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Baseball America has been rolling out its league top 20 prospects lists for each minor league level, and they have completed the four full-season leagues where the Orioles have affiliates.
In the Triple-A International League, first baseman/left fielder Ryan Mountcastle of the Norfolk Tides was rated as the No. 7 prospect with pitcher Keegan Akin No. 20.
In the Double-A Eastern League, Bowie outfielder Yusniel Diaz was rated No. 14 with pitcher Michael Baumann at No. 15.
In the Single-A...
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Strasburg and Davey Martinez spoke Wednesday evening, after the Nationals arrived here following a long flight from Washington following an emotional win over the Brewers in the National League wild card game. Strasburg had thrown 34 pitches in three innings of scoreless relief to help lift his team to victory in that do-or-die showdown. Now Martinez wanted to know if the right-hander was ready to start Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Friday...
The Orioles started to make changes to their coaching staff this afternoon.
First base coach Arnie Beyeler and assistant hitting coach Howie Clark won't be retained in 2020, according to multiple industry sources.
They were working on one-year contracts that won't be renewed next season.
Beyeler also served as the outfield instructor, handling two tasks that belonged to Wayne Kirby under previous manager Buck Showalter. Kirby has been hired by the Braves as minor league outfield...
LOS ANGELES - It's a beautiful day in the City of Angels, but then again most days here are. Dodger Stadium is resplendent as ever, set to host yet another postseason series, the Nationals for the second time. The Nats won one of the two games they played here in 2016.
Everything starts anew tonight, with Game 1 of the National League Division Series pitting these two star-studded franchises against each other again, with some of the same cast of characters but plenty of new ones as well....
Moving past the final game of the season allowed players to take a much-needed break from baseball. But for how long?
It's going to vary depending on the individual and his circumstances.
"I think it's important to take some time off," said Trey Mancini. "I'm going to take a lot of time off from baseball. Not hit. But certainly I don't sit on the couch for the first few weeks of the offseason, either."
(Is that frowned upon? Because I intend to set a land speedless record while doing...
LOS ANGELES - With a best-of-five National League Division Series to consider now instead of a winner-take-all wild card game, the Nationals knew they were going to need to make some roster adjustments. Those adjustments, it turns out, come in the form of two extra pitchers added to their bullpen to face the Dodgers: Wander Suero and Austin Voth.
After carrying only nine pitchers for Tuesday's wild card win over the Brewers - they actually used only three of them - the Nationals will now have...
The 2019 season will be remembered as the Year of the Dinger. But will it stretch into the October postseason?
We'll find out when the Twins and Yankees - the first two teams in history to each hit at least 300 home runs in a season - open an American League Division Series on Friday night in Yankee Stadium.
Major League Baseball set a record with 6,776 home runs this season, beating the old record by 671. Fourteen teams broke franchise records for home runs. There were 24 teams with at least...
LOS ANGELES - The thrill of victory and the smell of champagne and beer had worn off. In their place was a happy but tired Nationals club that celebrated Tuesday night's epic wild card victory over the Brewers hard, then spent all of Wednesday afternoon flying across the country, then spent Wednesday night working out under the lights at Dodger Stadium, where tonight they'll open a best-of-five National League Division Series with a 106-win team from L.A.
The previous 24 hours had been a...
LOS ANGELES - The Nationals will send Patrick Corbin to the mound Thursday night for Game 1 of their National League Division Series against the Dodgers. That much they know for sure.
They do not yet know who will start Game 2 on Friday night, but they certainly appear to be open to the idea of giving the ball to Stephen Strasburg only three days after his dominant three-inning relief appearance in their wild card game victory over the Brewers.
"Most definitely," manager Davey Martinez said...
The impression I get after a season of a lot of interaction with fans via this blog, Twitter and a radio show is this, in a nutshell: A large majority of Orioles fans are very understanding of the club's rebuilding situation.
They have taken a mostly supportive wait-and-see approach, and they are optimistic for the future. They got frustrated with some aspects of the 2019 season and team, yet know there is a bigger picture to consider. They're hopeful.
That is a large majority and that is...