Baltimore Orioles

Bassitt signed with the Orioles on a one-year, $18.5 million deal because he believes they can win the World Series.

“I’m anxious to get back,” Westburg said. “I wouldn’t call it a goal, because I try not to set too many goals, [but it] is to be as healthy as I possibly can be and try to put together a full season.”

There will be six months of baseball to determine if the club spent enough, or well enough, or on the right things.

Jordan Westburg was frank in his assessment of the clubhouse in August when he said it would behoove the Orioles to add a leadership presence in the offseason. In Pete Alonso, they have one.

Fans of Major League Baseball’s streaming package of out-of-market games learned Tuesday what ESPN’s takeover means for them.

Bassitt, 36, doesn't profile as a top-end rotation piece.

COLUMN: On the infield dirt and outfield grass, in the covered bullpens and batter’s boxes, much felt like business as usual — just a bunch of ballplayers and coaches preparing for the start of the season.

Injuries suffered by Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg mean opportunity for Mayo.

Bassitt, 36, pitched to a 3.96 ERA last year in 170 1/3 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Orioles will go only as far as this group takes them.

Holliday will miss the start of the regular season with a hand injury.

“Hopefully his return is measured in weeks after” opening day, president of baseball operations Mike Elias said.

COLUMN | The Orioles are spending less on payroll this year than last. Their constant claim that they have unlimited resources rings hollow when they keep coming up short in free agency.

“I think this rotation looks good,” Mike Elias said. “I think this bullpen looks good. And I think we have a really talented position player core and this is a team that is very capable of going where we want to go, which is deep in the playoffs.”

The Orioles use the Ed Smith Stadium complex year-round for spring training, rehabilitation, the Florida Complex League and youth tournaments.

If the team didn’t know it two years ago, they know it now: Money is only one component of attracting top free agent talent.

Orioles pitchers and catchers arrive in Sarasota, Florida, this week as preseason training begins.

This month, the Orioles took the clock down from atop the scoreboard so it can undergo a complete refurbishment, which it hasn’t received since it went up more than 30 years ago.

Akin pitched to a 3.41 ERA in 63 1/3 innings last year. This was his third year of arbitration eligibility.

COLUMN: Process the Framer Valdez signing for as long as you want and however you want. Just know that asking “Now what?” will not likely provide a satisfactory answer.