What does today have in store for the Nationals? It should be a fairly straightforward question, but the way things have been going around here lately, anything and everything feels possible. If the day goes according to plan, the Nats and Phillies will play 14 innings of baseball, beginning at 12:05 p.m. We don't yet know who's pitching either of those games, but Patrick Corbin was supposed to start Wednesday's game before it was postponed, and Max Scherzer was supposed to start today's...

After a three-game win streak was snapped last night, the Orioles will try to start another one tonight in the finale of a two-game series and five-game homestand. The Miami Marlins (44-57) had lost six of nine and 10 of 15 games coming into Tuesday's series opener, but they hit three homers in beating the Orioles 7-3 at Oriole Park. Catcher Sandy Leon's three-run homer in the second inning became the 110th to land on Eutaw Street - the 60th by an opponent - and gave Miami the early 3-0...

The wildest week in recent Nationals history took another unexpected turn when Major League Baseball announced tonight's game in Philadelphia is being postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak following Tuesday night's revelation that Trea Turner tested positive for the coronavirus. MLB made the announcement at 5:45 p.m., saying the third game of this planned four-game series against the Phillies was called off "to allow for continued testing and contact tracing involving members of the Nationals...

Orioles pitcher Keegan Akin and outfielder Anthony Santander have completed the COVID-19 protocols implemented by Major League Baseball. Akin is throwing a bullpen session today and Santander is cleared to take batting practice, run and participate in defensive drills. The club will decide soon whether to return them to the active roster after their layoff. "We're going to evaluate both of them after today," said manager Brandon Hyde. "We want to get them on the field. It's been a week....

It's impossible not to consider this week one of the most consequential in Nationals history. We don't yet know how it will end, but based on what has already transpired and what could be coming next, the ramifications for the franchise - both in the short- and long-term - are enormous. It would be one thing if this was strictly about Friday's trade deadline, but it's not. There's more, and this one might be more important than anything else that happens. More important than Max Scherzer...

The Orioles will be back at Camden Yards tonight against Miami looking to beat the Marlins for a two-game series split and a winning 4-1 homestand. Miami hit three homers in last night's 7-3 win over the Orioles. O's right-hander Spenser Watkins gave up a three-run homer to catcher Sandy Leon on the eighth pitch of a sequence in the top of the second. That put Miami up 3-0 and they were never tied or trailed after that. Austin Hays and Cedric Mullins hit solo homers for the Orioles. They've...

As if this week's events - and the prospect of events still to come - hadn't already left the Nationals and all who observe them on edge, here now was the sight of Trea Turner departing tonight's game in Philadelphia after scoring on Josh Bell's top-of-the-first homer. Given the date on the calendar and the organization's July freefall, it wasn't inappropriate to immediately wonder if Turner had just been traded. Then, as replays of his trip around the bases began to be shown, it seemed...

To keep the activity in its proper order, discussions about filling vacancies on the Orioles roster should be tabled until trades are consummated. But who said anything about being proper? The Orioles are receiving interest in left-handed relievers Paul Fry and Tanner Scott, and removing one likely leads to a promotion from Triple-A Norfolk. They are the only southpaws in the bullpen. This could open the door for veteran Fernando Abad, who has spent the entire season with Norfolk. The 5.23 ERA...

Scouts who descended upon Camden Yards again tonight weren't attracted to the crab cakes and pit beef. Those are just perks of the job. The Orioles are sellers again and the trade deadline is 4 p.m. Friday. Contenders are checking on available players and determining whether there's a potential match and at what cost. The weekend series against the Nationals and the current two-game set against the Marlins comprise the final homestand before August. Remaining observations on Orioles trade...

The Orioles have won two of three series since the All-Star break, going 6-3 in those games. And we know they were an out away - a strike away, really - from that being three of three with a 7-2 record. So they have some momentum going as they host the Miami Marlins tonight to open a two-game series to conclude a five-game homestand. The Orioles swept the Washington Nationals by scores of 6-1, 5-3 and 5-4. They scored twice in the last of the ninth Sunday to record the walk-off win. It was the...