It may be just the first game of a long list of practice games, but the Baltimore Orioles will take the field against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon at 1 PM, televised live on MASN as part of their 2019 spring training coverage. As I stare at six+ inches of snow outside my office window right now, I’ll gladly take any sort of baseball game to take my mind to a warmer place.
Roch Kubatko was the first to announce that manager Brandon Hyde is giving the ball to Yefry Ramirez in Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener, giving the 25-year-old, second-year man first crack at making a positive impression on his new coaching staff.