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With a July 1 camp report date set, Matt Kremnitzer shares what he’s been missing the most about the Orioles in 2020, from seeing what’s next for John Means to Austin Hays in center field and more.
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Arkansas head baseball coach Dave Van Horn has coached some hitters who have gone on to find success in the major leagues, including Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, and he believes Orioles first-round pick Heston Kjerstad could be next.
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Former Oriole and current baseball analyst for the SEC Network David Dellucci has high praise for the Orioles’ selections in the 2020 MLB Draft. “I think they did great …,” Dellucci said. “I do not question one bit the caliber of players these guys are or the types of young men they are.”
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Former Orioles pitchers Ross Grimsley and Jeremy Guthrie weigh in on the negotiations between MLB owners and players for a 2020 season, and Grimsley says it’s important that players “don’t give back stuff that we fought for.”
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“If it was going to work out …, it had to be life-changing money and it had to be phenomenal farm system,” fifth-round pick Carter Baumler said of deciding between TCU and the Orioles. “… They kind of met me where I was at. I think things are going to work out.”
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Trey Mancini is teaming up with the Colorectal Cancer Alliance to raise awareness for colon cancer, and the Orioles are selling #F16HT t-shirts in support of Mancini’s cancer fight.
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2020 Orioles third round-pick Anthony Servideo hopes to one day win a World Series title with the club, just like his grandfather, former Orioles outfielder Curt Blefary, did in 1966. “That would be unbelievable,” Servideo said. “That’s the goal. Mark the date.”
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Now an advance scout and development coach with the San Diego Padres, former Orioles infielder Ryan Flaherty continues to draw on things he learned from Buck Showalter.
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“I love [Heston Kjerstad’s] physicality,” Orioles and SEC Network broadcaster Ben McDonald said of Baltimore’s No. 2 overall pick. “To me he’s the best left-handed bat in this draft, especially from a college standpoint.”
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Former Orioles second baseman Delino DeShields will be watching when ESPN debuts “Long Gone Summer” on the 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, who was DeShields’ teammate on the Cardinals that historic season.
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