The Grapefruit League schedule is upon us. From February 20 through March 23, the Orioles will be playing near-daily games to help them get ready for Opening Day on March 26. Over the course of camp, cuts will gradually be made until they get down to the 26-man roster at the end. Young players and journeymen will have an opportunity to make an impression early on. Later, it’ll be about the expected regulars getting in the reps to hit the ground running.
Orioles fans get an uncommon treat this spring training. After several years of the team-owned television network not bothering to broadcast more than a handful of spring games, this year will see more than half of the schedule with a local television broadcast. This does still come with the disappointing fact of the broadcasters calling the games remotely, but it’s better than we’ve gotten recently, with not many games and those called remotely as well.
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All but seven of the spring training games will be on either one team’s TV broadcast or the other, and when adding in radio broadcasts for both teams, only one game will have no TV or radio at all: a warmup game against the Netherlands WBC team on March 3 before that tournament begins.
Here’s the full schedule for this spring’s Orioles action:
|
Date |
Opponent |
First pitch (Eastern) |
TV |
Radio |
|
Feb. 20 |
Yankees |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL |
|
Feb. 21 |
Pirates |
1:05 |
MASN |
98 Rock |
|
Feb. 22 |
at Tigers |
1:05 |
none |
98 Rock |
|
Feb. 23 |
Braves |
1:05 |
none |
Braves |
|
Feb. 24 |
at Twins |
1:05 |
none |
Twins |
|
Feb. 25 |
Rays |
1:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
Feb. 26 |
Tigers |
1:05 |
MASN |
Tigers |
|
Feb. 27 |
at Pirates |
1:05 |
none |
Pirates |
|
Feb. 28 |
Braves |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 1 |
at Red Sox |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 2 |
OFF |
OFF |
n/a |
n/a |
|
March 3 |
Netherlands WBC Team |
1:05 |
none |
none |
|
March 4 |
Astros |
1:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 5 |
at Rays |
1:05 |
none |
Rays |
|
March 6 |
Cardinals |
1:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 7 |
Split: Twins / at Braves |
1:05 (both games) |
MASN (home only) / Braves (road only) |
WBAL / 98 Rock (home only) / Braves (road only) |
|
March 8 |
Blue Jays |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 9 |
at Cardinals |
1:05 |
Cardinals |
Cardinals |
|
March 10 |
at Astros |
1:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 11 |
Pirates |
1:05 |
MASN |
Pirates |
|
March 12 |
OFF |
OFF |
n/a |
n/a |
|
March 13 |
at Phillies |
1:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 14 |
at Pirates |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 15 |
Yankees |
6:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 16 |
Red Sox |
6:05 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 17 |
at Tigers |
1:05 |
none |
Tigers |
|
March 18 |
Blue Jays |
1:07 |
MASN |
none |
|
March 19 |
Split: Pirates / at Yankees |
1:05 (road) 6:05 (home) |
ESPN Unlimited (road) / MASN (home) |
none |
|
March 20 |
at Yankees |
6:35 |
Yankees |
WBAL |
|
March 21 |
Phillies |
1:05 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 22 |
Nationals (at OPACY) |
1:35 |
MASN |
WBAL / 98 Rock |
|
March 23 |
at Nationals (DC) |
1:05 |
Nationals |
Nationals |
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