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share-square-1442740 Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.coms beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates to break out in 21. Here is one for every club. American League East The hype surrounding Pearson’s arrival didn’t quite match Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s from the year pri...

share-square-1030499 Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.coms beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates to break out in 21. Here is one for every club. American League East The hype surrounding Pearson’s arrival didn’t quite match Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s from the year pri...

share-square-1294664 When many people think of orioles, a group of New World birds in the blackbird family, one of the first associations they make is baseball. The next is probably Baltimore. Put together, the city and brilliant orange-and-black bird have been linked for centuries, long before the baseball Orioles moved east from St. Louis in their current form, in 1954. There were professional Orioles ballclubs in Baltimore well before that, also: The first Baltimore Orioles franchise played ...

Games with O’s: Two Also coming over in the Gausman deal with Phillips, Zimmermann reached the Majors in 2020 and is a rotation candidate heading into 21. The 25-year old lefty is the latest Marylander to debut for the O’s. Also worth noting: INF Bobby Young (1954-55), INF Leo Burke (1958-59), RHP Jack Fisher (1959-62), OF Barry Shetrone (1959-62), RHP Jim Lehew (1961-62), RHP John Miller (1962-63, 65-67), RHP Bruce Howard (1968), RHP Dave Boswell (1971), OF Jim Fuller (1973-74), INF Tim No...

Topic: Sale, E-Rod rehab The skinny: The complexion of the Red Soxs rotation rests largely on rehabbing lefties Chris Sale, who underwent Tommy John surgery in March, and Eduardo Rodriguez, who missed 2020 with myocarditis after contracting COVID-19. Cora confirmed Thursday that Rodriguez has resumed throwing and should be ready for 21, while Sale hasn’t experienced any setbacks in his rehab. Cora: “Eddie and Chris are progressing. I know people saw Rodriguez throwing off the mound yesterda...

Games with O’s: Two Also coming over in the Gausman deal with Phillips, Zimmermann reached the Majors in 2020 and is a rotation candidate heading into 21. The 25-year old lefty is the latest Marylander to debut for the O’s. Also worth noting: INF Bobby Young (1954-55), INF Leo Burke (1958-59), RHP Jack Fisher (1959-62), OF Barry Shetrone (1959-62), RHP Jim Lehew (1961-62), RHP John Miller (1962-63, 65-67), RHP Bruce Howard (1968), RHP Dave Boswell (1971), OF Jim Fuller (1973-74), INF Tim No...

share-square-134179 The Orioles concluded the 2020 virtual Winter Meetings by adding two intriguing right-handed pitching prospects and losing two others during the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday. Baltimore selected Mac Sceroler from the Reds and Tyler Wells from the Twins, while losing Zach Pop to the D-backs and Gray Fenter to the Cubs. As Rule 5 Draft selections, Sceroler and Wells must remain on the Orioles active roster for the entire 2021 season, or else be offered bac...