The first phone call came around 2 p.m. The Tigers informed pitcher Dietrich Enns that he was designated for assignment. The left-hander had lost his major league job. The second call arrived about 3 ½ hours later with the deadline approaching. The Orioles had traded for Enns, consummating the deal under the wire. He was losing significant ground i

The Nationals sent a message when they designated struggling first baseman Nathaniel Lowe for assignment this afternoon to make room for Dylan Crews’s return: "We want to see the young kids. ... We want to see what they can do,” said interim manager Miguel Cairo ahead of tonight’s four-game series opener against the Phillies. Sure enough, Cairo sta

The Washington Nationals returned from rehabilitation assignment and reinstated outfielder Dylan Crews from the 60-day Injured List and designated first baseman Nathaniel Lowe for assignment on Thursday. Nationals Interim General Manager Mike DeBartolo made the announcement. Crews, 23, returns to the active roster after playing in 13 rehab games wi

The Nationals had a decision to make this afternoon as they prepared to reinstate Dylan Crews from the 60-day injured list. Do they send one of their four young outfielders – James Wood, Jacob Young, Robert Hassell III or Daylen Lile – down to Triple-A Rochester to get regular playing time? Or do they hold onto five outfielders and send down infiel

Tomoyuki Sugano didn’t allow a run today while he was on the mound and the Orioles kept manufacturing them. They were able to control everything except the weather. Sugano shut out the Mariners over 5 1/3 innings before a series of storms forced a stoppage that lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes in the Orioles’ 5-3 victory before an announced crowd of 1

The Nationals have returned from a 3-3 road trip for a tough homestand. In fact, they have a tough stretch to finish August, with each of their next 13 games coming against a team currently in a playoff position. This homestand against two divisional rivals starts with a four-game set against the Phillies, who own a five-game lead over the Mets in

The Orioles will dip into their past for a celebration next month at Camden Yards. They have to go back 30 years. Another anniversary is almost upon us of the night that Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive-games streak. He reached 2,131 in a row on Sept. 6, 1995, and the Orioles are marking the occasion with a full slate of events before

The Orioles today announced the full slate of celebrations to recognize the 30th anniversary of National Baseball Hall of Famer CAL RIPKEN, JR. surpassing the said-to-be-unbreakable record for consecutive games played, when the club hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, September 6, at 7:05 p.m. ET. Ripken solidified himself as baseball’s vers

Dylan Crews’ return tonight from the 60-day injured list is a major development for the Nationals, and his performance over the next six weeks is one of the team’s most important storylines down the stretch of what has been an incredibly depressing season. But in some ways, there’s just as much intrigue today to the flip side of Crews’ return. Some

The Orioles complete their latest homestand this afternoon against the Mariners and fly to Houston for a three-game series, followed by two in Boston. The roster will change again before they make it back home. Count on it. My mailbag also changes with each massive dump. And this is probably a good place to stop, but let’s keep going. You ask, I tr