1st game of Spring, Teixeira

Ah, the first recap of the season.
Not the best of days. Our O’s lost 16-3 to the Florida Marlins. Granted, it is the first game of Spring Training. There’s some rust to shake off and there’s some players playing that aren’t going to make past spring with the team.
Case in point, Estaban Yan. Yan was [...]

Mega-Sized Spring Training Round-up!!

Hadn’t done a great deal of in-depth posting lately, so here’s a big whopper of a post today.  
Jeff Zrebiec has a good article up about the issues facing the O’s this Spring in the Sun today.
A few highlights:
Loewen has recently rediscovered the touch on his curveball and said he will focus on his fastball command. [...]

Latest on Roberts trade

From the Chicago Sun- Times:
Some in the organization think the Cubs won’t get Roberts at all after watching the last three months of on-again, off-again talks play out. The Orioles want pitcher Sean Gallagher, infielder Ronny Cedeno and two more top young players for Roberts.
Basically, we know nothing more than we know now apparently. Gallagher [...]

Sherrill tweaks hammie

The Sun reports the first injury of the season happen Friday when newly acquired reliever/likely closer George Sherrill tweaked his right hamstring during during workout.
Breathe easy, it’s mild.
“It should be a few days and I’ll be back,” he (Sherrill) said. “It’s so soon, I’ll just take today completely off and we’ll go from there.”
Hammie injuries always [...]

Patton Ailing

Not the best of news about the health of new pitch Troy Patton.
Patton, who made three appearances in September before the Houston Astros shut him down with left bicep tendinitis, is bothered by tightness in the shoulder and said he could have a tear in the labrum.

“I didn’t get injected with the [dye], so they [...]

The sad saga of Jay Gibbons

So what’s up with our boy Jay Gibbons? 
From Roch:
Jay Gibbons looked good in the cage. He understands that he’s got a lot to prove and isn’t assured of making the club despite having two years and $11.9 million remaining on his contract. “It’s obviously a little different situation for me this year,” he said. “The [...]

Few things from the Sun

like I said from the Baltimore Sun:
Jay Payton knows that he’s the 4th outfielder and probably going to be gone from the Orioles sooner rather than later:
“I know I’m probably not the quote-unquote favorite, but this is the fourth year I’ve gone into spring training as the fourth outfielder, and I’ve gotten 400 at-bats every [...]

So it begins!

Spring Training has begun and not a second too soon after that nonsense in Washington yesterday.
Roch has a few things:
On Matt Wieters:
Matt Wieters took batting practice. Swinging from the left side, he launched a ball that almost cleared the bleachers in right field.
Though he hit a few dribblers and lazy fly balls, he exhibited [...]

What about Ramon?

There’s been all of the trade talk surrounding the dealing of Erik Bedard and Miggi, the possible trade of Brian Roberts, and the players who’ve been attained this trades that I’ve forgotten about some of the players on the team. I haven’t forgotten about Melvin Mora, Aubrey Huff, Jay Gibbons, Kevin Millar, or Jay Payton [...]

Trachsel Returns

Steve Trachsel is back. After a brief trip to Chicago, the Orioles signed Trax back today. I did let out a groan when I saw this, but after a minute or two….its not as bad you’d think for a couple of reasons.
1. It’s a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. He’s not [...]