NEW YORK - Chris Davis remains in the lineup today as the Orioles continue their series against the Yankees. Davis is the designated hitter and batting sixth. He's 1-for-32 with 17 strikeouts in his last nine games and 1-for-34 going back to his last 10. DJ Stewart is playing left field and batting second. Breyvic Valera is the second baseman and Steve Wilkerson is the third baseman. Caleb Joseph is catching rookie David Hess. The Orioles secured the first overall draft pick with last night's...

With nine days left in the regular season, the Nationals now have a chance to play with lineups and work toward planning for what they need to do to get better in 2019. The outfield next season will most likely be comprised of young stars Juan Soto and Victor Robles, as well as veteran Adam Eaton. There is also hope that free agent Bryce Harper will re-sign with the Nats on a long-term contract. Robles is getting more playing time recently because of Eaton's stiff knee. Robles has started four...

For Orioles fans, losses to the New York Yankees provide frustration whether they come with the Orioles in first place or last, contending for the playoffs or 60 games out of first place. It was frustrating that, while the Orioles kept coming back last night. They could not get over the hump. They trailed 6-0 and pulled within 6-4. They trailed 9-4 and pulled within 9-8 but a 10-8 loss was how their start to the final road trip ended up. The Orioles are now 44-109. The Orioles offense was good...

NEW YORK - While Alex Cobb has convinced the Orioles that he's ready to start Sunday following two bullpen sessions, the other pitcher that they pursued simultaneously in spring training takes the mound today for the Yankees. The Orioles were negotiating with the agents for Cobb and Lance Lynn, driven to sign one more pitcher before breaking camp. An impactful addition to the rotation. They spoke at length with Lynn's agent on many occasions right up to the time that the right-hander agreed...

The Nationals are going to send Austin Voth, not Tanner Roark, to the mound Saturday afternoon. Though Roark had previously been named their starter for the third game of a four-game weekend series with the Mets, the Nationals decided to push the veteran right-hander back and give him more time to recuperate following the birth of his third child. Roark's wife, Amanda, gave birth earlier this week in Atlanta, where the pitcher spent four days while the Nationals played in Miami. He was back in...

NEW YORK - Two teams with separate agendas met tonight in the Bronx, the Yankees trying to clinch a playoff berth and home wild card game, the Orioles trying to impose their influence from last place. The word "spoiler" wasn't uttered in the visiting clubhouse, but it fit. Be the fly swirling around in the ointment. Burrow under the skins of the Yankees, Red Sox and Astros before scattering for the winter. There isn't much else to play for other than individual achievements. Becoming a...

Even the most pessimistic of observers out there, those who insisted all along the Nationals would not win the National League East this season, could not have reasonably believed this team would be facing elimination on Sept. 21, with more than a week left on the regular-season schedule. If the Nats were going to fall short in their quest to win a third straight division title, it wouldn't happen until the final weekend, after a soul-crushing loss that allowed a surprise rival to celebrate...

As much as he's wanted to get a look at Victor Robles down the stretch of the season, Davey Martinez also wanted to give Adam Eaton opportunities to keep playing until the finish line, making sure his surgically repaired left knee and ankle could hold up through the late September grind. Eaton, though, is now dealing with stiffness in that knee, so that has opened the door for Robles to get his first extended look of the season. Eaton isn't in the Nationals' lineup tonight, the fourth time...

NEW YORK - As Alex Cobb threw in the bullpen again today, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said the right-hander is a candidate to start Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Yankees. Cobb said earlier today that he was hoping to start again before the season ends. The Orioles are in the process of figuring out his availability and whether the cut on his right middle finger has sufficiently healed. "We're waiting," Showalter said. "We'll have a decision after he gets through throwing...

NEW YORK - Alex Cobb is throwing in the bullpen today to determine whether he's ready to make another start before the 2018 schedule no longer holds any games. Cobb threw a couple of days ago and planned on a lighter session this afternoon to check whether the cut caused by a blood blister would reopen on his right middle finger. "I'll see how it feels and talk to Buck (Showalter) and see what the plan is moving forward, whether they want to start me again," Cobb said. "It's feeling a lot...