Chris Davis and Mike Wright Jr. traded in baseballs for beanbags and joined Ravens, Redskins and other local sports celebrities for the second annual Players Philanthropy Fund Beltway Boards & Brews Celebrity Cornhole Tournament at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The tournament benefited a variety of charities, all through the Players Philanthropy Fund, which was founded by former Ravens kicker and two-time Super Bowl champion Matt Stover, enables athletes and other philanthropists by...

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Joe Ross, who returned in September healthy more than a year removed from Tommy John surgery. PLAYER REVIEW: JOE ROSS Age on opening day 2019: 25 How acquired: Traded with Trea Turner from Padres for Steven Souza Jr. and Travis Ott (who were sent to Rays in three-team deal), December 2014 MLB service time: 3 years, 67 days 2018 salary: $567,900 Contract...

The Baltimore Orioles and OriolesREACH are once again joining KidsPeace to host a Halloween-themed race to benefit children in foster care. The ninth annual Trick-or-Trot 5K/1-Mile Walk will start and end at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday, October 27, beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET. Halloween costumes are encouraged, and prizes will be awarded to the first three male and female finishers, the first masters' finishers, and age group winners. There will also be prizes for the best child...

Here is an update of Nationals players' progress in the Dominican winter league, which has played nine games: OF Victor Robles Robles is the second-leading hitter for Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican winter league. Robles is batting .480 (12-for-25) in six games with two doubles and 14 RBIs. He has walked one time, struck out three times and stolen one base. His OPS is 1.060 and he has not committed an error in the field. He went 3-for-4 on Oct. 16 and has gone 2-for-4 in each of his last two...

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Tanner Roark, who labored through a ragged season. PLAYER REVIEW: TANNER ROARK Age on opening day 2019: 32 How acquired: Traded from Rangers with Ryan Tatusko for Cristian Guzman, July 2010 MLB service time: 5 years, 55 days 2018 salary: $6.475 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible in 2019, free agent in 2020 2018 stats: 9-15, 4.34 ERA, 31 G, 30...

The Orioles lost out on signing Cuban outfielder Victor Victor Mesa, who signed with Miami. He was the No. 1 ranked international amateur prospect. But they have another Cuban outfielder in their system in Yusniel Díaz, who was ranked as the No. 3 international prospect in 2015. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Díaz then, and he became a top 100 prospect on their watch. They traded him with four other players on July 18 in the deal for Manny Machado. The Dodgers paid $31 million to sign...

The process of hiring a manager in the offseason hasn't played out in Baltimore since Lee Mazzilli got the job back in November 2003. An organization that otherwise tends to wait and re-evaluate has fired Mazzilli, Sam Perlozzo and Dave Trembley prior to the final game. The Orioles also replaced interim manager Juan Samuel with Buck Showalter in August 2010. Showalter's contract runs out on Oct. 31 and he's already been told that he won't return next year. Phil Regan, the last Orioles...

The Orioles will take more swings at the international market after whiffing on three of the top remaining prospects. They went 0-for-3 against the highly touted Cuban trio of Victor Victor Mesa, Victor Mesa Jr. and Sandy Gastón, and are left holding $6.5 million in signing bonus slots. It won't evaporate until June 2019, with a reset the following month, but it's burning a hole in the pockets of an organization that's trying to juggle offseason business and cross various items off the...

As he returns to Fenway Park tonight to begin the World Series, Manny Machado will be a bad guy again in Boston. But Matt Barnes probably won't throw at his head this time and maybe Chris Sale won't throw one behind him and tell us the pitch got away from him. That Sale is a real cutup. A few games and an entire year plus have gone by since Machado was thrown at in Boston in May 2017. After that game, he said he lost respect for the Boston organization, but this time he says he simply is...

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Stephen Strasburg, whose season was disrupted by neck and shoulder injuries. PLAYER REVIEW: STEPHEN STRASBURG Age on opening day 2019: 30 How acquired: First-round pick, 2009 draft MLB service time: 8 years, 118 days 2018 salary: $15 million Contract status: Signed for $35 million in 2019 ($30 million deferred), $25 million in 2020 ($10 million...