No matter if and when the Nationals' offense showed up today against the Brewers, the pitching simply needed to be better. After allowing 16 runs and giving up a club-record 25 hits in Friday’s series-opening loss, the collective effort on the mound had to drastically improve for the home team or else they again would have no shot to beat the team

CHICAGO – For seven and two-thirds innings, things looked bleak for the Orioles' offense.  Yesterday, the Birds were blanked in nine innings. Trevor Rogers' eight-inning complete game, allowing just one run, was for naught.  This afternoon, it looked as if the Orioles would squander another solid pitching performance. Baltimore had allowed just thr

Keibert Ruiz walked around the Nationals' clubhouse with his usual big smile. He then had a playful interaction with CJ Abrams walking from his locker to the kitchen. All seemed normal. Except life is still not normal for the 27-year-old catcher, who continues to experience symptoms from a concussion that has placed him on the injured list twice si

Tyler O’Neill was supposed to serve as the designated hitter today at Wrigley Field, but he’s been removed from the lineup due to an unspecified illness. O’Neill has made two trips to the injured list this season with neck inflammation and a left shoulder impingement, and he recently was bothered by "general soreness." He went 9-for-16 and hit a ho

CHICAGO – For years, the Orioles’ rebuild afforded them the opportunity to find diamonds in the rough.  You know the story here. Cedric Mullins wasn’t a highly touted prospect as a 13th-round pick out of Campbell, but became Baltimore’s everyday center fielder. John Means was selected in round 11. Anthony Santander was a Rule 5 draft pick that turn

The Nationals offense waited too long to get going last night against the Brewers, scoring seven of their eight runs over the last four innings. But it doesn’t matter when the offense produces if the Nats don’t get better pitching. Mitchell Parker gave up eight runs on 12 hits in four-plus innings Friday night, as four relievers joined him in combi

The Orioles filled the last opening on their 26-man roster this morning by activating left-hander Dietrich Enns. He’s in the bullpen for this afternoon’s game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Enns is wearing No. 71. Today’s lineup has the same nine players but the order and positions are altered. Jeremiah Jackson, who collected his first major le

The Orioles wouldn’t budge. Talks with the Padres leading to the trade deadline took multiple shapes. First baseman Ryan O’Hearn and outfielder Ramón Laureano could be dealt separately or packaged. Different prospects were discussed. The whole thing would have fallen apart if the Guardians accepted an offer for Steven Kwan. To make it work for the

The post-trade-deadline portion of the 2025 Nationals season began tonight with a dud that neither offered much new hope for an August bounceback nor answered one of the great unknown questions now confronting this team: Who’s the closer now? Interim manager Miguel Cairo chose to keep that information private when asked this afternoon, promising we

The Nationals filled the four roster holes that opened up over the final 36 hours leading into the trade deadline with four players from Triple-A who already were on the organization’s 40-man roster. The Nats recalled outfielder Robert Hassell III, left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara and right-handers Orlando Ribalta and Ryan Loutos from Rochester, ad