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COLUMN | The Orioles 2024 first-rounder has disappointed at the plate so far in his minor league journey, but with four home runs in four at-bats, his stunning power is turning heads this spring.

If Eric DeCosta cannot keep center Tyler Linderbaum from reaching free agency next week, the ensuing bidding war will test DeCosta’s values as the Ravens’ personnel chief.

Without Kittredge, the Orioles have an even more wide-open bullpen competition.

“Hey, we need to clean up,” Alonso recalled telling his teammates after beckoning them to join him in the second inning of a game that doesn’t count. “If we want to go far in the playoffs, it’s all about doing the little things right, even now.”

From Tyler Linderbaum to DeAndre Hopkins.

The Curaçao-born infielder is now 38, and he hasn’t played for a professional team in a few years. But a love for the sport brought Schoop to the World Baseball Classic for one last ride.

COLUMN | Kremer switched up his offseason routine to try to reverse a three-year trend in his results.

Vance Honeycutt and Enrique Bradfield Jr. are trying to quiet doubters about their futures.

Listening to Taylor Ward and Trent Woodward is like being catapulted into a physics class. They are talking baseball, but the words are far from standard locker room talk.

In the newly created role, Nic Gill will lead “integrated efforts across the strength and conditioning, medical, nutrition and sports science teams to optimize player health and performance,” the Ravens said in a statement.

Here’s an early look at what the Ravens could do with their 11 projected picks in next month's NFL draft.

The Maryland Stadium Authority owns Shamrock Farm now, and the legislation would set the sale price at roughly $4.5 million, the same amount the state paid last year.

Garcia will join his wife and his parents for a trio of games in Puerto Rico, the first of which arrives Friday against Colombia.

As Crews learns the difficulties that come with life in the majors, his new manager attempts to ease the burden that is, at times, as self-imposed as anything.

Bradfield won’t light up a box score with extra-base hits. But he makes up for that with his glove and speed, and he flashed both in Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox.

Rutgers won 68-57 at home against Maryland in the other meeting this season.

It wasn’t decided until Bluefield State’s game-tying attempt from 3-point range rattled off the rim, setting off the Fayetteville celebration. 

On Saturday afternoon, on the strength of a 24-point, five-steal performance, Nevaeh Farmer led Winston-Salem to something else new to the program — a CIAA championship.

Oluchi Okananwa’s 19 points topped Maryland (23-7, 11-7 Big Ten), which had won its previous six games.

The results in late February matter far less to Adley Rutschman than the refinement of his overall routine. But he won’t turn his nose up at Saturday’s performance.