The Nationals' search for a new spring training facility has led them to a new locale. According to this tweet from MLB.com's Brian McTaggart, the Astros have met with the Nationals about the possibility of sharing a new two-team spring training facility in Palm Beach County. This isn't the first time the Astros and Nationals have been linked as possible partners in a new spring headquarters. The teams were interested in working together on a facility that would have been based in...

Head to Camden Yards for a packed night game, and you'll see the stands flooded with a sea of orange and know that you are are surrounded by thousands of Orioles fans. Nancy Cook, creator of Wear Orange Wednesdays, wants to create that sense of community and Orioles pride away from the stadium. She started the grassroots campaign toward the beginning of the 2012 season. Cook said that she selected Wednesday for a specific reason. "I came up with the idea. Well, we know that Purple Fridays...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter has set up a team meeting for later tonight. He's expecting Rule 5 pick Michael Almanzar and outfielder Francisco Peguero to be in attendance. Almanzar and Peguero were the only two players who hadn't reported to camp by this afternoon. Update: Peguero is here. The first full-squad workout takes place on Wednesday. Will it be anti-climatic, considering that most of the team has been working out? "It's going to be like the first day of...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles introduced Korean pitcher Suk-min Yoon to the local media this afternoon. Manager Buck Showalter, executive vice president Dan Duquette and agent Tad Hun Yo also attended. Yoon will be the first Korean-born player for the Orioles. Yo served as an interpreter for Yoon, who wore a suit for the occasion. Yoon later put on an Orioles jersey and cap and posed with Duquette and Showalter. Here's a sampling from the press conference: Duquette on Yoon: "He was the...

Ah, springtime has arrived. Well, not here in the D.C. area, but in Viera, Fla. The Nationals began spring training last week, giving us baseball in our lives once again. Several publications have written about the Nationals over the last week. Read below for a national roundup. * The Nationals' search for a new spring training home as taken another turn. The Nats have asked former congressman Mark Foley of Florida to serve as a lobbyist for the Nationals. The team is said to be interested...

The Orioles' offseason heated up right around the time Baltimore was receiving a foot of snow. No, not all of us could be so lucky to go to Sarasota, Fla., and experience warm weather. The Orioles dominated headlines by signing not one, but two free agent pitchers. The first: Korean right-hander Suk-min Yoon. The second: right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez. Let's take a look at some national headlines about the Birds. * Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports wrote two days before the Yoon and Jimenez...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Korean pitcher Suk-min Yoon played catch for a few minutes this morning and ran sprints with strength and conditioning coach Joe Hogarty before ducking inside the weight room. Yoon is scheduled to throw in the bullpen on Wednesday. There are no bullpen sessions scheduled today. The workout will end earlier than usual, with Yoon's press conference taking place at noon. Yoon seemed quite comfortable with the media attention as he ran on one of the practice fields. Cameras and...

VIERA, Fla. - Bryce Harper and Jeff Kobernus walked into the home clubhouse at Space Coast Stadium a little before 9 a.m., which leaves Jayson Werth as the only member of the Nationals' 40-man roster who I have yet to spot at camp. Harper dished out hugs to teammates and then started unpacking his things as he grabbed a seat in front of his locker. We'll see whether he decides to hang around today and get in some BP on the main field sometime around noon. I mentioned that left-hander Sammy...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Korean pitcher Suk-min Yoon arrived in the clubhouse this morning, a big smile on his face, and shook hands with catcher Matt Wieters before unpacking his bag at his locker. Yoon is sitting in between catcher Johnny Monell and pitcher Alfredo Aceves. Two members of the Korean media have camped out in front of Yoon's locker, basically staring at his every move. Yoon seems to be used to the attention. Pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez is taking his physical today at the Ed Smith...

One of the coaches making a big move this season besides new manager Matt Williams is Bobby Henley. Henley moves from minor league field coordinator to Nationals third base coach this season. It helps that Williams has a lot of experience as a first and third base coach himself with the Diamondbacks from 2010-13. In the first week of camp, Williams is working on the subtleties of the game with Henley, even practicing signs from the dugout to third base in Viera, Fla. "(We were working on)...