It has been a dream and a goal of mine to drive out to Phoenix one of these Octobers and spend a month at the Arizona Fall League, watching the best minor leaguers play ball in a relaxed and honest atmosphere. A lot of that dream is quintessentially American: to just pick up and go [...]

Outside of the fact that A.J. Burnett opted out of his contract as expected, the hot stove has yet to really get going. As far as the Orioles are concerned, anyway. They continue to be linked to both Burnett and Teixeira under the “teams that may be interested” banner, but that’s about it so far. [...]