Tanner Rainey leads the Nationals pitching staff with five appearances this season.

The Orioles are able to put first baseman Chris Davis in their lineup for tonight's game against the Marlins at Camden Yards. However, shortstop José Iglesias is listed again among the reserves. Davis hasn't played since Friday due to some knee soreness. Iglesias hasn't started at shortstop since Wednesday due to a sore left quadriceps muscle, but he's come off the bench in the past few games and is 10-for-19 this season with five doubles and four RBIs. Austin Hays is back in the lineup...

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...

Stephen Strasburg wants to face hitters in a real game as soon as possible. But before he can do that, he feels like he needs to face hitters in a simulated game. Thus, Strasburg will pitch against his Nationals teammates Wednesday afternoon, perhaps the right-hander's final step before returning from a nerve impingement in his wrist to make his delayed season debut. After Strasburg threw 31 pitches off the bullpen mound Sunday, manager Davey Martinez gave him the option of throwing another...

The Nationals have reinstated outfielder Juan Soto and right-hander Wander Suero from the injured list, and optioned Andrew Stevenson to the alternate training site in Fredericksburg, Va. Soto has been out since July 23, but appeared in three summer training games, going 4-for-10 (.400) with two doubles and two RBIs. "He will be available to pinch-hit today," said manager Davey Martinez during today's pregame Zoom call. "Just probably want to give him another day or two. We will see. He's...

The 2020 Major League Baseball season is now 19 days old, and for the first time the Nationals are playing a division opponent. Add that to the list of strange facts about this strange season. After three games with the Yankees and four games with the Blue Jays (followed by three postponed games with the Marlins) the Nats finally face the Mets tonight in the opener of a two-game series between National League East rivals. The Nationals haven't played in five days. The Mets just snapped a...

After one day off the Orioles get back on the field tonight. Their opponent, the Miami Marlins, have had eight days off. Their season was paused after their team was hit hard by COVID-19, which impacted 18 players and two coaches. Playing for the first time since Sunday, July 26, the Marlins (2-1) begin a four-game, three-day series versus the Orioles (5-3). Miami won two of three in its season-opening series at Philly, posting wins by 5-2 on opening day and 11-6 in the third game, around a...

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...

Nationals second baseman Starlin Castro is getting acclimated to his new teammates, even if that is made more difficult because of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. "It's kind of weird," Castro said during a Zoom call late last week. "It's kind of really weird. But the good thing is, we've got like what, two weeks, three weeks in spring training to meet each other, to meet all the guys before all these things get crazy. We keep talking. I try to keeping knowing all the...

The Orioles have a fresher bullpen today and renewed concerns about the Marlins arriving at their ballpark. Whether or not they'd admit to it. They're trusting the extensive safety measures that have reduced the level of worry beyond how a team forced to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak could compromise them. Welcome to Camden Yards. Just don't touch anything. The Marlins are piecing together their roster via waiver claims and trades after a bus transported the quarantined group from...