Following a week in which he hit .625 (10-for-16) with two doubles, three homers, 12 RBI, three walks and seven runs scored in seven games, Nationals infielder Mark Reynolds was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday. Major League Baseball made the announcement on MLB Network. Reynolds, 34, is taking home his fourth career Player of the Week honor and his first since April 25, 2010 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Reynolds week included his second career walk-off home...

PITTSBURGH - The Nationals have scored 14 or more runs in three of their last 10 games. The Pirates have given up 17 runs twice in their last six games. So, what to expect in tonight's series opener at PNC Park? Maybe a 1-0 nail-biter? Seriously, though, who knows what to expect from the Nats these days? They seem just as likely to hit five balls into the Allegheny River as they are to get shut out. You just don't know what you're going to get on any given day. The Nationals do know they...

Most of today's pregame media session with manager Buck Showalter centered on injury updates and pointing out again that shortstop Manny Machado is really good and hasn't let distractions ruin his game. Showalter remains confident that Alex Cobb will make his next start after leaving yesterday's game in Minnesota with a blister on his right index finger. "It's more of a deep callus underneath," Showalter said. "Once they kind of cleaned it up and everything, he was fine. Like I said...

Manny Machado has said a couple of times in the last week that he's not quite ready to say yet what it would mean to him to be an ex-Oriole if he is traded. But today he talked at length about what it has been like to be an Oriole since the day they drafted him third overall in 2010. "This organization has given me everything," he said this afternoon in the Orioles clubhouse. "I got drafted here. They brought me up. This has been home for the last seven years. It's been truly an amazing...

Trey Mancini is playing first base today for Game 1 of the Orioles' doubleheader against the Yankees. Chris Davis is on the bench. He's 12-for-54 (.222) with two home runs and 22 strikeouts lifetime against left-hander CC Sabathia. Joey Rickard is in left field and Danny Valencia is in right. Jimmy Yacabonis was called up as the 26th man to make the start. Sabathia is making his 43rd career start against the Orioles, the second-most versus any opponent behind the Rays (47). He's 19-10 with a...

Now that the starting lineups have been announced and the rosters filled, Washington is abuzz about the 89th Major League Baseball All-Star game. Many historians will tell you will that the July 17 game will be the fifth All-Star meeting in the nation's capital, the first since 1969, and they'd be technically correct. However, each summer from 1982 to 1987, Washington baseball fans saw something arguably better come to RFK Stadium. The Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic featured lineups...

The starting rotation has not been able to shorten games for the Nationals recently, and that is causing major fatigue in the bullpen. In Sunday's 10-2 loss to the Marlins in the series finale, starter Tanner Roark lasted only four innings. Five relievers, including position player Mark Reynolds, had to record to finish the final five innings. In Thursday's 14-12 comeback win, Jeremy Hellickson gave up nine runs in four innings. That time, six relievers had to close out the game. Gio Gonzalez...

Well, as they are 2-17 in their past 19 home games, we can't necessarily say it will get better for the Orioles as they return home today. They host the New York Yankees this afternoon at 4:05 p.m. in a single-admission doubleheader. The last-place Orioles (24-65) are now 41 games under .500 and 37 games out of first as they begin an eight-game homestand today. They just endured their third 0-6 road trip of the season. They lost all six in April at Boston and Detroit. They did the same in May...

Nationals closer Sean Doolittle, outfielder Bryce Harper and right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer have been selected to represent the Washington Nationals in the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In addition, shortstop Trea Turner was named one of five candidates for the National League Final Vote. The 2018 All-Star teams were unveiled on Sunday on the "Camping World All-Star Selection Show" on ESPN. Doolittle earned his second All-Star nod - first since 2014 with Oakland - by pacing...

MINNEAPOLIS - Because the 2018 season hasn't burrowed deeply enough under the Orioles' collective skin, they are forced to play a doubleheader today against the Yankees due to a rainout on May 31, and also lose Thursday's off-day after rain washed away a May 15 game versus the Phillies. When did this club become a human dart board? Catching a break will necessitate the arrival of All-Star week, though it's pretty hard to completely detach from a loss total that grew to 65 over the...