Major League Baseball is pitting two of the best farm systems against each other when the Orioles and Pirates face off in a Spring Breakout game March 14 at 7:05 p.m.
Cedric Mullins discusses the rebuild of the team, what keeps his drive going, and personalities in the clubhouse. He also shares what it’s been like to have Jones as a guest coach at spring training. And later in the episode, Jones shares his experience from spring training.
Just throw the ball over the plate and good things will happen. Chayce McDermott and Cade Povich had that reinforced by the automated balls and strikes called by Triple-A’s robot umpires.
“I mean, nobody wants to go out there and get hit around, but at the same time, I was able to get feedback on how the ball was coming out of my hand,” Kimbrel said.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde did his best to take some of the pressure away from Jackson Holliday. The 20-year-old responded with three hits in a 3-2 win over Philadelphia.
“For me, it’s really important, because it gives me a way of being on the field constantly. I think that’s great,” Jorge Mateo said through team interpreter Brandon Quinones.
Now that Henderson is healthy after dealing with an oblique aggravation for the first two weeks of the spring, his mind has shifted to re-earning his place among baseball’s best players.
Holliday’s breakthrough — however minor — is encouraging for his bid to make the opening day roster. His opposite-field single and pull-side triple showed the bat control at his disposal.