Baltimore Sun

Columnist Mike Preston shares his thoughts on the clock ticking for the Ravens' young wide receivers, the absence of quarterback Lamar Jackson and his first impression of the team's rookies from Wednesday's open practice.

Not everyone in the Ravens’ revamped backfield was on hand for Wednesday’s first open practice of organized team activities, but there were enough big names to see the potential.

When coach John Harbaugh was asked on Wednesday whether star quarterback Lamar Jackson would attend Ravens OTAs, he said, “I’ll let Lamar speak for himself on this topic.”

After years of being the best player on the field in lacrosse and football, Jared Bernhardt is trying to earn a spot in the NFL as a wide receiver, a position he has never played until now.

“I’ve never had that experience with any other catcher,” said Orioles left-hander Cionel Pérez, who shared a celebratory chest bump with top prospect Adley Rutschman during Sunday's victory.

The New York Yankees walked off the Orioles, 7-6, to even the teams’ three-game series, with the Yankees answering Baltimore’s seventh-inning rally with one of their own before Jose Trevino’s game-winning single in the 11th inning after the Orioles plated a run in the top half.

Kyle Fuller, a Mount Saint Joseph graduate, should compete for playing time immediately in a Ravens defense looking to return to health and bounce back from a historically bad 2021.

After a five-month wait, the Ravens are finally starting to get back to game speed. Quarterback Lamar Jackson is among Baltimore's six most interesting people to follow.

Emily Sterling, a junior who grew up in Bel Air and graduated from John Carroll, leads all NCAA Division I goalies in save percentage. She's stepping up at right time for the No. 2 seed Terps, who will face reigning national champion Boston College in Friday’s NCAA Tournament semifinals.

In six games for Triple-A Norfolk, Kyle Stowers homered five times — including thrice Sunday — and slugged 1.200 to earn International Player of the Week honors.

With a depleted bullpen, starting pitcher Jordan Lyles delivered just what the Orioles needed on Monday by going 6 2/3 innings and throwing 117 pitches with eight strikeouts in a 6-4 win over the Yankees in New York.

The Baltimore Orioles play the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The start of organized team activities this week offers another chance to evaluate the Ravens’ much-hyped rookie class.

With Adley Rutschman finally in Baltimore with the Orioles, general manager Mike Elias and scout Brandon Verley fondly recall scouting the star catcher before taking him first overall in the 2019 MLB draft.

After Austin Hays’ two-out, two-run single tied the game at 6 in the bottom of the ninth and then a 51-minute rain delay, Rougned Odor's fielder's choice allowed Adley Rutschman to score and give the Orioles a 7-6 win over the Rays in 11 innings on Sunday.