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Spring Training is upon us, and the Orioles are already dealing with a mix of excitement and disappointment. Just as Pete Alonso blasts his first home run in orange and black, the team faces another setback with Jordan Westburg's injury casting a shadow over their infield plans.
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MLB.com
The first 2026 Spring Training home run? None other than the Polar Bear
Alonso goes deep in O's Grapefruit debut, continuing his impressive first camp in Sarasota
MLB.com
Westburg (partial UCL tear) out for all of April; timeline TBD
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A new second injury will delay Jordan Westburg’s start to the 2026 season -- and further ravage the Orioles’ projected starting infield for Opening Day.
After dealing with a tweaked right oblique early in Spring Training, Westburg now also has a partial UCL tear in his right
Birdswatcher
Here are the Pirates pitchers that the Orioles should target in a Coby Mayo trade
The Baltimore Orioles need to trade Coby Mayo and the Pirates need a third baseman. They could come together to work out a trade.
Birdswatcher
Jordan Westburg injury forces Orioles into a U-turn in trade with Cardinals
The Baltimore Orioles have traded for third baseman Bryan Ramos weeks after the St. Louis Cardinals poached him off waivers.
Camdenchat
Orioles game chat: Spring training opener vs. Yankees
It’s here. The first Orioles game of the spring training schedule is happening today in Sarasota. The game will be aired on both MASN (TV/streaming) and WBAL (radio) in Baltimore, so if you have access to either of those, you can even follow along. It’ll feel a little warmer with baseball going on somewhere. This […]
Camdenchat
Do you buy the optimism around Heston Kjerstad?
Every spring, baseball hands us a fresh stack of reasons to believe. The weather is warm, the innings are low-stakes, and everyone is in the best shape of their life. So when Heston Kjerstad steps into the box at Ed Smith Stadium and rockets a home run off a live-arm pitcher, the correct response is […]
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