WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Spring training results are a tricky thing to decipher. The final scores of games mean nothing. Individual performances can mean something, but you always have to include the context in which they were achieved. What, then, to take away from the Nationals’ spring training opener tonight, a 7-4 loss to the Astros that started

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Nationals have backed off Dylan Floro’s throwing program after he reported shoulder tightness earlier this week, though the veteran reliever insisted it’s nothing serious and he has continued to play catch each day. Floro, one of only three free agents to sign a major league deal with the Nats this winter, threw a live b

SARASOTA, Fla. – The first pitch thrown by Corbin Burnes as an Oriole was a strike. The first batter he faced struck out looking. So did the second batter. Burnes was intent on making a quick impression in the club’s exhibition opener against the Red Sox. Announce his presence with authority and walk off the field. The much-anticipated start lasted

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Welcome to the 2024 Grapefruit League season, everyone! The Nationals open exhibition play tonight with a home game against their spring complex co-habitants, the Astros, at the newly renamed CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. The facility, which first opened in 2017, is being rededicated tonight, with special guest Travis Scot

SARASOTA, Fla. – Triple-A second baseman Connor Norby isn’t available to play due to some soreness in his side. Manager Brandon Hyde said Norby is out “a few days.” “He’s starting to hit,” Hyde said, “and he should be back in there in a few days.” Norby would be generating a lot more talk in camp if he wasn’t in an organization that’s so rich in yo

SARASOTA, Fla. – Jackson Holliday is starting at second base this afternoon and batting seventh in the Orioles’ exhibition opener against the Red Sox at Ed Smith Stadium. Jorge Mateo is the shortstop and serving as Holliday’s double play partner. Anthony Santander is the designated hitter, Austin Hays is in left field and Cedric Mullins is in cente

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It’s been exactly 145 days since the Nationals last played a baseball game. That dry spell ends tonight, and even though it’s merely opening night for the Grapefruit League season, it’s still a whole lot better than not playing a baseball game, right? The Nats’ first of 31 exhibition games over the next month is a Saturday n

When 29-year-old right-hander Corbin Burnes takes the mound today to start the first spring training game for his new team, the Orioles will get a look at their new ace in action for the first time in the 2024 season. They hope he is the quality workhorse and clear No. 1 pitcher that the Milwaukee Brewers saw since his rookie season of 2018. He mov

SARASOTA, Fla. – The 10th day of Orioles spring training also brings the first exhibition game. Blowing past another mile marker. A home game for a team that wants to do more traveling in the playoffs after October’s brief stay in Arlington, Texas. Corbin Burnes is the surprise starter this afternoon against the Red Sox in Sarasota. Manager Brandon

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Employee No. 11 reported for work this week at Nationals camp. The number of players left who actually were teammates with Ryan Zimmerman is dwindling, but the franchise icon still has a commanding presence when he walks into the clubhouse or onto a practice field, players young and old alike recognizing his significance. No