The season's halfway point has passed. Rosters for the All-Star Game are set and the game will be July 9 in Cleveland, a city that has hosted four other games, the first in 1935. With that, here are answers to the game's most burning questions. Q: Which team is the biggest surprise? A: That would be Texas in the American League West. The Rangers are an AL version of Atlanta, meaning they have a dangerous offense and thin pitching after Mike Minor (2.40 ERA, 1.12 WHIP) and Lance Lynn, who has...

Max Scherzer is National League Player of the Week. And it's probably safe to assume he's about to named NL Pitcher of the Month as well. Scherzer earned the first of his two likely honors today when Major League Baseball named him the NL's Player of the Week following a pair of dominant performances during the Nationals' just-completed 5-1 road trip. He held the Marlins to one run on five hits in eight innings on Tuesday, striking out 10. Then he returned to Detroit on Sunday for the first...

The Orioles will celebrate National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday, July 17, during their 7:05 p.m. ET game against the Washington Nationals. The first 20,000 fans in attendance will randomly receive a Hot Dog Race T-Shirt in the color of ketchup, mustard, or relish. Fans who wish to exchange their T-Shirt for a different color may do so with other fans if they so choose. Additionally, all fans can enjoy $1 hot dogs throughout the game, available at all Camden Franks, O' What a Dog, Baseline...

Following a week in which he went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA (2 ER/16.0 IP) in two starts, Washington Nationals right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer was named National League Player of the Week on Monday. Major League Baseball made the announcement on MLB Network. Scherzer struck out 24 batters without issuing a walk across the two starts. Opposing batters hit .161 (9-for-56) with three extra-base hits (2 2B, HR) against him during the week. On June 25 at Miami, Scherzer allowed one earned run on five...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are breaking out their right-handed lineup tonight in anticipation of Rays left-hander Ryan Yarbrough following opener Ryne Stanek at Tropicana Field. Trey Mancini is playing first base while Chris Davis goes to the bench. Pedro Severino is catching. An exception is Dwight Smith Jr. in left field and batting cleanup. But Hanser Alberto is at third base instead of Rio Ruiz. Keon Broxton is in center field. Tom Eshelman makes his Orioles and major league debuts...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are ready to name their starting pitcher for tonight's game against the Rays. Tom Eshelman had his contract selected today and is going to open the series at Tropicana Field in his major league debut. He's also going to become the 45th player used by the Orioles this season. In order to make room for Eshelman on the 40-man roster, the Orioles have moved left-hander Josh Rogers to the 60-day injured list. They optioned left-hander Tanner Scott to Norfolk...

The Orioles today announced plans for a luncheon to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of the most beloved teams in franchise history, the 1989 "Why Not?" Orioles, to be held Friday, August 9, at noon ET in the Warehouse at Oriole Park. The event, which will honor members of the team that went from last to almost-first, will be hosted in partnership with the Oriole Advocates. More than a dozen members of the 1989 Orioles have already confirmed their attendance, including Orioles legend and...

For a guy who started out in baseball as an infielder/outfielder, a pitcher in high school, and a player who early on had to battle through two knee surgeries, getting to 100 saves in Major League Baseball seems even more remarkable. Left-hander Sean Doolittle transitioned back to pitching only in 2011 and made his major league debut in 2012. From that point on, Doolittle accumulated 100 saves with the Oakland A's and the Washington Nationals. No. 100 came June 30, 2019 at Detroit as the...

History doesn't much remember how somebody made it to the All-Star Game, only that he made it at all. So even though there will always be those aghast that Anthony Rendon finished fifth in fan voting among all National League third basemen, in the end he's an All-Star and it doesn't matter all that much how it happened. If anything, Rendon might be more touched by the manner in which he was finally selected to his first Midsummer Classic. It wasn't as a result of a popularity contest among...

Former Orioles right-hander Mike Mussina said it has certainly set in by now. He's a National Baseball Hall of Famer. He got the needed votes in January and he will take his place July 21 in Cooperstown among the game's all-time greats. "This is the Mount Everest of baseball and I get to be a part of it," Mussina said Sunday at Camden Yards after he threw out the first pitch and O's manager Brandon Hyde caught it. Mussina got 76.7 percent of the vote, making the Hall in his sixth year of...