ARLINGTON, Texas - One night after taking a four-run lead in the first inning, the Orioles got stuck in reverse. They stranded two runners in the top of the first, fell behind and lost catcher Pedro Severino to a foul ball off the mask. The catcher who hit three home runs last night. Second baseman Jonathan Villar exited in the fifth inning with soreness in his right thumb and right fielder DJ Stewart sprained his right ankle in the sixth after a collision with Hanser Alberto while chasing a...

Over the last three days the Orioles drafted 41 players over 40 rounds of the First-Year Player draft. They selected 33 college players and just eight from the high school ranks. Some notes on the Orioles' 2019 draft: * They did not select a pitcher until round eight and of the 19 pitchers they drafted, just one is a high school pitcher. He was taken in round 38. * The first 13 pitchers they selected were right-handers with the first lefty coming in round 27. In all they drafted 16...

The Nationals concluded the 2019 First-Year Player Draft with a total of 39 selections. The Nats selected 13 right-handed pitchers, six left-handed pitchers, two outfielders, 14 infielders and four catchers. 24 of the selections came from four-year universities, seven from junior colleges and eight from the high school ranks. Adding to the nine selections made on the first two days, the Nats started the final day of the draft by selecting Fresno State shortstop J.T. Arruda in the 11th...

The Washington Nationals selected 30 players on the third and final day of Major League Baseball's 2019 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline and Director of Scouting Operations Eddie Longosz made the joint announcement. The Nationals selected 39 players in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft: 13 right-handed pitchers, six left-handed pitchers, two...

The Orioles made 30 selections on Day Three of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday, completing rounds 11-40. This year, the Orioles selected 41 players overall: 22 position players and 19 pitchers, with 33 of the selections being college athletes. The Orioles selected 16 right-handed pitchers, three left-handed pitchers, seven infielders, nine outfielders, and six catchers. You can view the entire list of Orioles picks in the First-Year Player Draft here.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is making an adjustment to his rotation that allows extra rest for veteran right-hander Andrew Cashner. Cashner was supposed to start Thursday night to close out the series against the Rangers, but he's pushed back to Saturday afternoon in Houston. David Hess starts Thursday and Gabriel Ynoa takes the mound Friday night to open the series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Hyde explained his reasoning for the switch during the daily media...

If Nationals manager Davey Martinez needs him out of the bullpen in tonight's opener of a four-game series at Petco Park against the Padres, right-hander Tanner Rainey will be ready. Being willing to pitch is a reliever's calling card, a sure way to curry favor with a manager - no small thing when you're a newcomer to an organization and still trying to carve out a niche in the bullpen. Granted, having thrown in two straight games may mean Rainey is due a day off. But with righties Wander...

In a perfect world, Aníbal Sánchez's second strong start off the injured list wouldn't have been rendered an afterthought. In a perfect world, Juan Soto's homer-robbing grab at the left field wall would get significantly more attention. In a perfect world, the Nationals would prefer not to contemplate another bullpen meltdown - or the ramifications for asking too much of too many pitchers on yet another occasion. But Nationals baseball in 2019 is far from perfect, even if the ending...

After their crazy 12-11 win at Texas last night, the Orioles play the Rangers again tonight in the second game of a three-game series and six-game road trip. The O's (19-41) now have two shots to win their first series since April 22-24 versus the White Sox. A win tonight would give them their first two-game win streak since May 4-6. The Orioles have now won the series-opening game for a third straight series. The O's tied a season-high for runs last night. They also scored 12 on April 8...

ARLINGTON, Texas - Mychal Givens got the save last night and took the blame. Givens said he was responsible for the pitch that scooted past catcher Pedro Severino as Elvis Andrus struck out with the tying run at second base. Severino raced to the backstop and threw out Andrus at first to preserve a 12-11 victory over the Rangers in the series opener at Globe Life Park. A close play that could have tied the game and completed the collapse. "It was all my fault," Givens said this afternoon. "I...