It’s imperative that Alvarez, 27, continue this string of performances. Given the pitching depth in the system that is nearly ready for the major leagues, this could be his best opportunity to show he can be a starter next season.
Lamar Jackson connected with Flowers on an in-route but the receiver’s momentum took him right into safety Jaylinn Hawkins, who was unable to pull out of the contact.
“We’ll start working him in slowly,” coach Dan Quinn said of Diggs. “Start building up with some of the reps that he’s comfortable with, and then we’ll start adding from there.”
The Orioles absolutely still could do “something cool,” such as making the postseason. But this road trip got off to a poor start despite Baz’s superb showing.
The four-time Pro Bowler doesn’t come without headlines. Just ask the Vikings, or the Bills, or the Texans, or the Patriots. But he also comes with production.
COLUMN | The Orioles organization was well on its way to righting the wrongs of 2025 and 2026, and it did itself a disservice in trading Adley Rutschman.
COLUMN | Eight practices into training camp, the Ravens have signed their top wide receiver to a mammoth contract extension, gained familiarity with an overhauled coaching staff and seen their newest additions don full pads for the first time.
Adley Rutschman arrived in the darkest of days for the Orioles. When he was chosen first overall in 2019, Rutschman became the face of a rebuild that would be stuck in losing ways until 2022, when he arrived in the majors.
Less than three weeks after scoring the game-winning goal in the men’s World Cup final, Spain’s Ferran Torres visited Under Armour’s Baltimore headquarters for the first time.
The Ravens wanted this practice, specifically, to be physical. They ended the two-hour session with “live” tackling near the goal line in the longest, hottest padded practice of training camp yet.