Left-hander Felipe Rivero has had some rough outings and had to fight through an injury during his first few weeks in of Arizona Fall League play, compiling a 1-4 record. On Tuesday, he bounced back in a big way with five solid innings, allowing only one hit and one earned run in Mesa's 3-1 win over Salt River. It was the longest outing of his six AFL starts this fall. It was also the fewest hits and runs the 23-year-old Venezuelan had allowed in a game for Mesa this season. Mesa extra coach...

It might be easy to forget now, almost a month removed from the Nationals' season coming to an end, but back in late April and into May, Kevin Frandsen was essentially an everyday player for the club, filling in at left field, third base, second base and first base, as needed. Signed by the Nationals to a one-year, $900,000 deal toward the end of spring training after he was granted his release by the Phillies, Frandsen was expected to serve as a bat off Matt Williams' bench, a veteran with...

The Orioles have three Gold Glove winners in 2014. However, I wouldn't expect the team to bring home the Platinum Glove for a second consecutive season. Third baseman Manny Machado won it in 2013. Shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Adam Jones and right fielder Nick Markakis are eligible this year. It would be an upset if Royals left fielder Alex Gordon didn't win it. The announcement will come on Nov. 7 during the Gold Glove ceremony. Hardy, Jones and Markakis deflected credit in their...

If you were told there would be no math, you were misinformed about today's blog. Let's take a look at how much more money a list of 11 arbitration-eligible players will cost the Orioles in 2015. To do this, we look at the salaries those players earned in 2014 and what they are projected to make in 2015 through arbitration, according to projections from MLBTradeRumors.com. * Ryan Flaherty from $513,000 to $1 million. * Zach Britton from $522,000 to $3.2 million. * Miguel Gonzalez from...

Both Denard Span and Adam LaRoche came up short in their pursuits of Gold Gloves today. Span, a finalist among National League center fielders for the second straight year, lost out to the Mets' Juan Lagares, and is still in search of his first career Gold Glove. LaRoche won a Gold Glove with the Nationals in 2012, but this time, he saw Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers take home the hardware. Span made four errors this season and posted a .990 fielding percentage, this after going the entire...

Earlier tonight Rawlings announced that three Orioles - shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Adam Jones and right fielder Nick Markakis - have been named this year's American League Gold Glove Award recipients for defensive excellence at their respective positions. The Orioles and Kansas City Royals led the majors with three award winners each in 2014. This marks the third straight year the Orioles have had three players receive Gold Glove awards. It is the second career Gold Glove Award for...

Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy maintained his streak of winning Rawlings Gold Gloves, capturing the award tonight for the third consecutive season. The announcement was made on ESPN2. Hardy finished ahead of the Royals' Alcides Escobar and the White Sox's Alexei Ramirez. The ceremony will be held on Nov. 7 in New York. As you probably know, the selection process is approximately 75 percent votes submitted by managers and coaches - up to seven total votes per team - and 25 percent from the...

Matt Williams was recently selected as the Sporting News National League Manager of the Year, an award voted on by his peers. Tonight, we found out that he's one of three finalists for the league-endorsed NL Manager of the Year award, voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Also nominated for this Manager of the Year award are the Giants' Bruce Bochy and the Pirates' Clint Hurdle. Bochy won the award back in 1996, when he managed the Padres, while Hurdle is the...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter is included among the finalists named tonight for the annual Baseball Writers Association of America awards. The candidates were revealed on MLB Network. Showalter joins the Angels' Mike Scioscia and the Royals' Ned Yost as the three American League finalists after leading the Orioles to 96 wins in the regular season and their first division title and appearance in the Championship Series since 1997. He won the award with the Yankees in 1994 and the Rangers in...

Sports Illustrated recently released its fourth annual Twitter 100 list, compiling 100 accounts of the organization's favorite bloggers, writers and athletes. While we, along with loyal Nationals fans, were probably not surprised to see relief pitcher Jerry Blevins on the list, many may not be very familiar with Blevins - let alone know just how hilarious he can be. If the selfie he took above didn't convince you he deserved to be on the list, check out some of our other favorite tweets sent...