Bell, Synder and a whole bunch of other really good prospects from across the land playing in Arizona.

You can watch the telecast online here at MLB.com 

Tonight’s game features 18 first-round draft picks including five from 2009.

Mark Rogers – 5th – 2004 – Milwaukee / Brandon Snyder – 13th – 2005 – Baltimore

Hank Conger – 25th – 2006 – LA Angels / Danny Moskos – 4th – 2007 – Pittsburgh

Phillippe Aumont – 11th – 2007 – Seattle / Mike Moustakas – 2nd – 2007 – Kansas City

Jemile Weeks – 12th – 2008 – Oakland / Yonder Alonso – 7th – 2008 – Cincinnati

Buster Posey – 5th – 2008 – San Francisco / Jason Castro – 10th – 2008 Houston

Josh Fields – 20th – 2008 – Seattle / Ike Davis – 18th – 2008 – NY Mets

Andrew Cashner – 19th – 2008 – Chicago Cubs / Drew Storen – 10th – 2009 – Washington

Mike Leake – 8th – 2009 – Cincinnati / Mike Minor – 7th – 2009 – Atlanta

Dustin Ackley – 2nd – 2009 – Seattle / Tanner Scheppers – 44th – 2009 – Texas

With the recent releasing of Melvin Mora it's not perfectly clear who'll be our opening day third baseman. There are three options for the Orioles.

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COME ON GUYS, HEAD OVER & VOTE FOR BALTIMORE BEATDOWN!

Congratulations Baltimore Beatdown, The Baltimore Sun thinks you're a great Ravens blog.


I'm not sure if anyone else has heard but the Baltimore Sun is holding thier Mobbies competition for the best blogs that have anything to do with Maryland. And Baltimore Beatdown is nominated for the best Ravens blog. The competition includes B-More Birds' Nest, Ravens Gab and One Winning Drive.

The Beatdown is currently third in the voting behind B-More Birds' Nest  and One Winning Drive. 

You can vote here.

NOTE: VOTING WILL BE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 9TH, AND YOU CAN STOP BY AND VOTE ONCE PER DAY. CLICK OVER THERE AND PUT IN YOUR VOTE FOR BALTIMORE BEATDOWN. THANKS!

Congratulations Testudo Times, The Baltimore Sun thinks you're a great Terps blog.


I'm not sure if anyone else has heard but the Baltimore Sun is holding thier Mobbies competition for the best blogs that have anything to do with Maryland. And Testudo Times is nominated for the best Terps blog. The competition includes other Terps blogs like, Around The Harbor, Turtle Soup and Shell Games.

Testudo Times is currently in first place in the Sun's competition.

You can vote here. 

Congratulations Camden Chat, The Baltimore Sun think you're a great O's blog.

I'm not sure if anyone else has heard but the Baltimore Sun is holding their Mobbies competition for the best blogs that have anything to do with Maryland. And Camden Chat is nominated for the best Orioles blog. The competition includes Matt Wieters Facts, Camden Crazies and Dempsey's Army.

So far CC is second in the voting trailing only Daniel Moroz' Camden Crazies.

You can vote here. 

Edit by Stacey: Thanks for this, BSF. I was going to post a link after 8:00 a.m. which is when voting started but got busy here at work. Please go and vote! You can vote once per day and the voting runs until 9 October at 5:00 PM. The winner of each category gets a banner ad on baltimoresun.com to help advertise how awesome we are.

Additionally, please note there are TWO places to vote for Camden Chat. The first place is at the top for "Best Overall Blog" (if you do indeed believe it's the best overall in Maryland). But you also need to vote for them in the Orioles section. That's the most important place to vote.