Daniel Cabrera

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, second baseman Brian Roberts, and catcher Gregg Zaun kicked off a weekend of fundraising for the Maryland Food Bank by battling for top honors in the inaugural Orioles Cook-Off at ESPN Zone. A panel of judges, comprised of food critic Rob Kasper, MASN blogger Roch Kubatko, ESPN Zone main chef Gary Patterson, and Orioles wives Jenny Guthrie and Diana Roberts, sampled chicken enchiladas, Spanish tortillias and fish tacos to decided who would walk away...Read Full Story

On Wednesday, the Baltimore Orioles invited the local media and various dignitaries out to Camden Yards to preview the renovations, plus the new culinary offerings available Opening Day and beyond. Camden Yards starting on Friday will feature ‘Dempsey’s Brew Pub and Restaurant’, which is named for former Oriole catcher and current MASN broadcaster, Rick Dempsey, who is a part-owner. As well, there will be a stand available now for Gino’s Burgers and Chicken, plus Stuggy’s. The new offerings...Read Full Story

With the Baltimore Orioles seemingly in need a catcher -- a starter, backup, or otherwise -- while phenom Matt Wieters may start the year in Triple-A to get some seasoning, there have been talks of former Oriole Gregg Zaun taking the role.However, there has been another name of late who has joined the fray -- Ivan "Pugde" Rodroguez.Baltimore Sun blogger and columnist Peter Schmuck brought up this topic in a recent blog post, as he says:From the Baltimore Sun: Former Oriole Gregg Zaun remains...Read Full Story

The Baltimore Orioles today faced an old friend down in Fort Lauderdale today, and like the old cliches goes -- the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the end, the Orioles downed the Washington Nationals, 6-2, as they beat their former compadre and had a little fun with him too on the bases. Cabrera -- a frustrating presence to Oriole fans over the years -- went two inning and gave up a run. He looked shaky on the mound as he walked two and struck out two; furthermore, the...Read Full Story

Daniel Cabrera was happy with the way he pitched Thursday for the Washington Nationals in a 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves.It was his hitting that made him giddy.Cabrera, who struck out 14 times with the Baltimore Orioles over the past five seasons, singled to right in his first spring training at-bat with Washington.The right-hander sent the ball into right field with an awkward swing and almost fell as he loped to first base. Cabrera then scored on a two-run double by teammate Ryan...Read Full Story

If you weren't at the Yard yesterday -- much less this weekend -- you've missed some incredible baseball by out 2008 Orioles. Well, Sunday was nothing short of incredible, as the Baltimore Orioles nearly came back in an inexplicable fashion, but the Pirates knocked us out the 10th inning. In the end, Baltimore dropped the third game of the interleague series to Pittsburgh, 5-4.For third consecutive game, Oriole Magic came alive again as Brian Roberts jacked a two-run opposite field home run...Read Full Story

Is Daniel Cabrera just a few hours away from being an ex-Oriole? Over the past several years, despite his physical skills and "potential", the tall-righty has not gotten *it* together in umpteen major league seasons.Now, it may look like Daniel might be dealt, or at least non-tendered. Well, here's this from Roch Kubatko from his "School of Roch" blog...This may come as a surprise to a lot of folks, but a few teams have expressed interest in Orioles pitcher Daniel Cabrera at these meetings...Read Full Story

I have not done in this while, but let's see what some of the media and other bloggers are saying about the Birds...Ben of Oriole Central was able to get a major interview this week with Brian Roberts. Although he does not ask anything about the trade rumors, you do get a lot of out of him and he also mentions his bracelets that he has on sale for charity. Anyhow, our second baseman has a video blog on MASN Sports and in his latest post, he talks about his at-bat music, and the second half of...Read Full Story

It has been slow on the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes since Thursday night's meeting with the Red Sox down in Texas. There's not much else that has come out from the media besides more speculation; however, an ex-Oriole has found a new home -- not too far from the one he just left.According to Bill Ladson of the nationals.com website, Baltimore's former, but inconsistent fireballer -- Daniel Cabrera -- has found a home in the Nation's Capital as a member of the Washington Nationals.He and...Read Full Story

In light of the events of the Mitchell Report, the Baltimore Orioles have issued a statement:"There is no place in baseball or in any other sport for the use of performance-enhancing substances.The Orioles support Major League Baseball's efforts to institute the most comprehensive testing program of any professional sport and one that strives to eliminate the use of performance enhancing drugs from all of baseball.As to the information and allegations contained in the Mitchell Report, the...Read Full Story