WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Nationals won’t be carrying a Rule 5 draftee on their roster this season. The club returned Evan Reifert to the Rays earlier today, conceding the struggling reliever wasn’t going to be able to not only crack the Opening Day roster but remain there the entire year. He now heads back to Tampa Bay, which left him unprotecte

SARASOTA, Fla. – The sight and sounds were calming. Gunnar Henderson walking up to the cage this afternoon for batting practice. Loud line drives ripped into the outfield. The shortstop smiling with teammates. Henderson made his first real bid for inclusion on the Opening Day roster by hitting on the field. He still must get into games, which is mo

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Spring training is usually held in the mornings and afternoons, but the Nationals are about to experience a bunch of baseball under the lights during this final week of camp. Three of their next four games are night games, beginning this evening against the Astros at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. The lineup includes severa

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles made seven more camp cuts this afternoon, the most notable catcher Samuel Basallo and corner infielder Coby Mayo, the top two prospects in the organization. Mayo was optioned to the minor league side in Twin Lakes Park. Basallo, outfielder Daz Cameron, infielder/outfielder Nick Gordon and pitchers Corbin Martin, Levi St

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Optioned INF Coby Mayo to minor league camp.Reassigned C Samuel Basallo, OF Daz Cameron, INF/OF Nick Gordon, RHP Corbin Martin, RHP Levi Stoudt, and RHP Thaddeus Ward to minor league camp. The Orioles’ Spring Training roster currently has 41 players (35+6 NRI).

Ryan Zimmerman and Mayor Muriel Bowser to Unveil Uniforms Sundayat Newly Remodeled Nationals Team Store  The Washington Nationals celebrate all the unique things that make our District home and all the ways baseball connects us, inviting fans to help launch the Club’s new City Connect uniforms on Sunday, March 23. Hosted at the newly remodeled Nati

Jorge Mateo played a baseball game on Sunday, his first since July 23.   “He adds so much to our team – versatility, the speed,” Brandon Hyde told reporters down in Sarasota. “I love his energy he brings on a daily basis. We missed that last year.” Despite the encouraging signs that Mateo is nearing a big league return, the odds that the speedster

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brad Lord sits in the Nationals’ spring training clubhouse where you’d expect a non-roster invitee in his first big league camp to sit. That area of the room always includes the first group of players sent down to minor league camp, the guys who may have a future in the organization but not yet. And sure enough, all the guys

SARASOTA, Fla. – In describing Enrique Bradfield Jr. following the Spring Breakout game in Sarasota, a scout from outside the organization pretty much nailed it in four words. “He’s a total disruptor.” This is meant in a good way, of course. Not the kind who gets detention after school. Bradfield provided an example of his disruptive nature in the

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – There was no surprise meeting in the manager’s office, no secretly taped video spread via the team’s social media account. When Davey Martinez decided MacKenzie Gore would start Opening Day, the Nationals manager simply approached the left-hander in the clubhouse and gave him the news. “By the way, you’re pitching Opening Da