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The Washington Nationals selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Seth Romero and placed left-handed pitcher Sean Doolittle on the 10-day Injured List (retroactive to Aug. 11) with right knee fatigue on Thursday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Romero, 24, was Washington's first round pick (No. 25 overall) in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft. He is the No. 13 prospect in the Nationals system and has the "Best Slider" among...
The Orioles already won their fourth series of the season. Today's goal is to complete the sweep in Philadelphia before returning home.
Their last series sweep of the Phillies came on June 15-16, 2015 when they took two games at Camden Yards. The last three-game sweep occurred on June 19-21, 2009 at Citizens Bank Park.
José Iglesias is the designated hitter today with Renato Núñez at first base and Chris Davis on the bench.
Pat Valaika is the shortstop with Iglesias hampered by a sore...
Nationals manager Davey Martinez delivered news this morning from a rainy Citi Field, where the Nats hope to wrap up their four-game set with the Mets before they board the train for Baltimore tonight.
The club announced that left-hander Sam Freeman has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left flexor mass strain. He had a 0.00 ERA in five innings so far this season. The team activated right-hander Will Harris from the injured list following his recovery from a right groin...
The Washington Nationals reinstated right-handed pitcher Will Harris from the 10-day Injured List and placed pitcher Sam Freeman on the 10-day Injured List with a left flexor mass strain on Thursday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Harris, 35, appeared in two games prior to being placed on the Injured List on July 31 (retroactive to July 29) with a right groin strain. He allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits with two walks...
The Nationals are expected to get one key veteran back in their bullpen today, but they may be losing their only effective left-hander for a prolonged stretch.
Sam Freeman, who had been a surprise revelation through the season's first three weeks, departed Wednesday night's 11-6 loss to the Mets after telling manager Davey Martinez and director of athletic training Paul Lessard he felt a "pop" in his elbow.
The Nationals have initially diagnosed Freeman with a flexor strain in his left...
With as well as he is playing right now for the Orioles, on offense and defense, it can be easy to forget that third baseman Rio Ruiz spent some time in the minor leagues last year. It was just five games in late July and early August at Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk. And to hear O's manager Brandon Hyde tell it now, this was more about mind than body or any swing tweaks for Ruiz.
On his postgame Zoom interview after last night's 5-4 win over Philadelphia, Hyde recalled the conversation...
Manager Davey Martinez said this week that for AnÃbal Sánchez to get back to being the pitcher who nearly threw a no-hitter in Game 1 of the 2019 National League Championship Series, the right-hander would have to get the ball down.
But in his first two starts this season, Sánchez has not been able to do that, to the tune of nine runs allowed and an 0-2 record.
Unfortunately, Sánchez is still looking for that command.
Despite a mammoth three-run homer from Juan Soto, Sánchez...
On a night the Orioles got a short outing from their starter, struck out 15 times and fell behind 3-1 in the third, they still managed to win.
The strong start of the 2020 Orioles continued tonight at Philadelphia.
Chance Sisco produced a clutch two-out, two-run single in the fourth and Rio Ruiz hit a go-ahead solo home run in the fifth as the Orioles beat Philadelphia 5-4. The 9-7 Orioles have won four in a row and taken the first two games in this series. They improved to 6-1 on the road and...
Tanner Scott must wonder sometimes whether he's going to be the last lefty standing.
Scott had Zack Britton as a mentor in the Orioles bullpen. Then he relied on Richard Bleier. Leaders of the relief unit who are now gone in separate trades.
Britton went to the Yankees at the 2018 deadline and later re-signed as a free agent. Bleier was sent to the depleted Marlins two weeks ago for a player to be named later.
An expanded pitching staff this summer now holds Scott and Paul Fry as the only...
The Orioles look for their fourth straight win tonight when they play the second game of their three-game set at Philadephia. The Orioles (8-7) won 10-9 in 10 innings last night in a wild, four-hour game. Their offense produced very little through five innings, and then scored 10 runs in the last five innings.
They broke an 8-8 tie when Austin Hays hit a two-run inside-the-park home run in the top of the tenth. Hays hit the first inside-the-park homer in extra innings in Orioles' history. It...