Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins, on the injured list since May 30 with a right groin strain, is in Sarasota, Fla. at the Orioles facility and has just resumed doing some baseball activities, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said today. “Sounds like he is progressing very well,” said Hyde, who added there is still no firm timetable for his return

The Orioles optioned left-hander Nick Vespi to Triple-A Norfolk this morning as the corresponding move to Cole Irvin’s return. Vespi lasted one day in his second stint. He hasn’t pitched for the Orioles this season. Irvin was recalled to make his fourth start with the Orioles, and his first since April 13. He owns a 2.19 ERA in four career starts a

ATLANTA – Sixty-two games down, 100 to go. The Nationals will try to bounce back from last night’s tough loss and end a couple of streaks today: Their own five-game losing streak and the Braves’ six-game winning streak. For the third time in his young career, MacKenzie Gore will face the Braves, the team he made both his major league and Nationals

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled LHP Cole Irvin from Triple-A Norfolk. He will start today’s game.Optioned LHP Nick Vespi to Triple-A Norfolk after yesterday’s game.

ATLANTA – The Nationals have worked diligently with Josiah Gray on his mechanics since the end of last year. In 2022, the right-hander’s first full season in the bigs, he gave up a major league-worst 38 home runs and a National League-worst 66 walks en route to a 5.02 ERA and 1.359 WHIP. The team wanted their young starter to finish his pitches str

He had an OPS of .659 at the end of April, but going into the weekend series with Kansas City, rookie Gunnar Henderson’s OPS was up to .732, which put him five percent above the league average OPS for the year. He has certainly made positive strides on offense in recent weeks with an OPS of .790 since May 1 as this weekend began. Henderson recently

Tyler Wells needed four pitches to dispose of Royals leadoff hitter Nick Pratto last night, getting a swing and miss on his fastball for the game’s first out. Félix Bautista began his quest for a 17th save by striking out MJ Melendez and Maikel García with 101 mph heat, the latter frozen by it. The final team tally was seven strikeouts, a decent to

ATLANTA – The Nats are in the middle of a brutal stretch. Tonight began the fifth of six straight series in which they are facing division leaders, defending pennant winners and reigning world champions. No one is going to feel sorry for them. But this 3-2 loss to the Braves in front of 40,297 at Truist Park felt pretty painful, with a one-run lead

The Orioles didn’t wait until the later innings tonight to flip the switch on their offense. Austin Hays swung at the first pitch thrown by Daniel Lynch, began to backpedal up the first base line before turning his body, and slowed the pace as the ball settled into the seats in the left field corner. Gunnar Henderson singled in the second inning, s

ATLANTA – Before their finale against the Diamondbacks was postponed due to poor air quality yesterday, the Nationals announced they were sending Victor Robles to Triple-A Rochester on a rehab assignment. Robles has been sidelined since he hurt his back by sliding into second base in Arizona on May 6. Up until recently, he had been very limited in