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SARASOTA, Fla. - It's been a bad weekend for pinkies.
Second baseman Jonathan Villar came out of today's game in the top of the fourth inning with some swelling in his right pinky finger, the result of a head-first slide into second base and an unfortunate collision with an infielder's spikes.
Christopher Bostick replaced Villar, who singled and stole second base in the first inning and drew a walk in the third.
"He had a little cleat in the finger and it just started to swell a little bit...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The fly ball off the bat of the Astros' Michael Brantley sailed into short left-center field, no man's land in the middle of three Nationals trying to make a play. But it dropped between left fielder Juan Soto, shortstop Trea Turner and center fielder Victor Robles for a one-out, first-inning single instead of a hustling out recorded.
After Carlos Correa's single put runners at the corners, Yuli Gurriel lofted a ball down the right field line, with the Nationals'...
SARASOTA, Fla. - The second pitch thrown today by Andrew Cashner in his spring debut nailed Tigers leadoff hitter JaCoby Jones.
The fourth was lined into left field for a single.
The 12th disappeared over the right field fence for a three-run homer.
If Cashner is siphoning anything positive out of the start, he can cite his health, how he plowed through the Tigers split-squad lineup in the second and retired the first two batters in the third, and how he's been stretched out to three...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has made his first round of cuts today and they include pitcher Hunter Harvey.
With the Orioles setting the goal of keeping Harvey healthy through camp and setting him up for a full season, the former first-round pick has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk as the only member of the 40-man roster to be dismissed from the Ed Smith Stadium complex.
The club also announced that catcher Cael Brockmeyer, left-hander Chris Lee, right-handers Dean Kremer and...
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...