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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Baltimore Orioles - INSIDE PITCH Sometimes, even while contending, it's not in an organization's best interest to have their best talent in the majors. The Orioles are a case study in the topic: with 2012 first-...

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- As the result of an interleague game in a National League Park, Paul Konerko will be out of the Chicago White Sox's lineup Tuesday night against the New York Mets. Adam Dunn will handle the first base duties. Also, the Sox claimed...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Baltimore Orioles - INSIDE PITCH There's a quartet that has made the Orioles go in 2013, and they continue to pace the club as it marches toward mid-May. Manager Buck Showalter often shuffles where they hit in the...

NEW YORK — White Sox manager Robin Ventura admitted Tuesday he is starting to envision what his 25-man roster will look like when left fielder Dayan Viciedo and pitcher John Danks return from their minor league rehabilitation assignments within...

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...

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...

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...

Chris Tillman was supposed to start this afternoon’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but now Miguel Gonzalez will. Tillman apparently first dealt with some abdominal soreness about a week ago, had it treated and believed it had gone away. But...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- John Danks' second rehab start may not have been as good as the first, but it was pain-free. "I felt good," he said after allowing five hits and three earned runs in 2 1/3 innings Saturday against the Diamondbacks. "It's still a work...