Orioles Spring Training Update With Dan Connolly
Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun joined the Scott Garceau Show with Terry Ford filling in for Jeremy Conn with an update from Sarasota and the Orioles spring camp. After homering in the Orioles spring training victory over the Blue Jays on Thursday night, Dan said he believes Chris Davis will have a big spring. "He had probably one of the worst 2014' you could possibly have and batting .196 and having the suspension... There is going to still be a lot of pressure on him here, but I think that given what he did last year and what had happened to him last year, I feel like a fresh start is more important to him than anyone else in that clubhouse."
Terry questioned how the Orioles rotation will shape up if all things pan out for the birds and Ubaldo Jimenez, Kevin Gausman and Miguel Gonzalez all perform well during the spring. "As crazy as that sounds, I think the scenario is Miguel Gonzalez goes to the bullpen or goes to the minors, in that scenario assuming everyone is healthy and everyone is ready to take the ball every 5th day."
With a ton of question marks surrounding the Orioles, Scott asked Dan to give his thoughts on where the team stands compared to the rest of the AL East. "I think that this is a good baseball team. I think that that is the reality of the situation. I think that they're going to have to find a way to somehow replicate the production of Cruz and at least defensively Markakis. I don't think that they have figured out how that is going to happen yet. Obviously you come with a healthy Manny Machado and Matt Wieters with a resurgent Chris Davis."
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