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SARASOTA, Fla. - Nate Karns is close to getting back into the Orioles rotation after informing manager Brandon Hyde this morning that his arm responded favorably to yesterday's bullpen session.
Karns was scratched from Friday night's start in Tampa due to some arm soreness. Karns said he didn't bounce back at the usual rate after debuting Monday against the Twins in Fort Myers and lasting 1 2/3 innings, which raised some red flags based on the elbow injury last summer that cost him the...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - His future with the Nationals is about as clear as a mud bog in his hometown of Lafayette, La. - and that's perfectly OK with Andrew Stevenson.
Bring up the subject of playing time and the talented outfielders who are ahead of him in the organizational pecking order, and the soft-spoken Stevenson doesn't really mince words.
"It's tough to say," he said. "We've got a lot of good outfielders, so we'll just kind of see how it plays out and try to earn a spot. See...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It's only spring, but AnÃbal Sánchez will be trying to keep up a most impressive streak by the Nationals rotation in today's game against the Astros.
The Nats' presumed five starters - right-handers Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Sánchez and Jeremy Hellickson, and left-hander Patrick Corbin - have allowed just one earned run in 16 innings covering seven starts. Nats starters have yielded nine hits and two runs, walked three and fanned 16, posting a...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Andrew Cashner makes his spring debut today when the Orioles host the Tigers in a 3:05 p.m. game that airs on MASN.
Hot-hitting Austin Hays is in left field today, the least familiar of the three outfield positions he's played.
Jonathan Villar is leading off and playing second base and veteran Alcides Escobar is at shortstop.
Joey Rickard is in center field, Yusniel Diaz is in right, Chris Davis is back in the lineup at first and Austin Wynns is catching.
Trey Mancini is...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Right-hander AnÃbal Sánchez makes his second start of the spring schedule when the Nationals entertain the Astros this afternoon at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
In his first outing, Feb. 26 against the Cardinals, Sánchez threw two hitless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Anthony Rendon gets today off, with Howie Kendrick taking over at third base. Kendrick has made 15 starts and 18 appearances at the hot corner during his major league career,...
SARASOTA, Fla. - On the Stevie Wilkerson bingo card, make sure to mark all of the positions he's played and hope they fall in a row.
Wilkerson started in right field yesterday against the Red Sox in Fort Myers and shifted to second base in the fourth inning. He's also played left field and first base in exhibition games.
The card doesn't allow for positions where he's worked out. Otherwise, a chip would be placed over shortstop, third base and center field.
The former eighth-round pick out...
SARASOTA, Fla. - The seeds for a great start to spring camp for catcher Chance Sisco were planted not long after last season ended. He made some tweaks to his swing, but to hear him tell it, regaining lost confidence is the biggest reason he's mashing the ball right now.
He came to Sarasota with a fresh and confident outlook that got a boost from new manager Brandon Hyde and the new coaching staff, who seem to daily be filling the young players with doses of confidence. They keep it positive...
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has been waiting for a day when he could boast about the club's pitching and defense. On the same day.
He found it this afternoon in Fort Myers, where the Orioles defeated the Red Sox 9-1.
Mike Wright shut out the Red Sox through the third inning. Yefry Ramirez allowed one run, on Xander Bogaerts' homer, and two hits over three innings. He didn't issue a walk and struck out two batters.
Paul Fry retired the side in order with two strikeouts in...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It didn't take long for the ball to find first baseman Ryan Zimmerman after he took the field for his thrice-delayed debut in Grapefruit League play. In the first inning he was on the back end of a 5-4-3 double play and then snagged a throw from shortstop Carter Kieboom to end the inning. In the second, Patrick Corbin got three groundball outs, all ending in Zimmerman's mitt. On the final play of the frame, Zimmerman ranged to his right to snag a sharp Alex Kirilloff...
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mike Wright took a sharp grounder off his right foot today with two outs in the third inning and the next batter poked a single up the middle. Another ball that didn't catch air.
Past starts might have crumbled for Wright, but he retired Jackie Bradley Jr. on a fly ball and headed for the clubhouse with three more scoreless innings on his ledger.
Making a push for a spot in the back end of the rotation, Wright blanked the Red Sox on three hits with one walk and two...