The Washington Nationals recalled from rehab and reinstated catcher Matt Wieters from the 10-day disabled list and selected the contract of outfielder Moisés Sierra on Wednesday. Additionally, they placed outfielder Adam Eaton on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to April 9) with a bone bruise to his left ankle and designated catcher Miguel Montero for assignment. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Wieters, 31, returns to...

What a different 48 hours makes. When this series began, the Nationals were reeling from a five-game losing streak, with questions about the big picture starting to percolate. Now, thanks to back-to-back dominant performances from Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg, they're seeking a series sweep of the Braves and a whole new outlook on life. In order to pull that off, though, they'll need a far better performance from A.J. Cole this afternoon than they got last week in Atlanta, when he was...

There were question marks in the air during spring training over who the Nationals' backup catcher would be. The team answered that question by sending Pedro Severino to Triple-A and choosing Miguel Montero to back up Matt Wieters on opening day. However, the Nationals caught the injury bug, Wieters went on the DL, and Severino was quickly recalled. Not only that, but Montero eventually went on paternity leave, and throughout that time, Severino was the primary starter. And, boy, has he...

The 2018 minor league season is in full swing now for the Orioles' four full-season affiliates, and while there is plenty of talent throughout the affiliates' rosters, the low Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds are the standouts thus far. I knew the Shorebirds were going to have a good pitching staff thanks in large part to having seven pitchers currently in the Top 30 Orioles' prospects list per MLBPipeline.com. Their offense was anticipated to be solid, but had some unknowns in it, as well. Thus...

The Orioles came home from winning three of four in New York in need of some deep starting pitching performances to rest a taxed bullpen. Right-handers Dylan Bundy and Andrew Cashner delivered. They combined to allow two runs over 14 innings over the past two night, yet the Orioles have lost both games to Toronto. Scoring one run each night will cause that to happen. The team that was so desperate for much of 2017 to get good starting pitching has seen Bundy and Cashner combine for an ERA of...

With two men on in the first Tuesday night, Ryan Zimmerman lined a wicked spinning shot to deep center field that Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte was unable to glove. The ball rolled to the wall. Brian Goodwin and Bryce Harper scored to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead. They would eventually win 4-1 thanks to eight strong innings from Stephen Strasburg, the Nats' second straight victory. Standing on third base after the hit, Zimmerman looked up and signaled to the heavens as if to say, 'Thank...

Sure, there were reasons for at least mild concern when the Nationals lost five straight games and found themselves sporting more losses then wins for the first time in 2 1/2 years. There also were a couple of guys named Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg scheduled to make back-to-back starts. Need to stop a losing streak? Handing the ball to those two aces is a pretty good place to start. "Sometimes they make it look so easy," reliever Ryan Madson said. "And it's not." No, it most...

Nationals manager Davey Martinez announced following the club's 4-1 series-clinching win over the Braves that outfielder Adam Eaton has a deep bone bruise on his left ankle. Eaton had an MRI done on the ankle. The results have not yet been made available. "Eaton has a bone contusion in his ankle," Martinez said. "He came in today and said he just felt bad so we scratched him. He got an MRI. We are waiting to hear back what's going to happen. But he has a bad bone contusion in his ankle." ...

The Orioles might be able to complete their series against the Blue Jays tonight without creating another wave in their 25-man roster. It could be stagnant until their charter lands in Boston. There's going to be more movement with the Orioles carrying only one left-hander in their eight-man bullpen. A second southpaw needs to be inserted and manager Buck Showalter eventually wants to get back to a four-man bench. Hunter Harvey and Yefry Ramirez would appear to be short-termers, the Orioles...

For the second time in Andrew Cashner's three starts, the Orioles couldn't buy a hit as the game marched into the later innings. Nice way to risk leaving a bad impression with the new guy. Tim Beckham smashed a double through third baseman Josh Donaldson's legs tonight leading off the bottom of the eighth after the Blue Jays had taken a 1-0 lead in the top half with an unearned run off reliever Miguel Castro. The Orioles avoided being on the wrong side of history - again. The score was...