Mark Zuckerman

For first time in 2020, Nats face challenges of road trip

For first time in 2020, Nats face challenges of road trip
The Nationals woke up this morning in a vaguely familiar, yet wholly foreign place: in a hotel room in New York. It's the first time anyone with the team has spent the night anywhere other than his Washington-area place of residence since summer training camp opened more than five weeks ago. That's an unprecedented stretch for any baseball club not to travel in-season, made possible only by the unprecedented nature of the 2020 season. The Nats should have gone to Toronto and Miami by now....
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Byron Kerr

Rizzo on his contract status: "I'm not worried about it"

Rizzo on his contract status: "I'm not worried about it"
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo met with the media Sunday prior to the series finale against the Orioles and talked about the state of his club after 11 games. He said there are some reasons the team has struggled out of the gate at 4-7. "They sound like excuses, so I'm not going to use 'em," Rizzo said on a Zoom video call. "But, yeah, obviously the unevenness of the schedule, that doesn't help with your routine, your rhythm, either on the mound or at the plate. But we're dealing...
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Game 12 lineups: Nats vs. Orioles

Game 12 lineups: Nats vs. Orioles
The Nationals must make a quick turnaround as they look to snap a three-game skid and avoid a sweep at the hands of the Orioles with an early Sunday afternoon series finale on the docket today at Nats Park. And the Nats (4-7) could not ask for a better pitcher to be their stopper, right-hander Stephen Strasburg (0-0), making his season debut after recovering from a right wrist injury that scratched his scheduled first start way back on July 25. The Nats need a spark, because at the start of...
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Roch Kubatko

Game between Orioles and Marlins could be delayed (updated)

Game between Orioles and Marlins could be delayed (updated)
The Orioles and Marlins have gone back into a holding pattern. Four postponements between the clubs due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the Marlins has delayed the two series to this week at Camden Yards, with the Orioles serving as hosts for half. Tonight's game is supposed to begin at 7:35 p.m., but it's in jeopardy. The tarp remains on the field, the players' lot is practically empty and umpires have been turned away from the ballpark. Media wasn't granted access until 4 p.m., which is...
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Mel Antonen

Marlins finally get back to playing ball tonight - maybe

Marlins finally get back to playing ball tonight - maybe
After a nine-day layoff because of a COVID-19 outbreak, the Miami Marlins are ready to resume their season Tuesday night against the Orioles at Camden Yards. But heavy rain and high winds, brought on by Tropical Storm Isaias skirting the East Coast, might make the Marlins wait another day. Winds of 35 mph and 3-5 inches of rain are expected in Baltimore, according to weather reports. It's been that kind of season for the Marlins. They played two exhibition games in Atlanta and started their...
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Roch Kubatko

Davis could return to Orioles tonight

Davis could return to Orioles tonight
The Orioles might be back to a full roster for tonight's series opener against the Rays at Camden Yards after playing a man down for the past two games. Chris Davis could be cleared to rejoin the team after being kept at home for precautionary reasons, according to an industry source. Davis hasn't tested positive for COVID-19, but he ran a low fever Wednesday morning and the Orioles placed him in the protocol. From what I've heard, the fever was related to his sinuses and he's undergone...
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Steve Melewski

Anthony Santander can relate to COVID-19 situation in MLB

Anthony Santander can relate to COVID-19 situation in MLB
He can certainly relate to the COVID-19 situation in Major League Baseball. The Orioles' Anthony Santander contracted the virus and missed a large portion of summer camp. But he returned in time for the season opener and has played in all four games thus far. He is slated to bat fourth tonight in right field against the New York Yankees. But the Miami Marlins saw about half their roster impacted and now the team they last played, the Philadelphia Phillies, will not be playing at least through...
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Mark Zuckerman

Nats won't play this weekend after Marlins series is postponed

Nats won't play this weekend after Marlins series is postponed
The Nationals are playing the Blue Jays tonight at Nationals Park in the finale of a two-game series in which they are the home team. Then the two clubs will play again Wednesday and Thursday at Nationals Park, with the Blue Jays becoming the designated home team because they're not allowed to play in Toronto and their replacement home in Buffalo isn't ready yet. Then the Nationals will have the entire weekend off because they can neither play the Marlins as scheduled in Miami nor at home in...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles could be hosting Yankees this week (updated)

Orioles could be hosting Yankees this week (updated)
The 2020 season is about to get weirder. The Marlins have been shut down this week due to an increasing number of positive tests for COVID-19, which forced the postponement of both games against the Orioles in Miami. The teams are supposed to play Wednesday and Thursday night at Camden Yards, but more postponements are in the works. Rather than stay idle, the Orioles could be hosting the Yankees for the next two nights. The Yankees had their game against the Phillies postponed again today at...
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Roch Kubatko

Manfred says Orioles and Marlins won't play Tuesday night

Manfred says Orioles and Marlins won't play Tuesday night
The Orioles won't be the visiting team against the Marlins in their home ballpark. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed tonight on MLB Network that Tuesday's game also has been postponed and won't be moved to Camden Yards. Manfred indicated that the next game could be played Wednesday night, which begins the Orioles' first home series of the truncated season, if COVID-19 testing on the Marlins produces favorable results. This is based on the assumption that government officials will allow the...
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Steve Melewski

O's may take the field again on Wednesday, plus other notes

O's may take the field again on Wednesday, plus other notes
It is the luck of the schedule. The bad luck of the schedule for the Orioles. After winning two of three in Boston and with the hopes of getting off to a decent start, they had the misfortune to be the team next scheduled for four straight games against the Miami Marlins. No offense to the Marlins, but until the team and its medical staff and Major League Baseball get a handle on how hard the coronavirus has hit their team, they probably should not play any club. And the prospect of playing...
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Byron Kerr

Martinez on Marlins' coronavirus outbreak: "I'm scared"

Martinez on Marlins' coronavirus outbreak: "I'm scared"
Nationals manager Davey Martinez got emotional at the end of his pregame video call today, and said he was worried about himself and his players after the news that 14 Marlins players and staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The Nats are scheduled to host the Blue Jays in a two-game series that begins tonight at Nats Park. "My level of concern went from about an eight to a 12," Martinez said. "This thing really hits home now that you see half a team get infected and go from one city to...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles-Marlins game has been postponed (latest update)

Orioles-Marlins game has been postponed (latest update)
The Orioles made it through three games before COVID-19 impacted their schedule and perhaps a truncated season. Tonight's game with the Marlins in Miami has been canceled, with confirmation coming from a team official. The clubs were supposed to play twice in Miami before the home-and-home series shifted to Baltimore. But at least 14 Marlins have tested positive, including 12 players, according to an ESPN report. Major League Baseball's greatest fear is coming to fruition. An outbreak shortly...
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Byron Kerr

Finnegan on making the Nats roster: "It's incredible"

Finnegan on making the Nats roster: "It's incredible"
Right-hander Kyle Finnegan has been in the minors since 2013, so making the opening day roster in 2020 with the Nationals was a big step. Since arriving as a sixth-round pick by the Athletics, Finnegan has played for seven different teams and logged time at every level. He was a starter from 2013 to 2015, making it to Double-A in 2014 and Triple-A in 2017. The Nats signed him as a free agent in December 2019. In late March, the Nats optioned him to Double-A Harrisburg. But then the coronavirus...
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Scherzer blames fastball location problems early in 4-1 loss

Scherzer blames fastball location problems early in 4-1 loss
Max Scherzer wanted to get off to a good start on opening night, but it just didn't happen. Against a strong Yankees lineup, Scherzer did his best to avoid trouble, but when you have to face the likes of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton multiple times in a game, trouble can find you. Scherzer allowed a two-run homer and a run-scoring single to Stanton, and Judge delivered a single and an RBI double as the Yankees took down the Nationals 4-1 in rain-shortened five innings to finally jumpstart...
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Mark Zuckerman

Soto tests positive but shows no symptoms, placed on IL (updated)

Soto tests positive but shows no symptoms, placed on IL (updated)
The Nationals' season-opening roster will not include the team's best and brightest young star. Juan Soto was not included on the Nats' initial 30-man roster and will not be active for tonight's opener against the Yankees after testing positive for COVID-19, general manager Mike Rizzo announced this afternoon. Soto, like others on the team, was tested Tuesday. He is asymptomatic, but early this morning his test result came back positive, said Rizzo, who added all other tests taken by...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles inching closer to the opener (updated)

Orioles inching closer to the opener (updated)
Today marks the final time in 2020 that we can wonder whether the Orioles actually will make it to opening day without the coronavirus pandemic or any assortment of disasters and traumas again shutting down baseball. The completion of a 60-game season remains a dicey proposition, but the 30-man roster will be turned into Major League Baseball by noon, the Orioles will hold an optional workout and they'll head to Boston for their first opener at Fenway Park since 1966. "I think we're as ready...
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Iglesias offering more than defense in summer camp

Iglesias offering more than defense in summer camp
The only way to cool down José Iglesias in summer training camp is to offer him a seat in the dugout and keep him there. Point the big fan at him. Assuming those kind are permitted inside the ballpark. Iglesias brought a stellar defensive reputation to the organization after signing over the winter. One plus is inadequate when describing him. He's treating camp as if trying to make a point about other facets of his game. Don't sleep on the bat. Iglesias collected three more hits in Friday...
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Steve Melewski

Making a pitch: Eshelman looks to stay in rotation battle

Making a pitch: Eshelman looks to stay in rotation battle
He can be a player that gets overlooked. When discussing the O's rotation, others seem to get more play then he does. But he's pitched twice in intrasquad games for the Orioles and right-hander Thomas Eshelman gave up one unearned run over three innings his first outing. In his second, he allowed one run over five innings with four strikeouts. He's pitched twice opposite left-hander Tommy Milone and both are in line to start the fifth game of the season. Only one will. "It's been fun to...
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Mel Antonen

Nats fan Fauci hopes fans can return to MLB games later this season

Nats fan Fauci hopes fans can return to MLB games later this season
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is a baseball nut. His voice fills with excitement talking about the Nationals' World Series title. His coronavirus mask is covered with Nationals logos. An autographed Patrick Corbin jersey hangs in his D.C. home. And even though a deadly coronavirus outbreak has hammered the United States and caused Major League Baseball to reduce this season's schedule to 60 games played in stadiums with no fans, hope springs eternal with...
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