GAME NOTES ED SMITH STADIUM  2700 12th STREET  SARASOTA, FL 34237

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015  ED SMITH STADIUM  SARASOTA, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-6) vs. NEW YORK YANKEES (5-2)  1:05 PM ET

TODAY’S GAME PROGRESS REPORT: After striking out four over 2.1 innings of work yesterday against the Phillies, LH Brian Matusz now ranks tied for fifth among AL Grapefruit League leaders with five The Orioles matchup against the this spring. Yankees today for the first of two contests between the two clubs this ROSTER MOVES: Yesterday, the Orioles optioned RH Oliver Drake to Triple-A Norfolk and spring…LH Wei-Yin Chen will start for reassigned INF Michael Almanzar, RH Dane De La Rosa, LH Chris Jones, and CA Brian Ward the O’s and RH Chase Whitley will to minor league camp.

start for the Yankees…The Orioles GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SLATE: The Orioles have 34 scheduled games, with 16 in Sarasota and won the season series last for the first 18 on the road…The Orioles will wrap up Spring Training with a game at Champion Stadium time since 1997, 13-6, including a five- against the Atlanta Braves on April 4. game winning streak against the Bronx Bombers, July 13-September GETTING STARTED: The Orioles opened the exhibition schedule with 57 players on their major 12…Yesterday, the Orioles fell to the league camp roster (16 non-roster invitees)…30 players from the current 40-man roster were in Phillies in Sarasota, 1-0. major league camp with the O’s last spring.

DEFENDING CHAMPS: Last season, the Orioles won their ninth AL East title in club history...It TODAY’S was their second-earliest date of a clinch (September 16), and tied for the third-earliest game ORIOLES: LH Wei-Yin Chen, RH number (151) to wrap up the East...It also marked the third division clinch in Baltimore (first since Kevin Gausman, RH Logan Verrett, 1979/first via a win in Baltimore since 1969). RH Jason Garcia. HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles led the majors in 2014 with 211 home runs, 25 more than second YANKEES: RH Chase Whitley, RH place Colorado and 34 more than the next highest AL club (Toronto, 177)...The O's went deep at Esmil Rogers, LH Chasen Shreve, RH least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, Jose Ramirez. 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)...The Orioles hit at least 210 home runs for the third straight season...Only the Yankees and White Sox (both in 2012) have hit at least 210 in any one of the WEDNESDAY’S PITCHERS last three years... became the first outfielder in club history with four straight seasons ORIOLES: RH Miguel Gonzalez, TBD. of 25 or more homers.

BLUE JAYS: RH Drew Hutchison, RH PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles pitched to a 3.43 ERA in 2014, their lowest in a full season since Miguel Castro, RH Chad Jenkins, RH 1979, when the AL champs posted a 3.26 mark...The Birds finished third in the AL in ERA behind Todd Redmond, LH Colt Hynes, LH Seattle (3.17) and Oakland (3.22)...Baltimore posted 13 shutouts, their most in a season since Rob Rasmussen, RH Scott Copeland. blanking the opposition 16 times in 1992.

THURSDAY’S PITCHERS COACHING STAFF: The Orioles have hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach…This year will be the second for Dave Wallace (pitching coach) and Dom Chiti (bullpen coach)…Bobby Dickerson ORIOLES: TBD. (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting coach) return for their third years, while Wayne Kirby

CARDINALS: TBD. (first base) and John Russell (bench) return for their fifth years on the coaching staff.

FRIDAY’S PITCHERS WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man roster that saw regular season action for Baltimore in 2014 (13): Brach, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Jimenez, Matusz, McFarland, ORIOLES: TBD. Norris, O’Day, Tillman and Webb…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster

BLUE JAYS: TBD. that played for the O’s in 2014 (15): Clevenger, Davis, De Aza, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Joseph, Lough, Machado, Paredes, Pearce, Schoop, Walker, Wieters and Young. BIRDLAND SOUTH PROSPECTING: The Orioles have two of MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects in RH Dylan Bundy (20) This season marks the sixth for the and RH Hunter Harvey (41)… America has both righties in their Top 100, with Bundy at O’s in Sarasota, and the fifth in 48 and Harvey at 68…Baseball Prospectus has Bundy at No. 8 and Harvey at No. 20 in their Top renovated Ed Smith Stadium. Called 101 Prospects…Also making the list was O’s minor league CA Chance Sisco (101). the "Augusta National of Spring OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2014 season, the Orioles traded for two players Training," the facility features modern (RH Jason Garcia and OF Travis Snider)…The club signed five players as free agents (INF amenities, historical architecture, and Everth Cabrera, OF Alex Hassan, INF Rey Navarro, OF Delmon Young, LH Wesley first-class playing surfaces. Wright)…The Birds selected RH Logan Verrett in the Rule 5 draft from the Mets…RH Oliver O’s ON THE TUBE Drake, RH Eddie Gamboa, RH Tyler Wilson and RH Mike Wright had their contracts selected.

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from eight different countries in camp: Cuba (MASN) will broadcast six remaining (Alvarez and Urrutia), Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, De Aza, Jimenez and Orioles spring training games (seven Paredes), Mexico (Gonzalez), Nicaragua (Cabrera), Puerto Rico (Navarro), Taiwan (Chen) and total); 3/10, 3/14, 3/17, 3/25, 4/1, 4/3. the United States of America (several).

THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, who recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, O’s ON THE AIR 2004, 2014), returns for his sixth season as Orioles manager…He has a 1259-1161 (.520) record CBS RADIO’s 105.7 The Fan (WJZ- in 16 seasons as manager of the Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998- FM), the flagship station of the Orioles 2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (377-328, August 2010-current)…On May 10, Radio Network, will broadcast 12 2013, Showalter became the 49th manager in MLB history to win 1,100 games…His 377 wins as Orioles spring training games. Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517),

and Hank Bauer (407)…Last season, Showalter passed former Orioles manager Johnny Oates, BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS who won 291 games with Baltimore.

OPP. HOME ROAD TOTAL LAST SPRING: In their fifth season in Sarasota, the Orioles drew 89,448 fans for 12 home games ATL (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 BOS (2) 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 (average of 7,454, which marked the highest average by the Orioles franchise and set a Sarasota DET (3) 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 Spring Training record)…In 2013, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota Spring Training MIN (5) 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The Birds went 13-9-4 NYY (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-5-1 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Entering 2015, the PHI (2) 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 O’s are 819-796-21 all-time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,892,701. PIT (4) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 STL (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in TB (5) 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Sarasota since the New York Giants began training in the Sun Coast City in 1924…The Giants TOR (6) 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 called Sarasota home from 1924-27 and the trained in Sarasota from 1933-58 TOTAL (34) 1-3-0 1-3-0 2-6-0 (with the exception of four years during World War II)…The Dodgers came to Sarasota for the

1959 season before the White Sox began a 28-year run from 1960-97…Cincinnati trained at Ed Smith Stadium from 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the 2011 spring season...According to a 2014 analysis by Sarasota County Government, the Orioles’ annual economic impact in the Sarasota area is more than $59 million.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 THURSDAY, MARCH 12 FRIDAY, MARCH 13

vs. New York (AL) – 1:05 vs. Toronto – 1:05 at St. Louis – 1:05 at Toronto – 1:05 BAL starter: LH Wei-Yin Chen BAL starter: RH Miguel Gonzalez BAL starter: TBD BAL starter: TBD NYY starter: RH Chase Whitley TOR starter: RH Drew Hutchison STL starter: TBD TOR starter: TBD

CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game

TODAY’S STARTING BIRDS ON THE BUMP BIRDS ON THE BUMP

#73 TIM BERRY LHP #52 STEVE JOHNSON* RHP #16 WEI-YIN CHEN LHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 1 2 1 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 0 1 2 2014 HIGHLIGHTS  Recorded the most wins (16) and lowest ERA (3.54) of his three- #35 BRAD BRACH RHP #17 BRIAN MATUSZ LHP year career Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K  His 16 wins were the most by an Oriole left-hander since Jeff 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Ballard won 18 games in 1989 3/08 @MIN 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/09 vPHI 2.1 2 1 1 0 4  Has 35 career wins, the second-most by a Taiwanese-born pitcher in Major League history behind Chen-Ming Wang (62) #53 ZACH BRITTON LHP #66 T.J McFARLAND LHP  Walked 35 over 185.2IP, the fewest walks for an O’s pitcher in a Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K single season in club history with at least 175.0IP 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/04 vDET 2.0 2 0 0 0 3  Ranked third in BB/9 in club history (1.70) in a single season and 3/09 vPHI 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/08 @MIN 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 ranked fifth in the AL last season  Logged 11 wins in the team’s first 100 games, the 3rd-most by a #49 DYLAN BUNDY RHP #25 BUD NORRIS RHP left-hander in club history (Jimmy Key’s 13 in 1997 & Erik Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Bedard’s 12 in 2006) 3/04 vDET 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3/07 vBOS 1.0 4 4 4 1 2  Posted a career-high five-game winning streak, July 3-August 1 3/07 vBOS 1.2 3 2 2 2 2  Tied his career-high with 8.0 innings pitched, July 24 at Seattle #56 DARREN O’DAY RHP (8.0IP, 5H, BB, 3K) #16 WEI-YIN CHEN LHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K  Became the second lefty in club history to record 500 innings Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 within his first 3 seasons with the club (Steve Barber, 1960-62) 3/05 @TB 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/09 vPHI 1.0 0 0 0 0 1  Went 13-4 over his final 25 starts (beginning May 9) #68 EDDIE GAMBOA RHP #65 CHAZ ROE* RHP 2015 SPRING TRAINING STARTS Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER BB K HR 3/03 @DET 2.0 3 4 4 1 1 3/04 vDET 2.0 5 4 4 2 1 3/05 @TB ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3/07 vBOS 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 #61 JASON GARCIA RHP 2014 & CAREER MLB STATS Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #30 CHRIS TILLMAN RHP W L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB K 3/05 @TB 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K ‘14 16 6 3.54 31 31 185.2 193 77 73 23 35 136 Tot 35 24 3.86 86 86 515.1 521 236 221 69 131 394 #39 KEVIN GAUSMAN RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #64 LOGAN VERRETT RHP 3/04 vDET 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/03 @DET 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 #50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ RHP 3/06 @TOR2.0 3 1 1 0 3 SPRING TRAINING SPECIAL EVENTS Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K MARCH 11 – ORIOLES LUGGAGE TAG GIVEAWAY: SRQ 3/05 vTOR 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 #58 RYAN WEBB RHP Airport will sponsor an Orioles Luggage Tag, presented to the first Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3,000 fans 15 and over. #62 HUNTER HARVEY* RHP 3/04 vDET 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR1.0 0 0 0 0 0 MARCH 14 - KIDS RUN THE BASES/PLUSH COW GIVEAWAY: 3/07 vBOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Fans 14 and under will be invited to run the bases after the game, #63 TYLER WILSON RHP presented by Schofield, Hand & Bright Orthopaedics. A Plush Cow #34 MARK HENDRICKSON* LHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K presented by Chick-fil-A will be given to the first 3,000 fans. Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/05 @TB 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 MARCH 17 - GO GREEN DAY: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day as the 3/05 @TB 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 3/09 vPHI 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 O's battle the Twins in the environmentally-friendly Ed Smith 3/08 @MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Stadium, sponsored by Waste Pro. #59 MIKE WRIGHT RHP

MARCH 25 – SENIORS RUN THE BASES: Fans 55 and over will #29 TOMMY HUNTER RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K be invited to run the bases after the game. Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR2.0 4 2 2 0 2 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 MARCH 29 - YOUTH BASEBALL DAY: Youth baseball players, 3/08 @MIN 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 #40 WESLEY WRIGHT LHP in uniform, take part in a pre-game parade on the field, sponsored Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K by the Sarasota YMCA. #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP 3/04 vDET 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 MARCH 31 – ALL FAITHS FOOD DRIVE: Volunteers will collect Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/07 vBOS 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 food and monetary donations at the gates. 3/03 @DET 1.1 2 6 5 2 2

APRIL 3 – FIREWORKS NIGHT: Fireworks will follow the Spring 3/08 @MIN 2.0 2 1 1 3 5 Training finale at Ed Smith Stadium, presented by Coast Cadillac.

2015 SPRING GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS 2015 TRANSACTIONS

DATE OPP. W/L REC. ATT. WIN/LOSS/SAVE 1/9 Signed OF Delmon Young as a free agent to a one-year contract. 3/3 at DET L, 2-15 0-1 8,183 Lobstein/Jimenez/-- Designated CA Ryan Lavarnway for assignment. 3/4 DET L, 4-5 0-2 8,367* VerHagen/Roe/Mantiply 1/12 Agreed to terms with RHP Tommy Hunter on a one-year contract, 3/5 at TB W, 3-2 1-2 4,884 Davies/Zarate/Rodriguez avoiding arbitration. TOR W, 5-0 2-2 6,078 Matusz/Jenkins/-- 3/6 at TOR L, 4-5 2-3 5,013 Burke/Johnson/Oramas 1/16 Agreed to terms with INF Chris Davis , LHP Brian Matusz, RHP Chris 3/7 BOS (ss) L, 6-7 2-4 8,526* Wright/Norris/Celestino Tillman and CA Matt Wieters on one -year contracts, avoiding arbitration. 3/8 at MIN L, 1-2 2-5 8,610 Santana/Jimenez/Hamburger Outrighted CA Ryan Lavarnway to Norfolk (AAA). 3/9 PHI L, 0-1 2-6 7,639* Morgan/Matusz/Garcia 1/26 Agreed to terms with INF and RHP Bud Norris on one- 3/10 NYY 1:05 MASN year contracts, avoiding arbitration. 3/11 TOR 1:05 R 3/12 at STL 1:05 1/27 Acquired OF Travis Snider from Pittsburgh in exchange for LHP 3/13 at TOR 1:07 MLBN Stephen Tarpley and a player to be named later. Designated CA 3/14 TB 1:05 MASN Michael Ohlman for assignment. 3/15 at PIT 1:05 R/MLBN 1/30 Agreed to terms with OF Steve Pearce on a one-year contract, avoiding 3/16 at PHI 1:05 arbitration. 3/17 MIN 1:05 MASN 3/18 at MIN (ss) 1:05 2/3 Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Gonzalez on a one-year contract, 3/19 PIT 1:05 avoiding arbitration. 3/20 at BOS 1:05 2/4 Agreed to terms with LHP Zach Britton on a one-year contract, avoiding 3/21 at MIN (ss) 1:05 R arbitration. 3/22 STL 1:05 R 3/23 OFF DAY 2/19 Signed INF Jayson Nix to a minor league contract with an invitation to 3/24 at PIT 1:05 spring training. 3/25 TOR 1:05 MASN 2/20 Sent LHP Steven Brault to Pittsburgh as the player to be named later to 3/26 at DET 1:05 MLBN complete the January 27 Travis Snider trade. 3/27 TB 1:05 3/28 at NYY 1:05 R/MLBN 2/25 Signed free agent INF Everth Cabrera to a one-year contract. 3/29 MIN 1:05 R Designated OF Alex Hassan for assignment. at TOR 1:07 2/27 OF Alex Hassan was claimed off waivers by Oakland. 3/30 at TB 1:05 3/31 TB (ss) 1:05 3/5 Released RHP Suk-min Yoon from his contract allowing him to sign with 4/1 PIT 7:05 R*/MASN/MLBN the Kia Tigers of the KBO. 4/2 at ATL 6:05 3/9 Optioned RHP Oliver Drake to Triple-A Norfolk…Reassigned INF 4/3 ATL 6:05 R*/MASN/MLBN Michael Almanzar, RHP Dane De La Rosa, LHP Chris Jones, and CA 4/4 at ATL 3:05 R* Brian Ward. All Times Eastern; (ss) – split squad

*indicates sellout R – Game broadcast on 105.7 The Fan; R* – pre-/post-game

MASN – Game televised on MASN-HD MLBN – Game televised by MLB Network (Live)