Among the many questions to land in the recent mailbag was one that I put aside to give it a little more thought and provide a more expansive response. Who will get more starts in center field next season, Cedric Mullins or Colton Cowser? The immediate response is Mullins because he’s exclusively a center fielder and Cowser is first in line for lef

With Grayson Rodriguez returning next year after what turned out to be a season-ending injury in 2024 and with Corbin Burnes possibly leaving via free agency, the one man standing alone atop the Baltimore rotation right now is 30-year-old right-hander Zach Eflin, a veteran of nine seasons with three teams who has made 174 career starts. Eflin, unde

PROSPECT REVIEW: SEAVER KING Age on opening day 2025: 21 How acquired: Drafted No. 10 overall in 2024 from Wake Forest Ranking: No. 5 per MLB Pipeline, No. 8 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2027* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $5.15 million 2024 levels: Single-A Fredericksburg 2024 stats: 20 G, 90 PA, 78 AB, 15 R, 23 H, 1 2B, 3 3B, 0 HR, 10

The predominant headline two weeks ago at the non-tender deadline was the Nationals’ decision not to retain Kyle Finnegan and Tanner Rainey. Drawing less attention at the time was their decision to retain six other arbitration-eligible players: Luis Garcia Jr., MacKenzie Gore, Josiah Gray, Derek Law, Riley Adams and Mason Thompson. Perhaps the most

Rather than let the mailbag fill until it overflows like a clogged sink, I’ve decided to share a few more questions this morning to keep it at a reasonable level. I sense a little fan impatience because the Orioles haven’t made a big move or one that fits as a medium, but offers reportedly were made for starting pitching and the Winter Meetings cou

The Orioles today announced that individual tickets for all Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium will go on sale Monday, December 9, at 12 p.m. ET. The club also announced its Spring Training promotional schedule. Beginning Monday, fans can purchase individual tickets for all 2025 Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium. Birdland Members wil

The Washington Nationals have been named the recipient of the 2024 Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence in recognition of a decade of community impact through the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday. The Academy, the signature program of Washington Nationals Philanthropies, the Club’s

When the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy opened in 2014, the franchise that bears its name hoped the brand new facility would help make a positive difference in the lives of underprivileged children in Southeast Washington. Ten years later, the academy has made a difference for more than 6,000 local kids and has established itself as one of the pr

PROSPECT REVIEW: ANDREW PINCKNEY Age on opening day 2025: 24 How acquired: Drafted in fourth round in 2023 from University of Alabama Ranking: No. 28 per MLB Pipeline, No. 21 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2026* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $500,000 2024 levels: Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Rochester 2024 stats: 137 G, 580 PA, 520 AB

It is a slow trend down in baseball. It is pitcher strikeout rates per every nine innings. In the shortened 2020 season, pitchers in MLB averaged 9.1 strikeout per every nine innings. The year after the mark was 8.9. Last season it was down to 8.6 per nine. It is nothing too significant at this point and there is still plenty of swing and miss in t