The Orioles placed outfielder Anthony Santander and pitcher Chris Ellis on the 10-day injured list this afternoon, bringing their seasons to a premature end. Bruce Zimmermann was activated from the 60-day injured list to make tonight's start against the Red Sox at Camden Yards. Infielder/outfielder Tyler Nevin was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Pitcher Keegan Akin was transferred to the 60-day injured list to make room for Zimmermann on the 40-man roster. A sprained right knee sent Santander...

Washington Nationals Philanthropies, the official charitable arm of the Washington Nationals, held its signature fundraising event Monday evening to recognize the previous year's community impact work. In lieu of its traditional gala where players mingle with supporters, the organization hosted the Nationals Home Plate Celebration at Nationals Park while the team is on the road to highlight the cornerstone elements of the organization's holistic food access program in response to the COVID-19...

The book on Yadiel Hernandez entering the 2021 season was pretty straightforward. He could hit fastballs, though he needed to prove he could hit off-speed pitches to have a chance of sticking in the big leagues, probably as a bench player. And if he was going to have any chance of playing the outfield with any regularity, he was going to have to take major strides in improving his defense. So, what have we learned all these months later about the 33-year-old with zero major league experience...

Ask an inexperienced bullpen that has been on fumes for weeks to protect a one-run lead at Coors Field in late September and you're asking for trouble by default. Not that Davey Martinez had any choice tonight. Despite five scoreless innings from Josiah Gray to begin the Nationals' series opener in Colorado, the rookie starter faded quickly in the sixth and got the hook with his team clinging to a 4-3 lead. So it was up to a beleaguered bullpen to hold that lead, with no margin for error, in...

The matchup tonight is just so appropriate for where the two teams reside, what they're playing for, what these games represent. The Red Sox begin the series at Camden Yards with Chris Sale on the mound. A seven-time All-Star who's finished sixth, fifth, third, fourth, fifth, second and fourth in Cy Young voting in the American League. The Orioles, tied with the Diamondbacks for the worst record in baseball, have chosen left-hander Bruce Zimmermann, a rookie with 12 major league starts who's...

The American League wild card race is coming down to this last week and the final days. Three AL East teams hold the top three spots currently, and two teams will make it and play in the wild card game next Tuesday at the home of the higher seed. The Orioles will have a say in this race, playing their final two series at home versus Boston starting tonight and at Toronto starting Friday night. After sweeping the Red Sox on the road, the New York Yankees (89-67) begin play tonight holding the...

The Nationals are still mapping out pitching plans for the season's final week, but it's possible both Josiah Gray and Patrick Corbin could get another start this weekend against the Red Sox. Gray and Corbin are starting the first two games of the team's penultimate series against the Rockies, with Gray on the mound at Coors Field tonight and Corbin to follow Tuesday. If the Nats stick with a five-man rotation, Gray would then be in line to pitch Sunday's season finale in D.C. But manager...

We have reached the final week of the season, which makes this the final road series of the season. The Nationals are at Coors Field for the first time since April 24, 2019. Things have changed just a bit since then. That day, Aníbal Sánchez took the loss and fell to 0-3 with a 6.00 ERA. Matt Adams was the cleanup hitter. Jake Noll batted seventh. Wilmer Difo batted ninth. Trevor Rosenthal gave up three runs on two hits, a walk, a hit batter and three wild pitches. Now, a completely new...

Nationals relievers have thrown a total of 545 1/3 innings this season, which works out to roughly 3 1/2 innings per game. It's actually the fifth-lowest total in the majors, which may come as something of a surprise given how much it feels like their starters have struggled to pitch deep into games. Here's a bigger problem, though: The Nationals have totaled 540 relief appearances this year, 12th-most in the majors. And that also works out to nearly 3 1/2 appearances per game. It doesn't...

The idea came to Fredi González as Cedric Mullins rounded the bases and returned to the dugout. He just needed to execute it. González wanted the Orioles to stay in the dugout Friday night and allow Mullins to run onto the field alone for the top of the third inning. To let the crowd cheer him again for becoming the first player in club history with 30 home runs and 30 steals in the same season. He saw it done before in Atlanta with one of the franchise's legendary players. Mullins...