The Orioles filled one of the two openings on their 40-man roster this afternoon by claiming right-hander Elvin Rodríguez on waivers from the Brewers and optioning him to Triple-A Norfolk. Rodríguez, 27, registered an 8.68 ERA and 1.607 WHIP in six games (two starts). He allowed 18 runs and 23 hits with seven walks, 17 strikeouts and seven home run
Apologies that my annual Nationals draft tracker was not up this year. I was making my way back from covering the team in Milwaukee on Monday and couldn’t follow along the second day of the MLB Draft live. But on this, the slowest day in the sports calendar, let us revisit the 17 picks the Nationals made in Rounds 4-20 throughout the day Monday. Of
The All-Star break doesn’t provide much rest for those of us covering the draft, tracking Ryan O’Hearn and emptying a mailbag. The last pick in the draft was announced Monday evening. Major League Baseball did something right, getting rid of Day 3. O’Hearn was the designated hitter for the American League, and as I told him would happen, I tuned ou
Ryan O’Hearn came close to facing future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw tonight in his first career All-Star Game at-bat. Kershaw was a “Legend Pick” by commissioner Rob Manfred, marking his 11th All-Star selection. The three-time Cy Young Award winner retired Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, the Home Run Derby champion, on a liner to left and struck o
The No. 1 pick was always going to dominate the conversation about the Nationals’ 2025 draft class, no matter who they selected. And a front office that experienced major change just one week ago desperately wants and needs Eli Willits to become everything they believe he can be, putting to rest any doubts about their somewhat-surprising decision t
Tony Mansolino is carving his own path since the Orioles named him interim manager on May 17. It usually happens twice a day in the auxiliary clubhouse, where he meets with the media before and after games. Former manager Brandon Hyde would veer to the right, around the rows of metal folding chairs, to reach his seat at the table, and he’d go back
James Wood seemed to set the bar high enough when he kicked off tonight’s Home Run Derby with a solid number and several jaw-dropping blasts. Little did the Nationals’ young slugger realize just how impressive the competition would be on this night. Despite launching 16 home runs as the first contestant at Atlanta’s Truist Park, Wood wound up being
The Orioles made 17 selections on the final day of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft, completing rounds 4-20. This year, Baltimore selected 24 players overall: 13 pitchers and 11 position players, with 21 of the selections being college athletes and three from the high school ranks. The Orioles selected eight right-handed pitchers, five left-handed
The Washington Nationals selected 17 players on the second and final day of Major League Baseball’s 2025 First-Year Player Draft on Monday. Interim General Manager Mike DeBartolo; Vice President, Amateur Scouting Danny Haas; Senior Director, Amateur Scouting Brad Ciolek; and Assistant Director and National Crosschecker, Amateur Scouting Reed Dunn m
Here’s the latest with the Orioles from Day 2 of the draft: Fourth round (124th): Colin Yeaman, shortstop. University of California-Irvine. Yeaman, 21, was the Big West Player of the Year after batting .336/.447/.591 with 16 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs, 56 RBIs, 38 walks and 53 strikeouts in 60 games. He played two seasons at the College of