a pair of the showcase event's 16 games set to kick things off. Headlined by the best and brightest prospects in the game, Spring Breakout will feature no shortage of household names: 72 of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects and 575 of the 900 players

Burnes to make his O's debut in 3rd career Opening Day start

@JakeDRill
March 10, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- On Sunday morning, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde made an unsurprising announcement, one that has been expected since before Spring Training even began. Corbin Burnes will be Baltimore’s Opening Day starter on March 28 against the Angels at Camden Yards. “A real honor for me to let him

Here are the prospects with the best tools in Spring Breakout

March 13, 2024

Spring Breakout will make for a fun weekend, with 16 games pitting many of the best prospects in one organization against many of the best in another. It's essentially 16 Futures Games at Spring Training sites, featuring 72 of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects and 575 of the 900 players

1 position battle to watch for each team

March 11, 2024

With the first few rounds of cuts behind us, clubs are getting a clearer picture of what their rosters are going to look like to open the 2024 season. Even so, every team still has at least one key question mark -- a role that remains, for all intents and

Not satisfied, Westburg looking to 'make strides' before Opening Day

@JakeDRill
March 10, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Don’t mistake Jordan Westburg’s comfort level for any type of complacency. At this time last year, Westburg was a prospect who had never played in the Majors and was feeling his way through his first experience at a big league camp. This time around, the 25-year-old Orioles

10 players having a scorching Spring Training

@ssc627
March 11, 2024

We aren’t really meant to read into Spring Training stats for a number of reasons. They measure a small sample size when players are trying to warm up after a few months off, and no one really plays preseason exhibition games with results in mind in any sport. Plenty of