Renato Núñez stays in the Orioles lineup today as they try to secure their first series win since April 22-24. Núñez, serving again as the designated hitter and cleanup hitter, has homered in seven of the last 10 games and eight of 12. His eight home runs and 16 RBIs since May 20 are the most in the American League. Stevie Wilkerson is playing second base today with Jonathan Villar at shortstop. DJ Stewart is batting fifth. Keon Broxton is ninth. Gabriel Ynoa is making his second...

CINCINNATI - The Nationals have agreed to terms on a minor league deal with veteran reliever Fernando Rodney, who began the season with the A's, according to broadcast reports. Rodney will report to Triple-A Fresno. Craig Mish of FNTSY Sports Radio was first to announce the signing. Rodney, 42, struggled to an 0-2 record with a 9.42 ERA in 17 games with the A's, but Oakland manager Bob Melvin believes the hurler still has something left in the tank. "He's still throwing upwards of 95...

CINCINNATI - It was a great scene caught by the MASN cameras during the Atlanta series at SunTrust Park earlier this week. Eleven-year veteran Gerardo Parra was seen sitting on the top bench of the visitors dugout during the Nationals' matchup with the Braves, having a conversation with second-year outfielder Juan Soto. Parra has gladly taken on the responsibility of mentoring Latin teammates Soto and Victor Robles: talking baseball, their young lives in the game, and focusing on outfield...

Brandon Hyde is back in the manager's office this morning, marked absent for only one day. He didn't need to bring a note from home. He had a valid excuse. The responsibility of knowing when to remove a starter and which relievers can be trusted to get the last outs falls again in his lap. The lack of a more veteran presence in the bullpen has been an issue for the Orioles, though certainly not an uncommon one in a rebuilding situation. They certainly could use Nate Karns, a strikeout pitcher...

The Orioles wrap up a three-game series and six-game homestand when they host the San Francisco Giants this afternoon. They went 1-2 against Detroit to start the homestand and are 1-1 in this series. They won 9-6 Friday night and lost 8-2 Saturday afternoon. The Orioles (18-40) became the first team to lose 40 games yesterday as they lost for the 11th time in the last 14 games. They've also lost 18 of 23, are 2-3 in interleague play and 8-22 at Oriole Park. San Francisco (23-34) is now 5-7 in...

As with any and every decision the Orioles make under their new front office, advanced data and analytics will factor into the Monday's First-Year Player Draft as well. There is much more data available on college players, but there is also some available for high school players. On MASN's "O's Xtra" on Saturday, Mike Bordick interviewed Sig Mejdal, the Orioles' vice president and assistant general manager for analytics. How much will the data factor in for this draft? "It's quite a...

CINCINNATI - Tanner had a big influence in deciding the Nationals' 5-2 win over the Reds Saturday at Great American Ball Park. Both of them. In December of 2018, the Nationals traded starting pitcher Tanner Roark to the Reds for reliever Tanner Rainey. Saturday in Cincinnati they played against each other on the same field. Gerardo Parra cranked a three-run homer and Matt Adams slammed a solo shot off Roark (4-4), who spent six seasons with the Nats. The pair came in with excellent splits...

The plan to duplicate the first five innings of his last start unraveled today for David Hess after back-to-back walks in the opening frame. Seldom is there a positive outcome. Free passes aren't really free. Brandon Belt singled with two outs to score both runners, Buster Posey homered in the third and the Orioles never led in an 8-2 loss to the Giants before an announced crowd of 19,352 at sunny Camden Yards. Renato Núñez homered again, but the Orioles fell to 18-40 overall and 8-22 at...

After their 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants last night the Orioles will win this series if they get a victory either today or tomorrow. That would give the team its first series victory since April 22-24 at Oriole Park against the Chicago White Sox. The Orioles scored just seven runs in three games earlier this week against Detroit. Last night they had eight by the second inning. Their night included Dwight Smith Jr.'s grand slam in the first, Trey Mancini's two-run shot in the second...

CINCINNATI - Nationals manager Davey Martinez is looking for right-hander Erick Fedde to continue to build off his last two outings today in the Queen City in his first-ever start against the Reds. Fedde threw 83 pitches over five innings May 26 in earning his first win of the season, a 9-6 victory over the Marlins. In that game, the former UNLV standout scattered four hits over five shutout innings with three walks and four strikeouts. He also went five innings May 21 and allowed only one run...