SARASOTA, Fla. -- Buck Showalter says he can't wait to "get the smoke cleared a little bit" in the spring training camp of the Baltimore Orioles. And you didn't need to be a volunteer fireman to know exactly what sort of smoke the manager was talking about.
There were no official updates Wednesday afternoon on the smoky status of the Orioles' three-year, $35-million agreement with pitcher Yovani Gallardo, which is still (ahem) "pending physical." And there was nothing official to report on outfielder Dexter Fowler, either, although Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was helpful enough to reveal:
"I spoke with him.