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The Nationals will try to reverse their luck against Mets starter Matt Harvey. The hard-throwing right-hander has thrown 13 scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts in two wins over Washington this season.
Michael A. Taylor has experienced the most success against Harvey, going 3-for-6 with a double. Taylor is batting leadoff tonight.
For the Mets:RF Curtis Granderson SS Ruben Tejada 3B Daniel Murphy 2B Wilmer Flores LF John Mayberry Jr. 1B Eric Campbell CF Juan Lagares C Anthony Recker RHP Matt...
The Nationals called up right-hander Abel De Los Santos on Monday and optioned right-hander Blake Treinen to Triple-A Syracuse.
The 22-year-old de Los Santos was 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 26 appearances for Double-A Harrisburg. He has not surrendered a run since June 8, a span of 15 innings over nine outings.
De Los Santos was acquired from the Texas Rangers, with second baseman Chris Bostick, in exchange for left-handed pitcher Ross Detwiler on Dec. 12, 2014.
"We don't know a lot because he's...
The Washington Nationals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Abel de Los Santos from Double-A Harrisburg on Monday and optioned right-handed pitcher Blake Treinen to Triple-A Syracuse. Left fielder Jayson Werth was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to clear space for de Los Santos on the 40-man roster. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
de Los Santos, 22, is 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 26 appearances (31.1 IP) for Double-A...
The Orioles today announced that they have signed free agent infielder Gui Yuan "Itchy" Xu to a 2016 minor league contract.
Xu (pronounced "Shoo"), 19, becomes the first player signed by a Major League Baseball club from the MLB Development Centers. The 6-foot, 188-pound left-handed hitting and left-handed throwing infielder is a native of Shenzhen, China and was recruited to the MLB program in 2010. As a student-athlete at Dong Bei Tang High School and the MLB Development Center in Wuxi,...
The Orioles announced today that they signed free agent infielder Gui Yuan "Itchy" Xu, 19, to a minor league contract for 2016.
Xu (pronounced "Shoo") is the first player signed by a major league team from the MLB Development Centers. He's listed at 6 feet and 188 lbs.
The Orioles will assign Xu to the Gulf Coast League team in Sarasota.
MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez reports that Xu signed for $10,000.
Xu, a left-handed hitting and left-handed throwing infielder, is a native of Shenzhen, China,...
The Nationals will reportedly call up right-hander Abel De Los Santos from Double-A Harrisburg for bullpen support. The hard-throwing right-hander is 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 26 appearances this season. De Los Santos, 22, has struck out 35 while walking seven across 37 1/3 innings in his first year in Double-A.
The Nationals acquired De Los Santos along with infielder Chris Bostick last December in the deal that sent left-hander Ross Detwiler to the Rangers. Texas released Detwiler last week...
It was a frustrating, weekend of dormant offense for the Nationals against Dodgers aces Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke, who combined to hold the Nats scoreless for 18 innings, striking out 25 batters.
Amid all the whiffs and groundouts, however, the Nats did get a key bit of good news: Injured stars Jayson Werth, Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman are all off to good starts on minor league rehab assignments. Although none will be on the field for what has turned out to be a crucial series...
The Nationals offense comes out of the weekend smarting after back-to-back crippling performances from Dodgers aces Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. No time for sulking, though, as the Mets roll into town set to throw a trio of young, right-handed power arms in a crucial three-game series.
The Nats hold a slim two-game lead in the National League East over the Mets, who outlasted the Cardinals 3-1 in 18 innings yesterday. New York manager Terry Collins plans to send Matt Harvey (3.07 ERA) to...
I guess the glass-half-full Orioles fan will look at the weekend series in Detroit as a positive in that the Orioles won the series, they bounced back from a very poor game on Friday and their offense had a big game Sunday.
The glass-half-empty crowd may look at it as they remain four games out of first, as they were at the All-Star break, and they lost three more days of the season.
Sell off all players! Just kidding.
I go back to what I wrote on Sunday morning in that a resurgent Chris...
While wondering where to get my "I Heart Shutdown Innings" tattoo ...
The Orioles are off today after a grueling three-game series following the All-Star break. They must be exhausted. How's a team supposed to catch its collective breath?
They also were off prior to the three-game series against the Nationals at Camden Yards that led into the break. That's six open dates on the schedule within a 12-day period.
Manager Buck Showalter would prefer to have the off days spread out, but you play...