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Manager: Bruce Bochy (12th season)
Record: 31-31
Last 10 games: 6-4
Who to watch: C Buster Posey (.303/.370/.443),1B Pablo Sandoval (.282/.330/.447), SS Brandon Crawford (.324, 27 RBIs), 3B Evan Longoria (31 RBIs), RF Andrew McCutchen (18 doubles, 27 RBIs), RHP Hunter Strickland (12 saves)
Season series vs. Nationals: 2-1
Pitching probables:
June 8: LHP Andrew Suárez (2-4) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (6-5), 7:05 p.m., MASNJune 9: RHP Dereck RodrÃguez (1-0) vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-2), 12:05...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Catcher Austin Wynns is making his major league debut tonight with the Mets starting left-hander Jason Vargas. The Orioles officially recalled Wynns earlier today after Sunday's postponement delayed the announcement.
Trey Mancini is back in the leadoff spot. Danny Valencia is batting cleanup and Mark Trumbo is in right field, as there is no designated hitter in a National League ballpark.
Signed to a two-year, $16 million contract in February with an $8 million club option,...
The Nationals are back in town, albeit only for five games this week, beginning with a quick two-game interleague series against the Rays. Who, yes, are featuring cleanup-hitting catcher Wilson Ramos in The Buffalo's return to D.C. for the first time as a visiting player. Here's hoping he gets a nice ovation from the crowd.
Matt Adams is back in the Nationals' lineup, batting cleanup, after missing one game from a bruised right foot. For everyone who has seen those things take much longer to...
In the third round of the First-Year Player Draft today, the Orioles selected University of Arkansas right-handed pitcher Blaine Knight. He was the No. 87 overall selection.
Knight is rated the No. 36 prospect by Baseball America, No. 48 by MLBPipeline.com, No. 55 by ESPN and No. 58 by FanGraphs.
This season he went 11-0 with an 2.74 ERA over 16 starts with one shutout. In 95 1/3 innings he allowed 79 hits, including 16 homers, with 22 walks, 88 strikeouts and a .224 batting average against....
Nationals assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations Kris Kline had more details today about the selection of prep right-hander Mason Denaburg and Connecticut left-hander Tim Cate in the first two rounds of the First-Year Player Draft.
"It was two guys we really wanted the first day," he said. "It was a great first day for us."
Kline said Denaburg, taken with the 27th overall selection in the first round out of Merritt Island (Fla.) High School, impressed Nationals...
If your attention has been diverted from baseball to hockey in recent days, you are forgiven. Hey, this kind of thing hasn't happened in these parts for 26 years. It's OK to get swept up in it.
But if you need something to keep you occupied for the next 48 hours until they carry the Stanley Cup into the building in Las Vegas, you should know this could be an eventful week for the Nationals.
After a tough weekend in Atlanta to cap an otherwise excellent 7-3 road trip, the Nats are back home...
For the first time, the Orioles have selected high school pitchers in back-to-back years with their top pick in the First-Year Player Draft, which has been held since 1965.
With the No. 11 pick last night, the Orioles selected prep right-hander Grayson Rodriguez from Central Heights High School in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is 6-foot-5 and 230 lbs., and has a college commitment to Texas A&M. Scouting reports indicate his fastball often sat 92 to 94 mph this season, touching 97 and 98 mph....
The Orioles tonight selected right-hander Grayson Rodriguez from Central Heights (TX) High School with their first selection as the 11th overall pick of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. The Orioles also selected infielder Cadyn Grenier at No. 37 overall from Oregon State University.
Grayson Rodriguez, 18, a right-handed pitcher from Central Heights (TX) High School was named a 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game First Team Senior Preseason All-American and to the Texas - All Region First Team. As a...
The Washington Nationals selected collegiate left-handed pitcher Tim Cate with their second-round selection (No. 65 overall) in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, and Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline made the joint announcement.
Cate, a 6-foot-1, 186-pound junior went 5-4 with a 2.91 ERA (17 ER/52.2 IP) in 11 games (seven starts) for the University of Connecticut. He...
Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals took the D.C. by storm on Monday night, and with the First-Year Player Draft taking place, some of the Nationals took in the eventful evening at Capital One Arena, cheering on the Washington Capitals as they moved closer to eliminating the Vegas Golden Knights with a 6-2 victory. The Capitals attempting to make history and win the club's first StanleyCup and Washington's first major sports championship in a quarter of a century.
The @Nationals' Ryan...