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The one thing we have to remember here is they could send LeBlanc and Harvey to the alternate site until they are needed since they are both on minor league contracts. Not sure they would do that with a pitcher of Harvey's stature though. Say you start the year with Means, Kremer, and Zimmerman, you wouldn't need Harvey until the April 5th. If you pitch Akin on the 5th, you wouldn't need Harvey until April 7th. Of course you could use an option on Akin and reverse the roles if you want.

Well, I won't say the rotation will be good, but it looks pretty settled with some combination of: Means Kremer Zimmermann Harvey Akin with Lopez and LeBlanc in the mix potentially.

As far as I know, regularly options and being on the 40-man roster would still be in affect. So they could, but it would be just like if they were playing in AAA.

It was 6-5. Ruiz knocked in the 5th run with a double before making a little league mistake running the bases and getting thrown out by 15 feet at 3B.

I probably should have specified, "Actual prospects".

Nah, that's just for tomorrow because if you look, tomorrow lines up with an off day ten days from then.

Not sure I understand your question, Scott.

Just dumb base running by Ruiz.

I can't wait for real spring training again. I would love to see some minor league arms pitch late in the these games to see them on stat tracker.

That was an error!

How many fastballs in a row does Sisco want to call? He called 17 fastballs in 24 pitches including three straight on 0-2.

He really is bad when he's disinterested.

It's Flaa as far as I know. Org guy so not too worried about knowing too much about him.

Wow, great play by Galvis and really good turn by Sanchez who had to barehand the toss. Almost turned two on a very fast runner.

Strangely, Flaa has four whiffs in seven fastball swung at but has a very low spin rate on his fastball according to statcast. Command is awful though today.

No, he's bene Severino'd. Flaa has bene all over the place but Severino has been awful this inning.

Good Lord, that is embarrassingly bad play by Severino. Should have been a passed ball then he blindly throws the ball into RF. then he doesn't catch a high fastball. Good Lord, if you don't want to play, don't go on the field.

That was Mountcastle. Mancini singled through 2B hole right before.

Nice at bat by Mountcastle there. just really could plate coverage.

It's a legit question when Pop makes the team or is returned. He's not going to answer anything on Pop now, nor should he.

With Openings day 10 days away it makes sense for Hyde to get his starting rotation in order. John Means starts today which not surprisingly gives him his last spring start on Saturday 27 Mar and then on Openings day April 1st. The Orioles are off April 2nd, so Cesar Valdez will start tomorrow in what Hyde describes as a "bullpen game." That could mean who ever starts on Wednesday should most likely be the "2nd" starter to aligned with the Orioles second game on the season on Saturday April 3rd. Same goes for Thursday and Fridays games. Dean Kremer started on the 19th which would make it his start on Wednesday. Wade LeBlanc also went 3IP as well. Matt Harvey started Saturday (Mar 20th) which would make (Mar 25th) Thursday his start. Jorge Lopez started Sunday which would put him on for Friday (Mar 26th). There are two wild cards here in that Bruce Zimmermann hasn't pitched in a spring game since March 14th. This would have put his day to pitch on the 19th when Kremer started. Keegan Akin hasn't pitched in a spring game since March 15th, which would have made the 20th hs next day and the 25th (Thursday). I think it will bare watching who pitches when this week on the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th. One wrench in all of this is the Orioles are off on April 2nd and April 9th which in theory means they don't need a 5th starter until April 7th. I think I've gone cross-eyed.

With Openings day 10 days away it makes sense for Hyde to get his starting rotation in order. John Means starts today which not surprisingly gives on last spring start on Saturday 27 Mar and then on Openings day April 1st. The Orioles are off April 2nd, so Cesar Valdez will start tomorrow in what Hyde describes as a "bullpen game." That could mean who ever starts on Wednesday should most likely be the "2nd" starter to aligned with the Orioles second game on the season on Saturday April 3rd. Same goes for Thursday and Fridays games. Dean Kremer started on the 19th which would make it his start on Wednesday. Wade LeBlanc also went 3IP as well. Matt Harvey started Saturday (Mar 20th) which would make (Mar 25th) Thursday his start. Jorge Lopez started Sunday which would put him on for Friday (Mar 26th). There are two wild cards here in that Bruce Zimmermann hasn't pitched in a spring game since March 14th. This would have put his day to pitch on the 19th when Kremer started. Keegan Akin hasn't pitched in a spring game since March 15th, which would have made the 20th hs next day and the 25th (Thursday) With the Orioles off on the 2nd, they won't need a "5th" starter until the 7th if they keep Means on five says rest. That means a starter like Akin or Zimmermann could be optioned until 7th in order to keep an extra reliever. And my eyes went crossed!

What did he say that suggested Zimmermann was going to the pen? He's had the best stuff of any starter all spring.

Sorry to hear about your Mom!

My guess if that Elias took a gamble that no one had seen Pop pitch in two years so he wouldn't be taken. I have heard of Pop into the upper 90s at times so if it's an uptick it's a slight uptick. The jury is still out on whether this ends up a mistake, but for the life of me I don't understand protecting the three I mentioned earlier over him. Then again, Tyler Greene looks better than those three and he was a minor league free agent signee so the story hasn't been completed on all of this.