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TORONTO - From the day he purchased the Nationals from Major League Baseball in 2006, Ted Lerner made it clear this would - and always would - be a family-run operation.
Though the patriarch of one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Washington would have final say over any organizational decisions, he insisted none would be made without consultation of the seven other top members of the club's ownership group: his wife, Annette; his son, Mark; his daughters, Debra and Marla;...
Manager: Don Mattingly (2nd season with Marlins)
Record: 26-43
Last 10 games: 6-4
Who to watch: RF/3B Brian Anderson (.304, 33 RBIs), 2B Starlin Castro (.282), 1B Justin Bour (10 HR, 29 RBIs), CF Lewis Brinson (26 RBIs), C J.T Realmuto (22 RBIs), RHP Kyle Barraclough (4 saves)
Season series vs. Orioles: First meeting (2-1 in 2015)
Pitching probables:
June 15: RHP José Ureña (1-8) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (3-5), 7:05 p.m., MASN2June 16: LHP Wei-Yin Chen (1-3) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (2-8), 4:05...
Today, the Washington Nationals announced that Theodore N. Lerner has stepped down as Managing Principal Owner of the team. His son, Mark D. Lerner, will now serve in this role. Mark has served as one of the principal owners of the Nationals since the Lerner family purchased the team in July 2006. Major League Baseball formally approved Mark as the team's "control person" earlier today during its quarterly ownership meeting in New York City.
"Owning a baseball team in my hometown had long...
The Nationals have announced that Mark D. Lerner will take over as the managing principal owner of the club from his father, Theodore N. Lerner.
Mark Lerner has been one of the principal owners since the family purchased the Nationals in July 2006. Major League Baseball has formally approved him earlier today during the quarterly ownership meeting in New York City.
"Owning a baseball team in my hometown had long been a dream of mine," said Ted Lerner in a team-issued press release. "Twelve...
NEW YORK - Juan Soto stole the show Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. But let's not ignore the job the Nationals bullpen did to ensure Soto's two homers made the difference in a 5-4 victory instead of being mere footnotes in another frustrating loss.
After starter Erick Fedde departed, having allowed four runs in five innings, the quartet of Justin Miller, Sammy SolÃs, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle combined to pitch four scoreless frames, the final three while protecting a one-run...
Right-hander Yefry Ramirez had the look of player who knew he did a decent job in the Orioles clubhouse yesterday. And for a player chasing a major league dream since his first season on the farm in 2011, to pitch in a big league game against a good team and handle himself well had to be so special for him.
Ramirez saw two of his runs score after he left the game. Otherwise allowing one run over 4 1/3 would have looked much better. But he showed a major league quality changeup and got swings...
A veteran sportswriter taught me a long time ago, shortly after I joined the Orioles beat as a wide-eyed and fresh-faced reporter, that you should never downplay or underwrite an injury. Better to err on the side of hysteria.
It's much easier to tone it down later - the pain turned out to be nothing more than cramping - than treat trauma as a tweak and look like a fool when the player goes on the 60-day disabled list.
Remember when Darren O'Day was going to return when eligible after...
NEW YORK - Under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium, a young left-handed slugger from Washington wowed a crowd of 45,030 (and the assembled New York media) with a prodigious display of power that surely left plenty around here dreaming he might someday wear the fabled pinstripes.
And we're not talking about Bryce Harper, folks.
No, the star slugger on this evening was Juan Soto, the 19-year-old who has taken the majors by storm since his arrival three weeks ago. And he took everything to new...
The Nationals have agreed to terms with 22 players selected in the First-Year Player Draft, including second-round selection left-hander Tim Cate out of the University of Connecticut.
Nationals vice president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo and assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations Kris Kline made the joint announcement Wednesday.
The Nats' top overall selection in the first round - right-hander Mason Denaburg, the 27th overall selection -...
NEW YORK - The Nationals' scoreless streak has mercifully come to an end.
With a top-of-the-first rally tonight at Yankee Stadium, the Nats plated their first run since Saturday, snapping their streak at 19 consecutive scoreless innings.
Adam Eaton got things started with a leadoff double off Sonny Gray, then advanced to third on Trea Turner's infield single. Turner promptly stole second base, recording the 100th steal of his career in the process.
The Nationals, though, missed an opportunity...