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The Washington Nationals reinstated outfielder Juan Soto from the 10-day Injured List and optioned infielder Jake Noll to Triple-A Fresno on Saturday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Soto, 20, returns to the active roster after missing 10 games with back spasms. Prior to being placed on the Injured List, he was hitting .248 with a .368 on-base percentage and a .467 slugging percentage. He recorded five doubles, six home runs, 22...
After his team allowed 12 hits and eight runs in Friday's 8-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, right-hander Dylan Bundy (1-4, 5.30 ERA) will try to get Orioles pitching back on track this afternoon at Camden Yards. Bundy will make his eighth start and fifth at home.
Last Saturday, he beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0, allowing three hits in 7 1/3 innings. He fanned four on 96 pitches, 62 for strikes. His four-seam fastball averaged 91.3 mph in that game and he threw it 46 times, mixing in 18...
Figuring out what's wrong with Renato Núñez isn't the complicated part of his slump.
It's snapping him out of it.
Núñez is missing from the Orioles lineup after another hitless night left him 1-for-27 since May 1. He's 4-for-48 going back to April 24 and hasn't drawn a walk in that period.
Health isn't the issue. Núñez could swing the bat while bothered by right biceps soreness that no longer is present. Player and manager agree that he's burrowed too deep inside his...
Reliever Evan Phillips is the latest Oriole to be given a reset in the minors.
The club optioned Phillips this morning and recalled reliever Jimmy Yacabonis in an exchange of right-handers. Phillips has allowed two earned runs in each of his last three appearances and also let two inherited runners score last night to leave him with a 7.11 ERA in 12 2/3 innings.
Command has been an issue with Phillips, who's issued 10 walks and hit three batters. He's also thrown two wild pitches.
"We want...
LOS ANGELES - The Nationals and Dodgers are now all even at one game apiece in their four-game set at Dodger Stadium.
The Nats won the opener 6-0 and the Dodgers won 5-3 on Friday night.
The Nationals did some good things Friday but ultimately were unable to solve Kenta Maeda. They ended up with only four hits. The defense made some plays with Brian Dozier and Anthony Rendon shining, but also had a misstep when Adam Eaton could not make a play in right field and the ball got behind him.
Today...
Can Chris Davis lift his average above .199 for the first time since the end of the 2017 season?
A hit in his first at-bat today will raise Davis' average to .202. He's currently at .193 and batting sixth.
Davis is batting .309 (17-for-55) with three doubles, four home runs, 14 RBIs and eight runs scored in his last 19 games since April 13.
Trey Mancini is hitting .483 (14-for-29) with three home runs and eight runs scored in the first inning. He's the designated hitter today with Joey...
I knew very little about the sinking of the cruise ship Lusitania in 1915. The sinking of the Titanic always draws major attention, while the Lusitania story exits in the shadows.
That story won't be in the shadows anymore after reading "Dead Wake."
Author Erik Larson has written much of historical events in non-fictional works filled with massive research efforts. "Devil in the White City" is a book written about previously on "Hitting the Books," a riveting tale of a murder lurking in...
SALISBURY, Md. - For Single-A Delmarva right-hander Gray Fenter, Tommy John surgery not only fixed his right elbow, but it had other long-lasting positive effects, even beyond baseball.
The 2015 draft began with the Orioles selecting DJ Stewart and Ryan Mountcastle. But in round seven, with pick No. 223, they selected Fenter and then signed him to a well-over slot bonus of $1 million. They loved the pitcher from West Memphis (Ark.) High School who touched 97 mph his senior year. They signed him...
LOS ANGELES - Right-hander AnÃbal Sánchez had trouble finding a way to get Dodgers slugger Joc Pederson out.
Pederson's two monster home runs were the big hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 5-0 win over the Nationals on Friday night. Sánchez could not finish five innings and fell to 0-6. The series is now even at one game apiece.
David Freese added a two-run homer in the seventh off of Matt Grace.
After the Nats opened with a 6-0 shutout Thursday night, the Dodgers returned...
It never fails. A reliever has success and is capable of gobbling up innings and a manager is asked whether a spot in the rotation could open up.
Brandon Hyde is experiencing it with Gabriel Ynoa, who has allowed only one run and walked one batter with 11 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings. He's tossed three scoreless innings in back-to-back appearances.
"I think he would be in the mix if we went in that direction, but he's also pitching his way into higher-leverage situations and being somebody...