SARASOTA, Fla. - Pitching coach Rick Adair confirmed that Jason Hammel, Wei-Yin Chen, Miguel Gonzalez, Darren O'Day and Jim Johnson each will throw 20-25 pitches Tuesday morning in a simulated game on one of the back fields at the Ed Smith Stadium complex. Position players won't be used, since it's more of a glorified bullpen session, minus the protective screen. "Just getting those guys acclimated to seeing hitters," Adair said. Spring training is longer this year with the World...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Tsuyoshi Wada will throw off a regular mound today at 11:15 a.m. Wada threw off a half-mound three times last week. He hasn't stood on a regular mound since pitching for Triple-A Norfolk on April 19, 2012, when he lasted 2 2/3 innings and allowed six runs and six hits, walked four and struck out one. The Orioles shut him down after that rehab start, and he underwent ligament-reconstructive surgery on his left elbow the following month. "I asked him, 'When's the last...

VIERA, Fla. - Just two days after taking on the Mets down in Port St. Lucie, the Nationals will head back down Interstate 95 today for yet another game at Tradition Field. Today's contest has a 6:10 p.m. first pitch and will be aired on MLB Network for those of you in the D.C. and Baltimore markets. The Nats players who won't suit up tonight have a 10 a.m. workout scheduled for this morning, and I'll be making my way over to the facility to provide some notes a little later this...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Nolan Reimold is starting in left field and batting leadoff today against the New York Yankees. Reimold also played yesterday in Dunedin, going 0-for-3. Brian Roberts moves down to second in the order. Nick Markakis will be the designated hitter again, with Conor Jackson getting the start in right field. Manager Buck Showalter has plenty of outfield candidates, and he's using these early games to critique them. For the Orioles: Nolan Reimold LF Brian Roberts 2B Nick...

The Nationals' accelerated development roster confirmed the club's confidence in positional changes for Justin Miller and Kevin Keyes. Miller and Keyes worked at new positions during October's instructional league workouts. Miller switched from the infield to catcher and Keyes from the outfield to first base. Miller is listed as a catcher and Keyes as first baseman on the roster released last week for accelerated development camp in Viera, Fla. With the unfortunate news that Spencer...

Hitting on some Monday topics, as we now have some actual boxscores to look at and we all look forward to today's first MASN telecast, when the Orioles play the Yankees at 1 p.m with a rebroadcast set for 7 p.m. tonight. The slim wins: There is no truth to the rumor that the Orioles were answering some of their critics by winning their first one-run game of the exhibition season yesterday. Yes, they won again by one run. We all know, barring something that would be historic, the Orioles...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles are back home today to play the New York Yankees, who are short one outfielder after losing Curtis Granderson yesterday to a broken right forearm. Early projections have Granderson missing the next 10 weeks. The Orioles have enough outfielders in camp to stock a dozen teams, but they won't be offering any assistance. Left-hander Brian Matusz starts for the Orioles today, and you can watch every pitch on MASN beginning at 1:05 p.m. Tommy Hunter, left-hander Mark...

VIERA, Fla. - When Drew Storen took the mound for his first appearance of the spring last year, he says he attacked the outing much like he would if it was the regular season, throwing with nearly full force right out of the gate. The next day, Storen said he could tell something was wrong with his right elbow. The Nationals reliever ended up needing surgery to remove bone chips in the elbow, and he missed more than half of the season as a result. That's why Storen came into today's outing...

VIERA, Fla. - Two spring training games are in the books for the Nationals: a loss to the Mets yesterday and a 2-2 tie with the Marlins today. "We're making progress," manager Davey Johnson joked after today's game. "Broke that losing streak." Jordan Zimmermann got things off on the right foot, allowing just one run on two hits over three innings of work. The right-hander was so efficient that he completed a full three frames before reaching Johnson's 45-pitch limit for his starters in...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Kevin Gausman came within an out of recording a save today in the Orioles' 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Gausman left after Adam Loewen walked with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. "I knew that I was on a strict pitch count," he said. "They were monitoring me for a reason. I wasn't too (angry). I was more (angry) that he didn't chase that pitch. I was pretty (angry) about that. That's what I wanted to do there. I just thought in that situation, he would be...