For all the talk this winter about the need to bring in a veteran starting pitcher, theWashingtonNationals appear more and more likely to open the season with the majors' youngest rotation. 

2009 Baltimore Orioles ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 N. 

2009 Baltimore Orioles ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 N. 

The Orioles didn't sign their primary target, Mark Teixeira. 

--RHP Koji Uehara, out for two weeks with a left hamstring strain, returned to action March 24 against the Nationals. 

Jeremy Guthrie wouldn't be the ace on most teams. 

Koji Uehara showed no ill effects from a left hamstring strain that had kept him out of Grapefruit League play since March 9, and the new changeup he unveiled worked just fine. 

The following is an excerpt from Jeff Pearlman's new book, "The Rocket That Fell to Earth", now available from HarperCollins. 

Obsessed with who'll be the Yanks' starting CF on April 6? Don't be. 

Obsessed with who'll be the Yanks' starting CF on April 6? Don't be. 

--C Guillermo Quiroz was released by the Orioles, ending his quest to become the club's reserve catcher for the second consecutive season. 

The Orioles didn't sign their primary target, Mark Teixeira. 

Jeremy Guthrie wouldn't be the ace on most teams. 

Jeremy Guthrie returned from the World Baseball Classic less than 24 hours after the United States was eliminated and pitched into the fourth inning Monday, giving up four runs and five hits in the Baltimore Orioles' 8-7 loss to the Minnesota Twins. 

Letting Adam Dunn hit in the fifth was only one of Davey Johnson's absurd decisions in Team USA's loss, Ken Rosenthal says.