Baltimore Orioles

Suárez enters spring training this year as a favorite to make the opening day roster. He’ll most likely feature in a bullpen role, but Suárez said “being available” for anything is the most important thing he can bring to the Orioles.

The Orioles are watching Samuel Basallo grow up before their eyes and keep pace with the more established Adley Rutschman.

He can’t promise a World Series, but he does have the means to turn the sports world’s attention on his hometown.

It’s a moment in time, yes, and one that mostly separates the offseason from the playing season.

Sugano, the 35-year-old right-hander making a jump to Major League Baseball as one of Japan’s most accomplished pitchers, showed off his elite command during his 35-pitch bullpen session.

The question this season will beg is, will the ownership group think the front office’s approach is enough to win? So far, it seems so.

Live from Sarasota, Florida, Paul Mancano and Danielle Allentuck react to what they’ve seen and heard at Orioles spring training.

“The way baseball operates, as you know, you get these long-term deals. If a player gets injured his first year and can’t play again, what do you do?” Rubenstein said.

“We’d like to have players stay with Baltimore for a long, long time and their entire career," Rubenstein said.

Means made 73 starts throughout his seven major league seasons with the Orioles, pitching to a 3.68 ERA.

"I think if I were have gotten surgery in January there kind of would have been a little regret and questioning if maybe I didn’t have to get surgery because it didn’t feel that bad at that moment," Bradish said.

The declassified files show for the first time that the FBI twice investigated Peter Angelos during his life.

The Orioles catcher suffered through a slump in the second half of the season that was compounded the team’s second straight failure to win a playoff game.

Eight players got a chance for one-on-one training with the major league staff and to get acclimated before the madness begins.

“He’s all about winning,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “That was clear in our two Zooms that we had with him this offseason, that he’s coming over here to win.”

“But fans at home, I promise you, we’re preaching sound baseball philosophy and things that have worked in this game for 200 years, from Ted Williams to Pete Rose to Tony Gwynn,” Asche said.

In 2023, Rodriguez threw a slower slider with similar characteristics to the new sweeper he’s employing. Batters hit just .145 against the offering.

“I’m not 100%, but I would say about 85%, and I do think for opening day I would be at 100%,” Bautista said Friday through team interpreter Brandon Quinones.

“He still looks really young,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “But physically? Physically, his strength is impressive.”

“We have some guys in this camp and on our club that had really good starts to their major league careers. I think it’s organic that they are going to take on that role,” manager Brandon Hyde said.