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Injured right-hander Doug Fister, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a right lat strain, threw a 50-pitch bullpen in Miami this afternoon. If he feels good tomorrow, the Nationals will work a simulated game into his upcoming rehabilitation schedule.
"Fifty pitches, and he was a little winded, he told me afterward, but physically he was good," manager Matt Williams said. "Everything felt good. He's progressing. It's a very good sign for him to go through that today and have no...
The Orioles have lost three of four series this year. They'll try to turn that around starting tonight, but they will have to do it against a Tampa Bay team that they went just 6-13 against in 2013.
Remember that four-game sweep the O's suffered late last season in St. Petersburg? It pretty much ended any of their playoff hopes.
The Orioles lost 11 of the last 13 games between these two teams last season, and are 1-5 in thei last six home games against the Rays.
Matt Wieters does enjoy...
It might have been a bit of a footnote in a game where the Orioles were blown out and Ubaldo Jimenez did not pitch well again Sunday, but Chris Davis did get into the homer column.
Last season Davis hit nine homers in April on his way to 37 by the all-star break and to a club-record 53 for the season.
The longest Davis went at any point last season without a home run was 10 games and this year his drought reached 11 games until he connected in the eighth inning Sunday.
I asked Davis how he...
During the 2010 season, right-hander Evan Meek pitched to an ERA of 2.14 out of the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen and made the National League All-Star team. He ranked among National League relief leaders in innings, opponent batting average and ERA.
But Meek suffered a torn labrum early during the 2011 season. He continued to pitch, but it took him a long while to get back to the effectiveness he had during that All-Star season.
He spent all of last season at Triple-A for the Texas Rangers and...
Before this season, Kevin Frandsen had trotted to the outfield only 14 times in 398 career games. Now, with the Nationals thin in the outfield because of injuries that sent Denard Span (concussion) and Scott Hairston (oblique strain) to the DL, and with Nate McLouth nursing a sore left knee, Frandsen is quickly becoming reacquainted with warning tracks, walls and tricky bounces in opposing ballparks.
Tonight marks the veteran's third straight start in left field, but to hear Frandsen tell it,...
After running six sprints at 90 feet today in Sarasota, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado will go full-speed at 180 feet Tuesday morning. He also could run the bases for the first time, another huge step in his progression following knee surgery exactly six months ago.
Machado hasn't been cutting the bases and that's the most important test before he's cleared for extended spring training games, which should come later this week. His schedule calls for him to play in two or three games...
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MIAMI - Adam LaRoche is out of the Nationals starting lineup for the first time this season, as the Nats face off against Marlins left-hander Brad Hand tonight.
The right-handed-hitting Tyler Moore will get the start at first base in LaRoche's stead.
The red-hot Kevin Frandsen will bat second for the Nats tonight. Frandsen is 7-for-15 with two walks to begin the season.
Bryce Harper will again play center field with Denard Span on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Frandsen will play...
Ryan Flaherty is starting at third base tonight for the Orioles' series opening game against the Rays at Camden Yards.
Steve Lombardozzi remains at second base. Jonathan Schoop is on the bench.
For the Orioles
Nick Markakis RF
Nelson Cruz DH
Chris Davis 1B
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
David Lough LF
J.J. Hardy SS
Steve Lombardozzi 2B
Ryan Flaherty 3B
Wei-Yin Chen LHP
Manny Machado ran six sprints at 90 feet today in Sarasota and didn't experience any issues with his left knee or calf. The...
Chris Tillman is establishing himself as a staff ace by following up last year's All-Star campaign with two earned runs allowed in 21 1/3 innings this season. Plenty good for a No. 1 starter.
Now about the next two spots in the Orioles rotation ...
Ubaldo Jimenez is 0-3 with a 7.31 ERA and 2.063 WHIP in three starts and has failed to go more than 5 1/3 innings in the last two. Wei-Yin Chen is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA and 1.969 WHIP and has permitted 21 hits in 10 2/3 innings.
At least he's finding...