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Ever since the Ravens returned for offseason training, the players have raved about the new energy in the building.

“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.

Washington won just its second game in the last 10 in the series opener.

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.

Miles Mikolas allowed seven doubles and six runs on 12 hits over five innings Thursday night as the Nationals lost 7-3 at Philadelphia.

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.

Yohel Pozo hit a solo home run in the third for the Orioles.

“The truly great owners, in my view, don’t pay as much attention to the bottom line financially,” Rubenstein said.

The Orioles sold at the deadline, but are just 0.5 games out of a playoff spot.

Rogers’ performance, combined with three homers, was enough to earn a series win. With back-to-back wins after the trade deadline, Baltimore is 56-58 and within one game of the final wild-card spot in the American League.

Washington has long been linked to Diggs this offseason. The Maryland native played for New England in 2025, helping the Patriots make a run to the Super Bowl.

The Ravens got good weather for their first six practices of training camp. They got AFC North weather for their seventh.

For years, the Ravens have struggled to draft and develop wide receivers. Zay Flowers’ four-year, $140 million contract extesion may signal a new era for the position in Baltimore.

The Preakness will now be run on the fourth Sunday of May, part of a new vision and TV deal for the historic race.