A Nationals pitching staff that was overtaxed the last few days will have a fresh arm for the final series of the first half: Joan Adon. Adon was recalled from Triple-A this afternoon, giving the Nats someone who could churn out a good number of innings if needed out of the bullpen against the Rangers. Left-hander Joe La Sorsa was optioned to Roche

The Nationals had no luck against the Reds this week, dropping four straight to the surprise leaders of the National League Central. Will they fare any better this weekend against the Rangers, the surprise leaders of the American League West? Texas has enjoyed its resurgence not as much through a rebuilding farm system like Cincinnati, but through

Austin Hays vowed to play again before the All-Star break, a bruised left hip keeping him out of the lineup since Sunday. The day he learned that he’d been selected to his first All-Star team. Hays is on the bench again tonight, marked absent hours after he found out that he’s starting for the American League. Baseball life is full of surprises for

As the Orioles get set to make a pick outside of the top five picks in round one of the MLB Draft for the first time in a while on Sunday, draft expert Jim Callis gives the Orioles props for both drafting and developing young talent under Mike Elias and his front office staff. And certainly, it is not a stretch to praise an O's organization that no

There was a certain admirable quality to what the Nationals bullpen did Thursday afternoon. After a 1-hour, 43-minute rain delay forced MacKenzie Gore’s start to end after only 1 1/3 innings and 17 pitches, Davey Martinez had to ask six relievers to churn out a combined 8 2/3 innings in a game that wasn’t decided until the 10th. Of course, the bull

Inheriting a massive rebuild project and laying out plans to navigate it and eventually come out a contender, with clear indicators of a tedious pace and an inability to doctor it and improve the appearance, left Mike Elias with top-five draft picks in his first four seasons as executive vice president and general manager. Catcher Adley Rutschman a

NEW YORK – The crowd at Yankee Stadium had lost its last ounce of patience long before the 12th batter stepped to the plate in the top of the third inning. Angry at Luis Severino. Outraged by the sloppy play. Reduced to cheering a ground ball, sarcasm the only weapon of retaliation. The Orioles threw an offensive party tonight in someone else’s hou

After losing the first two games of their four-game series at New York by a combined 14-7 score, the Orioles rallied for a 6-3 win at Yankee Stadium last night. If the Orioles win tonight they will have a four-game series split and will move four games ahead of New York for second place in the AL East. At 50-35 the Orioles reached the 50-win mark w

As soon as the skies opened in the top of the second at Nationals Park, this was guaranteed to be an unconventional day at the yard. The grounds crew would need to put in extra work to get the field playable once the storm passed. Bullpens would need to be asked to work overtime, with starters burned up. Benches would be emptied, players would swit

NEW YORK – Austin Hays is participating in full baseball activities today and is confident that he’ll return to the Orioles’ lineup this weekend in Minnesota. Hays hasn’t played since bruising his left hip Sunday against the Twins at Camden Yards. “I’m feeling a lot better today,” he said. “I’m going to go out there for BP and try to go through som