The Orioles made the anticipated roster move this afternoon, leaving one more to go before opening their series Tuesday night against the Rangers. Catcher Chance Sisco has been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk as the replacement for Austin Wynns, who was optioned after Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Giants. The Orioles didn't wait any longer to make it official. Sisco was batting .289/.383/.530 with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 37 RBIs in 44 games with Norfolk. The 10 home runs already are a career...

When you select with the No. 1 pick in the First-Year Player Draft, as the Orioles will do tonight, you could select a future Hall of Famer like Ken Griffey Jr. or Chipper Jones. You could also select Matt Bush, Matt Anderson or Brien Taylor. Who? Exactly. There are no guarantees, no sure things, no such thing as can't miss. They can all miss. You aim for the stars and hope you don't just produce wind with a big swing and miss. But the baseball draft is very different from all others. You...

CINCINNATI - The Nationals are in their best groove so far this season, winning seven of their last nine games. They have won three series in a row for the first time this season: 3-1 versus the Marlins, 2-0 against the Braves and 2-1 versus the Reds. The Dodgers beat the Phillies again, so the Nats, at 26-33, are seven games back in the National League East. The Nats still have a significant mountain to climb, because the Braves and Mets are not going away either, but Washington has to be...

The day has arrived for the Orioles to unveil the first overall pick in the amateur draft. Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias wore his poker face on Friday while sitting in the dugout and taking questions from the media. He didn't suggest that the Orioles would select Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman. He didn't lead anyone to believe that they no longer held interest. The same goes for Texas high school shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., University of California first baseman...

CINCINNATI - Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer started off well Sunday, striking out five in a row at one point, holding the Reds without a base hit through three innings. Then he finished in another world. Scherzer ended up firing eight strong innings, grunting all the way and punching out a season-high 15 batters in a start where he threw a season-high 120 pitches as the Nationals won the series by beating the Reds 4-1. Scherzer put on a vintage performance, allowing only one walk on three...

The Orioles made two roster moves following today's game, optioning infielder Stevie Wilkerson and catcher Austin Wynns to Triple-A Norfolk. The corresponding moves are coming prior to Tuesday night's series opener against the Rangers. Chance Sisco is the obvious replacement for Wynns and the Orioles could activate Chris Davis from the 10-day injured list. Wilkerson went 0-for-4 today with two strikeouts and committed a costly error on a potential double play ball that led to two unearned...

A second season of free agent speculation is upon us, but it's probably not going to be prolonged. Starter Dallas Keuchel and closer Craig Kimbrel are hot commodities among contenders now that the draft is here. That's because the Astros with Keuchel and the Red Sox with Kimbrel offered each of them a one-year, $17.9 million qualifying offer last winter. Each player rejected the offer and because of that, given the rules established in the labor agreement, any team that signed either of the...

An Orioles rotation that's already run nine starters through it is seemingly in a holding pattern. Gabriel Ynoa took his second turn this afternoon, retired nine of the first 11 batters and was hurt by the latest home run surrendered by the staff and some fundamental breakdowns in an 8-1 loss to the Giants before an announced crowd of 16,991 at Camden Yards. An offense that produced nine runs on Friday was held to three in the last two days and the Orioles fell to 18-41 overall and 8-23 at...

CINCINNATI - Right-hander Max Scherzer is 4-1 versus the Reds in his career and 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two career starts at Great American Ball Park. But the Nationals are 2-10 in his starts this season. Nationals manager Davey Martinez does not read too much into these trends for Scherzer, good or bad. "It's an anomaly in baseball," Martinez said. "One thing I know about Scherzer, he goes out there and competes every outing, so I'm 100 percent guaranteed that's what he's going to do...

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde flew into Baltimore this morning after attending his daughter's high school graduation yesterday in Illinois. It was a rare missed game for Hyde, but a trip that he certainly didn't regret. "Definitely strange, yeah, but really appreciated the organization allowing me to go," he said. "It's a pretty special day watching Aria graduate and being with the family for about 24 hours and flying back this morning early. "Happy to be back, but it was a great...