Highly touted prospect Trea Turner will be in uniform for the Nationals when they open a three-game series with the Brewers tonight. The Nationals selected the contract of the 22-year-old shortstop from Triple-A Syracuse earlier this afternoon. Turner slashed .314/.353/.431 with seven doubles, three triples, three homers, 14 stolen bases and 15 RBIs in 48 games since being promoted to Syracuse on June 26. The speedy infielder was acquired from the Padres as part of a three-team trade last...

The Washington Nationals selected the contract of shortstop Trea Turner from Triple-A Syracuse on Friday and placed first baseman/outfielder Tyler Moore on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 19, with a left ankle sprain. Additionally, right-handed pitcher Aaron Barrett (right elbow sprain) was transferred to the 60-day DL. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Turner joins the Nationals for the first Major League assignment of his...

Matt Wieters is serving as the Orioles' designated hitter tonight and Nolan Reimold is starting in left field against Twins left-hander Tommy Milone. Steve Pearce played left field and right field and batted leadoff today for the Gulf Coast League team. He went 1-for-3 with a double, walk and two runs scored after going 1-for-4 yesterday. The plan calls for Pearce to head north and join one of the affiliates here over the weekend. For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Gerardo Parra RF Adam Jones CF...

The growth mindset concept is popular in education circles these days. Given its focus on the need to embrace failure as part of the learning process, growth mindset is a natural corollary for baseball, where repeated failure is ingrained in the game. I would argue that no game requires a growth mindset so much as baseball. The Baltimore Orioles are an example of that. If you're willing to embrace frustration as a fan, it can be a joy to watch over both the short-term and the...

Gio Gonzalez was on a roll before he took the mound last week in San Francisco's AT&T Park. He was on a streak of eight straight starts in which he had allowed two earned runs or less, dating back to June 15th in Tampa Bay. In those previous eight starts, the Washington Nationals' 29-year-old left-hander was 5-0 with a 1.48 ERA and a .245/.296/.326 line against in 48 2/3 innings pitched. Gonzalez was coming off an eight-inning outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chavez Ravine, in...

After experiencing his shortest outing of the season, throwing just three innings in an 8-5 loss to the Giants last Friday night, Nationals ace Max Scherzer turned in extra work to fine-tune his mechanics prior to yesterday's outing in Colorado. "I could tell in the (bullpen sessions) with all the work I've been doing in between starts to get that right," Scherzer told reporters. "I could tell that the ball was going to have the plane that I needed. There was times that I threw glove side...

Why is right-hander Miguel Gonzalez struggling so much right now? This is a pitcher that went 10-9 last year with a 3.23 ERA. He pitched to an ERA of 2.19 his last 11 starts. He went 5-2 with an ERA of 2.78 against the American League East. The track record is there. But now his record is 9-9 with an ERA of 4.73. Thursday night he gave up eight hits and seven runs in five innings against the Twins in a 15-2 loss to Minnesota. After pitching a 1-2-3 top of the first on 11 pitches, he needed 40...

One reason why the Orioles were concerned about a possible postponement of last night's game against the Twins, besides the usual distain for playing a doubleheader, was the challenge in finding a sixth starter for Tuesday night's game in Kansas City. Tyler Wilson is on the minor league disabled list with a strained left oblique. He's throwing on flat ground and nearing a bullpen session, but a Tuesday start would have been too ambitious. Mike Wright is on the major league disabled list with...

The Orioles endured a 2 hour, 31 minute rain delay tonight that seemed pleasant compared to the 15 runs they allowed to the Twins. They hadn't surrendered that many runs since a 19-7 loss in Minnesota on July 16, 2012. Miguel Gonzalez was charged with seven of the runs tonight over five innings in a 15-2 loss before 20,109 at Camden Yards. His ERA is 6.48 in 11 starts since coming off the disabled list. The Twins batted around in the second inning and scored five runs to take a lead that the...

It started out well for Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez. He retired the side in order on 11 pitches to start tonight's game. But before the second inning was over he trailed by five and lasted just five innings as the Minnesota Twins hammered the Orioles 15-2 at Camden Yards. The Twins are 4-0 this year against the Orioles. They began tonight with a record of 13-22 since they completed a three-game sweep of the Orioles in Minnesota from July 6-8. Tonight's game started at 9:36 p.m. after...