Tyler Moore signed a one-year deal worth $900,000 to stay with the Nationals through 2016. Meeting with the media at Winterfest this weekend, he was pleased to be back with the team and is eager to contribute. "Feels good to be back," Moore said. "Didn't know if I was going to be with all the changes and stuff. Obviously, it feels great to be back. Didn't know if I was going to be. Just ready to get going and spring will be here before you know it." Before the season starts, the...

The Washington Nationals announced manager Dusty Baker's full coaching staff on Tuesday, making the additions of bench coach Chris Speier, pitching coach Mike Maddux, hitting coach Rick Schu, first base coach Davey Lopes, third base coach Bobby Henley, assistant hitting coach Jacque Jones, and bullpen coach Dan Firova official. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Speier, 65, returns to the dugout as Baker's bench coach, a role he...

In 2014, Anthony Rendon led the National League with 111 runs scored while Bryce Harper missed 62 games after early-season thumb surgery. Last year, Rendon was on the pine for 82 games while Harper went bonkers in his record-breaking NL Most Valuable Player award season. Can you imagine the numbers both players could produce if they could stay on the field in 2016? Surely, Harper exceeds the 100-RBI mark with a healthy Rendon ahead of him in the lineup and maybe even contends for a Triple...

The Darren O'Day signing didn't become official until last night, but at least it happened. For a while there, I thought it was going to make a nice stocking stuffer. At least we already know that Matt Wieters accepted the $15.8 million qualifying offer. There's no turning back and no animosity coming from his backup. Caleb Joseph wanted Wieters to stay with the Orioles and got his wish. He appreciated Wieters' heads-up phone call and reminded us at FanFest why he's such an unselfish and...

The Nationals efforts to rebuild their bullpen continued on Monday as they officially announced the signing of right-handed reliever Yusmeiro Petit, while also inking righty Nick Masset to a minor league deal with an invite to major league spring training. On Saturday at Winterfest, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo confirmed last week's reports that the team had reached an agreement with Petit pending a physical. Petit passed the medical examination and signed a one-year contract with a...

The Washington Nationals agreed to terms on a one-year contract with a conditional option for a second year with right-handed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit on Monday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Petit comes to Washington after spending the previous four seasons as a member of the San Francisco Giants' pitching staff. The right-hander, who has played parts of eight seasons in the Major Leagues, was 10-7 with a 3.66 ERA during his...

The Orioles today announced that they have signed free agent right-hander Darren O'Day to a four-year contract. To make room on the 40-man roster, infielder Rey Navarro has been designated for assignment. O'Day, 33, was an American League All-Star selection in 2015, going 6-2 with a 1.52 ERA (11 ER/65.1 IP), six saves, and a career-high 82 strikeouts in 68 games. He led Orioles relievers in appearances, finished second in strikeouts, and third in innings pitched last season. O'Day ranked...

As the Orioles look to improve on their starting rotation's performance from last year, one area that could help would be improvement from current pitchers over their seasons from 2015. From 2012-14, Chris Tillman went a combined 38-16 with an ERA of 3.42. In those years, he ranked tied for 11th in the American League in wins and was 15th in ERA. Then he went 11-11 with an ERA of 4.99 last year. Tillman did not get specific recently when asked at FanFest what exactly went wrong during his 2015...

If you were a reader here last winter or previously this offseason, you probably are familiar with what this is all about. In this edition of "10 questions for O's fans," I ask and seek your answers. Provide a short or long answer. Answer just one, two or a few questions or all 10. Please number your answers as that makes it a little easier to follow along. 1) The Orioles have agreed to terms with outfielder Hyun-soo Kim. He is a career .318/.406/.488 hitter in 10 seasons in the Korean...

When it comes to leading a group of Orioles in winter workouts, club vice president of baseball operations Brady Anderson is ready to help. He's already joined pitcher Miguel Gonzalez for some of his workouts on the West Coast, and that group will later include Mike Wright, Jason Garcia and minor league lefty Tim Berry. "Garcia and Wright will spend some extensive time right before spring training," Anderson said. "They'll probably be there the last six weeks. Dariel Alvarez will come in....