Here are some notes on 30-year-old right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez. He went 13-9 with a 3.30 ERA over 32 starts for Cleveland in 2013 and makes his Orioles debut tonight. * He averaged 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings last year to finish seventh among MLB starters, ahead of pitchers such as Stephen Strasburg, Felix Hernandez, Chris Sale and Clayton Kershaw. * He had a stunning month of September, going 4-0 with an ERA of 1.09 in six starts. Over 41 1/3 innings he walked seven with 51...

Catcher Wilson Ramos had successful surgery in Baltimore on Wednesday to remove the hamate bone in his left wrist. "We've spoken with the doctor," manager Matt Williams said before Wednesday's game against the Mets at Citi Field. "He's post-surgery now (and) everything went well. He's heading back to Washington and he'll be there when we get back tomorrow." The Nationals are moving on quickly from Ramos' injury, and Williams said he was happy that it wasn't worse. In fact, the...

Because he's a first-year major league manager, every move Matt Williams makes will be carefully scrutinized. Williams' decision to change his opening day lineup - in part because of the injury to catcher Wilson Ramos, but not entirely - for Wednesday's game against right-hander Bartolo Colon and the Mets drew some curious stares when it was announced. But Williams said hitting Bryce Harper sixth - the lowest the young slugger has hit since batting seventh in the first four games of his...

After being traded twice since the end of last season, infielder Steve Lombardozzi would like to find a home with the Orioles. The Fulton, Md., native, and graduate of Atholton High School near Baltimore in Columbia, played the last three seasons for the Nationals. He was traded by Washington to Detroit in the Doug Fister deal and then Detroit traded him to the Orioles March 24 for Alex Gonzalez. He enjoyed his first opening day as an Oriole on Monday and tonight he makes his debut with the...

Outfielder David Lough makes his Orioles debut tonight. He'll bat second against Boston's John Lackey and play in left field. He said it's pretty clear-cut what his No. 1 job is when batting high in the order like tonight. "Just get on base. I get on base, I score," Lough said. "Look who is hitting behind me. A lot of great hitters. My job in that two hole is to get on base." After being acquired by the Orioles for Danny Valencia in a Dec. 18 trade with Kansas City, Lough was on a big...

Left-hander Johan Santana threw 30 pitches off a full mound yesterday in Saraosta, mixing in everything in his repertoire. "That's progressing well," said manager Buck Showalter. "Don't ask me exactly what's next. I haven't heard anything else. Scotty McGregor updates us every day. "It's encouraging to see that Johan is throwing all his pitches. He's pitching like he's in a five-man rotation. Pitch, work day, pitch." Assistant athletic trainer Chris Correnti, who worked with...

NEW YORK - The injury to Wilson Ramos has at least partly led to a handful of changes to the Nationals lineup. Anthony Rendon, who hit eighth on opening day, will bat second today. Adam LaRoche, who hit seventh in the opener, will hit cleanup today. Ian Desmond will bat seventh. And most surprising of all, Bryce Harper will bat sixth for the Nationals today against Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon. Harper has battled lower than the No. 5 spot in the order just four times - the first four games...

The Washington Nationals today placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 15-Day Disabled List, retroactive to April 1, with a left hamate fracture and recalled catcher Sandy Leon from Syracuse of the Triple-A International League. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Ramos, 26, sustained the injury in Monday's season opener at Citi Field. The 25-year-old Leon is a switch-hitting catcher from Maracaibo, Venezuela. He has played in 14 games...

Steve Lombardozzi is starting at second base tonight for the Orioles, while Ryan Flaherty remains at third. Jonathan Scoop takes a seat on the bench. David Lough is in left field and Nelson Cruz is serving as the designated hitter. For the Orioles Nick Markakis RF David Lough LF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Nelson Cruz DH Matt Wieters C J.J. Hardy SS Ryan Flaherty 3B Steve Lombardozzi 2B Ubaldo Jimenez RHP For the Red Sox Daniel Nava RF Dustin Pedroia 2B David Ortiz DH Mike Napoli 1B Jonny...

NEW YORK - We know now that Wilson Ramos will be out for around four to five weeks after having surgery on his left hand, news that manager Matt Williams confirmed this morning in a weekly appearance on 106.7 The Fan. So where does this leave the Nationals as they wait for their starting catcher to again get back to full health? Backup catcher Jose Lobaton will obviously get bumped up into the starting role, and all indications are that Sandy Leon will get called up from Double-A Harrisburg...