NEW YORK - Matt Adams took batting practice at Citi Field on Tuesday, sending pitch after pitch into the bleachers. So when the Nationals had to decide today whether to send the big slugger (whose strained left shoulder has now healed) on a brief minor league rehab assignment or just activate him off the injured list now, they didn't hesitate to activate him and put him right in the heart of tonight's lineup against Mets ace Jacob deGrom. "He's ready," manager Davey Martinez said. "He...

The pending arrival of outfielder Keon Broxton might be only the tip of the Orioles roster iceberg. Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias indicated today that he'd like to get Triple-A Norfolk outfielder DJ Stewart and catcher Chance Sisco to Baltimore relatively soon. It's a trickier maneuver with Stewart because he's a corner outfielder and the Orioles are playing Dwight Smith Jr. in left and Trey Mancini in right. First baseman Ryan Mountcastle and starter Keegan Akin...

While the Orioles are struggling at the major league level and have lost seven of eight and 17 of 22 games to fall to 15-33, the ball is rolling behind the scenes to continue to acquire young amateur talent, both on the domestic and international fronts. During a wide-ranging interview with reporters this afternoon, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias updated the club's efforts. Not only do the Orioles have the top pick June 3 in the First-Year Player Draft, but a month...

The Washington Nationals reinstated first baseman Matt Adams from the 10-day Injured List and optioned infielder Adrián Sanchez to Double-A Harrisburg on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Adams, 30, returns to the active roster after missing 15 games with a left shoulder strain. Prior to being placed on the Injured List, he was hitting .250 with a .469 slugging percentage. He recorded five doubles, three home runs, 13...

NEW YORK - Last year, a matchup between Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom was must-see TV for the implications it had on the Cy Young Award race. This year, it's simply a game both the Nationals and Mets desperately need to win as a team, regardless of the men on the mound. Neither Scherzer nor deGrom is pitching at a Cy Young caliber right now, though you could argue Scherzer would be in the thick of the early race if not for the Nationals' defense and bullpen. (Hence the massive disparity...

Hanser Alberto is on a roll and facing the Yankees, who are starting left-hander CC Sabathia. There's no way he was going to sit out tonight's game. Alberto, who's starting at third base and leading off, is 8-for-15 in his last four games and 12-for-25 against the Yankees this season. He's slashing .442/.442/.628 against southpaws, with 19 hits in 43 at-bats. Joey Rickard is in left field to provide another right-handed bat. Pedro Severino is catching and batting fifth. Chris Davis is at...

The Orioles have a new outfielder and a decision to make regarding how to fit him on the 25-man roster. Keon Broxton has been acquired from the Mets in exchange for international signing bonus slots. He isn't reporting today, which delays the corresponding roster move. Does the club remove a position player or go with a four-man bench and send down a pitcher? Does his arrival affect Joey Rickard, a backup at all three outfield spots and valuable to the Orioles because he can play...

With six months to go before Black Friday in November, the Orioles announced a special discount in celebration of 'Halfway to Black (& Orange) Friday' on Friday, May 31, when the Orioles host the San Francisco Giants in Interleague action at 7:05 p.m. ET. From now until Saturday at midnight, the Orioles will offer a 50 percent discount on tickets to the May 31 game in select seating categories, with tickets starting as low as $10. The offer is valid exclusively at...

When Monday's game against the New York Yankees began, Renato Núñez saw his batting average down to .211 and his OPS at .632. He had just three hits his last 47 at-bats and six in his previous 68. But Núñez not only got two extra-base hits in that game, he drew two walks. This is a player who recently had a stretch of 18 games without drawing one walk. But Monday he hit a solo homer and added a double in three at-bats. It was his first multi-hit game since May 1. Over the weekend,...

NEW YORK - Erick Fedde intended to pitch as long as he could Tuesday night, but the right-hander knew in his head how many innings he realistically could expect from himself when he took the mound to make his first big league start of 2019. "I honestly was really hoping for five," he said. "I think in the last month or so I've only gone three. But I was really glad to get us through five and give the guys in the 'pen a chance to finish the game off." The guys in the 'pen, of course,...