"Ignite Your Natitude" during Opening Weekend and throughout the season
The Washington Nationals will celebrate Opening Day and the start of the 2012 season at Nationals Park on Thursday, April 12 when the team hosts the Cincinnati Reds at 1:05 p.m.
Though Opening Day is expected to sell out, select tickets still remain and Standing Room Only tickets are available for $15 at nationals.com/tickets. Due to the anticipated sellout, all gates will open at 10:30 a.m. to allow fans more time...
The Orioles will hold a workout at Camden Yards Thursday at 3:05 p.m., matching the starting time of Friday's opener against the Twins. We now know which players will have lockers in the clubhouse.
As expected, manager Buck Showalter is keeping 12 pitchers and 13 position players. Here they are:
Starters
Jake Arrieta
Tommy Hunter
Jason Hammel
Brian Matusz
Wei-Yin Chen
Relievers
Jim Johnson
Kevin Gregg
Matt Lindstrom
Luis Ayala
Pedro Strop
Darren O'Day
Troy Patton
Infielders
Mark...
The Orioles today announced that they have placed left-handed pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada on the disabled list, retroactive to March 28, with a left elbow impingement. Catcher Taylor Teagarden was also placed on the disabled list, retroactive to March 26, with a strained back.
The club has selected the contracts of catcher Ronny Paulino and infielder Nick Johnson.
Additionally, left-handed pitcher Zach Phillips has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
With these moves, the Orioles have finalized...
NORFOLK, Va - Buck Showalter just informed reporters of his season opening rotation and final roster move.
The Orioles starters will be in order: Jake Arrieta, Tommy Hunter, Jason Hammel, Brian Matusz and Wei-Yin Chen.
Zach Phillips has now officially been optioned to Triple-A, so Troy Patton and Darren O'Day get the final two roster spots.
The Orioles also put lefty Tsuyoshi Wada officially on the DL retroactive to March 28, with a left elbow impingement. Catcher Taylor Teagarden was also...
CHICAGO - Hello from the Windy City, which actually isn't that windy at all today.
It's a beautiful 55 degrees here and for someone who hasn't seen the city before (the one-day trip with my dad to see a game at Wrigley when I was 13 doesn't really count in my mind), the cab ride in along the water provided a nice little mini-tour.
I look forward to a getting a taste of Chicago (literally) when a few of the other beat reporters and I head out to grab some deep-dish pizza sometime over...
NORFOLK, Va. - As this game moves into the late innings, Brian Matusz is still awaiting word that he is in the Orioles' starting rotation. Barring a major surprise, he'll get that word from Buck Showalter after this game.
Here is what Matusz said a few minutes ago outside the Orioles clubhouse.
On today's outing:
"I felt really good. From the start warming up with (Matt) Wieters in the bullpen. I had good stuff and attacked the zone early. Felt really good. Had a good feel for all...
NORFOLK, Va. - Lefty Brian Matusz has kept the Triple-A Norfolk Tides off the scoreboard through four innings today as the Orioles and Tides are scoreless on a now cloudy afternoon with a light rain falling at Harbor Park.
Matusz, expected to be officially named to the O's rotation after today's game, has allowed just three hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Matusz entered today's game with a spring record of 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in 24 2/3 innings. He walked just three batters with 22...
NORFOLK, Va. - Even though he was slowed by a groin strain in camp, Darren O'Day has made a major league opening day roster for the fifth time. Troy Patton will join him there.
The Orioles have announced that they've optioned lefty Zach Phillips to Triple-A and Patton and O'Day claim the final spots in the bullpen. It was a mild surprised that O'Day made it and it means the O's 'pen begins the year with Patton as the only lefty.
"Coming into camp, I saw how many talented pitchers we...
NORFOLK, Va. - Today is a homecoming for Orioles third baseman Mark Reynolds. He lived in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area up until he left to play in college at the University of Virginia. He attended First Colonial High, which is 17 miles from Harbor Park.
"It feels good (to come home)," Reynolds said. "I was telling those guys earlier, I've never played here before. I used to come to games here, so it is a pretty cool experience to be back here playing.
"I was never a specific team's...
The Single-A Potomac Nationals announced their roster for the 2012 season, highlighted by the No. 6 overall selection, third baseman Anthony Rendon.
"I love this group of guys," Rendon said. "You got a lot of great players here. I grew up playing with a lot of these guys and also in college. They tore us up when we played them. I just know what they can do and when they come out here it is going to be even better."
In years past, the P-Nats had been heavy with pitchers, but this season...