The MLB Draft and All-Star Game festivities are over. Today is the last day without baseball until the end of October. The Nationals start the second half tomorrow with a six-game midwest road trip against the Cardinals and the Cubs. As things stand, the Nationals are in last place in the National League East but are on pace to win 65 games this ye

One of the Orioles’ post-break decisions has been made and revealed. It took less than 24 hours after the last out of the All-Star Game. The rotation is set for the weekend series against the Marlins at Camden Yards, with some of the anticipated rearranging. Dean Kremer starts Friday night, followed by Kyle Gibson Saturday night and Kyle Bradish Su

It has become a barrier for starting pitchers in Major League Baseball. A pitch count that reaches 100. We don’t see it very often anymore. Commonplace back in the day, so to speak, not so much anymore. In fact there are just six teams that average even 90 or more pitches per night from their starters among the 30 clubs in the major leagues ri

The Nationals entered the 2022 season with modest expectations. Such is life when you lost 107 games the previous year and spent a grand total of $17 million on free agents over the winter. When they reached the All-Star break this week, the Nats found themselves with a 36-54 record, which equates to a 65-97 record over a full season. So while that

The 2023 MLB Draft is over and the Nationals have their new class of young prospects. The Nats made 20 picks in this week’s draft, highlighted by No. 2 overall selection Dylan Crews, the highly touted outfielder from Louisiana State University and Golden Spikes Award winner. Of their 20 selections, the Nats drafted three outfielders, four infielder

The Baltimore Orioles made 10 selections on Day Three of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft, completing Rounds 11-20. This year, the Orioles selected 22 players overall: 13 pitchers and nine position players, with 20 of the selections being college athletes and two from the high school ranks. The Orioles selected 12 right-handed pitchers, one left-ha

The All-Star Game is over, marking another year with a repeat city since the last time that the Orioles hosted in 1993. Mike Mussina is still warming in the bullpen. Someone please tap him on the shoulder. I don’t know when Baltimore will be chosen again. Maybe after Las Vegas. (Don’t say Nashville, don’t say Nashville). Perhaps there are other que

The media scrums at designated tables and the red carpet fashion show were over. The four Orioles All-Stars could just play baseball tonight. Hoping to do it in the same way that got them to Seattle. Some succeeded, but it wasn’t a clean sweep. Austin Hays went 1-for-2 as the starting center fielder for the American League, making him a career .500

The Washington Nationals selected 10 players on the third day of Major League Baseball’s 2023 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline and Director of Scouting Operations Eddie Longosz made the joint announceme

The 2023 baseball draft started Sunday night with the Orioles picking Vanderbilt center fielder Enrique Bradfield at No. 17 overall and concluded this afternoon with their selection of North Greenville (S.C.) University shortstop Jalen Vasquez in the 20th round. The next steps are getting as many signatures on contracts as possible, figuring out mi