Josh Bell

No. 22 Orioles: 9th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Mariners. The Orioles aren't hopeless. But it's difficult to imagine how they're going to restore the luster to this once-great franchise until Peter G. Angelos takes the first...

No. 28 Pirates: 3rd in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Padres. While it may not be enough to soothe the pain of 19 consecutive losing seasons, Pirates fans at least have someone to blame. That would be Pedro Alvarez, or perhaps Greg...

New rules, new attitudes. That may be what's needed to understand the changes to the baseball draft. Always the quirkiest distribution system for talent in pro sports, Major League Baseball has added layers of complications with spending limits and...

Media Sun's Preston named top Md. sportswriter The Baltimore Sun's Mike Preston has been honored as the Maryland Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association for the second straight year, it was announced...

A month ago Lehigh Valley sat 81/2 games behind in both the International League North Division and the wild card race, trailing three teams in the division and four (not including the division leaders) in the wild card standings. When the IronPigs...

Carlos Ruiz was bouncing from position to position during IronPigs batting practice Saturday afternoon, taking ground balls all over the infield and just "itching to get himself in the lineup," according to manager Dave Brundage. "I was real excited just...

Just when it appeared Ethan Martin had righted the ship, the IronPigs right-hander went through a three-start stretch when he allowed 12 runs and 18 hits with nine walks in 131/3 innings. Friday night, Martin took advantage of the International League'...

May 12 has been a pretty important day for left-hander Mike Belfiore. Last year, on May 12, Belfiore was traded to the Orioles as the player to be named later in the deal that sent infielder Josh Bell to Arizona. And on Sunday, he was called up from...

OAKLAND, Calif — Orioles manager Buck Showalter's focus was on the Oakland Athletics on Friday night, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have an eye on what was happening in Charlotte. Right-hander Jake Arrieta, who was demoted Monday...

MILWAUKEE -- Dylan Axelrod seemed more intrigued by the cold weather that awaits him at U.S. Cellular Field than the fact he threw 103 pitches Saturday in a 5-4 loss at Milwaukee. "You know what, I’ve never been in snow in my life," said Axelrod,...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Earlier this spring, an Orioles official was talking causally about the competition for the fifth starter's spot. He mentioned Jake Arrieta, Zach Britton, Brian Matusz, Jair Jurrjens. And then he paused. "I'm forgetting somebody,"...

-- The Orioles made a few more cuts Monday, optioning three members of their 40-man roster to Triple-A Norfolk while bringing the number of players in big league camp to 53 with three weeks remaining in spring training. It was no surprise that outfielder...