The Washington Nationals are in search of enthusiastic, customer-focused, part-time gameday staff to join the World Series champions for the 2020 season. Each year, the Nationals openly recruit new, qualified candidates to join their Guest Experience, 50/50 Ticket Sales, Retail, and Event Security teams. Interested candidates are invited to apply online HERE by February 14. If a candidate is qualified, they will be contacted with information regarding the annual part-time gameday hiring event...

As soon as Anthony Rendon signed with the Angels, the Nationals immediately shifted their attention to the only other free agent third baseman on the market who could come anywhere close to matching Rendon's production: Josh Donaldson. The Nats then spent the next month waiting for Donaldson to make up his mind, which he finally did Tuesday night. And where did the slugger choose to go? Was he joining the World Series champions in Washington? Would he stay in Atlanta and try to help get the...

We haven't done this since before Thanksgiving, so it's probably past time for another Orioles question-and-answer session here on the blog. Time for readers to throw out O's questions and/or comments - anything on the majors or minors, draft, whatever - and we'll take shots at providing some answers and responses. As always, readers responding to other readers provide interesting, well, reading. We can discuss the shape of the roster heading into spring training next month. Where the camp...

A total of 18 different pitchers made starts for the Orioles on the mound in 2019. We know they'll need five to start next season and the number over 162 games will go well north of that, probably. Let's take stock of the rotation as of today. The 2019 O's produced a rotation ERA of 5.57 to rank 14th in the American League. The Los Angeles Angels were worst at 5.64. The Orioles rotation rated 10th in innings (789), ninth in opponent average (.271), 15th in homers allowed (179), 15th in OPS...

The Nationals officially announced the re-signing of reliever Daniel Hudson this morning. The pitcher that recorded the final three outs in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series to send the Nats to their first title comes back to D.C. on a two-year contract worth a reported $11 million. Hudson was a major part of literally saving the Nats' regular season and then decisively ending the final game with a swinging strikeout of the Astros' Michael Brantley. He went 3-0 with a 1.44 ERA with six saves in...

The days are dwindling until Orioles pitchers and catchers report, and the intrigue and curiosity are building as more storylines begin to develop. Others will surface with the front office continuing to explore the free agent and trade markets, but we're already off to a good start. The various competitions will provide copy, including the rotation, bullpen and bench. Someone is bound to get hurt, which requires daily updates and the hope that it's anything except a groin. And there's...

This week's slate of "Orioles Classics" on MASN contains a variety of highlights. You want game-deciding heroics? We've got 'em. You want career milestones? Check off that box. You want to travel back in time and relive some of the O's postseason glory of years past? Tune in. That's the beauty of a team like the Orioles, ripe with history and full of exciting moments that can warm the January chill and remind you that spring training in Sarasota is less than a month away. Enjoy this...

The Washington Nationals agreed to terms on a two-year contract with right-handed pitcher Daniel Hudson on Tuesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Hudson, 32, returns to Washington after going 3-0 with six saves and a 1.44 ERA in 24 games for the Nationals in 2019. He recorded the final out of Washington's World Series Championship run, striking out Houston's Michael Brantley to cap the 6-2 victory. Hudson tossed scoreless...

What if Howie Kendrick's hit landed just foul? What if the Nationals still trailed in the eighth and ninth innings of Game 7 of the World Series and sat and watched the Astros mob each other in the center of the diamond as the sellout crowd in Houston roared? How would everyone around here have felt about Monday's announcement by Commissioner Rob Manfred that general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch had been suspended for the 2020 season (and then later fired by owner Jim Crane) and...

The Houston Astros, as speculated by many, did in fact get hammered for their part in sign-stealing via technology. Major League Baseball suspended their general manager, Jeff Luhnow, and manager AJ Hinch for the 2020 season. Then Astros owner Jim Crane went further than that. He fired both Luhnow and Hinch. Houston also lost first- and second-round draft picks in both 2020 and 2021. They will also lose the significant bonus pool dollars for each slot of the four picks. That will hurt their...