Bautista was away from his teammates for the entirety of the 2024 season, and that meant free evenings with no one to spend them with.

Holliday was told after the 2023 season that the Orioles wanted him to learn second base, a position Holliday had only played 25 times. Now he has the basics down and can focus on being crisper.

“He was the guy that I talked to,” Zack said of Buck. “He was the guy who would give me the harsh criticism when others wouldn’t.”

The Orioles are watching Samuel Basallo grow up before their eyes and keep pace with the more established Adley Rutschman.

“We’d like to have players stay with Baltimore for a long, long time and their entire career," Rubenstein said.

Means made 73 starts throughout his seven major league seasons with the Orioles, pitching to a 3.68 ERA.

"I think if I were have gotten surgery in January there kind of would have been a little regret and questioning if maybe I didn’t have to get surgery because it didn’t feel that bad at that moment," Bradish said.

Eight players got a chance for one-on-one training with the major league staff and to get acclimated before the madness begins.

“He’s all about winning,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “That was clear in our two Zooms that we had with him this offseason, that he’s coming over here to win.”

“We have some guys in this camp and on our club that had really good starts to their major league careers. I think it’s organic that they are going to take on that role,” manager Brandon Hyde said.

The eight games are an increase from past years, but still low compared to other regional sports networks.

The Orioles lack a clear No. 1 starter, but they hope depth will help them.

Four top-30 prospects are among the 26 non-roster players the Orioles invited to camp.

The new Birdland Value Menu will be available at select locations throughout the stadium and feature eight different food options for under $4

The contract is for five years and more than $90 million, according to multiple reports.

For years, the Orioles’ top prospects were players that they drafted and developed and turned into major league players, such as Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman. But now, they are on the cusp of seeing a player they signed out of Latin America take that step.

There were no apparent injuries, trauma or signs of foul play, police said.

Teammates, friends of former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz remember him for his desire to return to baseball.

“I’m going to dwell on the great memories of Brian and that smile and how much he enjoyed the success we had there,” former Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

Matusz, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, played for the University of San Diego before the Orioles picked him fourth overall in 2008.