WASHINGTON – Roughly 10 percent of the population is left-handed, according to Norgen Biotek. Lefties, though, make up a much larger percentage of pitchers in Major League Baseball. And in 2025, the Orioles have faced a left-handed starter in over 30 percent of their first 23 games. Tonight, the Birds face another, as the Nationals roll out one of

The Orioles are in D.C. again tonight, trying to avoid being swept by the Nationals before flying to Detroit. The losing streak has reached three games and the record has fallen to 9-14. The Orioles haven’t been six games below .500 since July 5, 2022. Left-hander Cade Povich is making his fifth start. He’s posted a 6.38 ERA and 2.073 WHIP in 18 1/

The Nationals and Orioles have faced each other annually since 2006, and in all that time the Nats have swept only two three-game series from their interleague rivals (2018 at Camden Yards, 2021 at Nationals Park). So if they can pull it off tonight, it’ll be a rare occurrence, indeed. They’ve won the first two games of this series with some outsta

The Washington Nationals returned from rehabilitation assignment and reinstated shortstop CJ Abrams from the 10-day Injured List and optioned infielder Trey Lipscomb to Triple-A Rochester on Thursday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Abrams, 24, was slugging .585 with two doubles and f

James Wood’s reaction the first time he found out he’d be leading off for the Nationals? “Uh, I don’t know,” he admitted. “But whatever the manager thinks gives us the best chance to win, I’m OK with.” Wood has been more than OK batting first. He’s been downright unstoppable. With another big night Wednesday in the Nats’ 4-3 win over the Orioles, t

The news was good in the way that Orioles manager Brandon Hyde presented it yesterday. How high you choose to raise your hopes is up to you. Grayson Rodriguez sought additional opinions after undergoing imaging on his sore right shoulder, which always leads to the worst assumptions. I said it, too. Athletes don’t normally contact other physicians o

WASHINGTON – The Orioles' offense had plenty of opportunities to cash in for a breakout inning in tonight’s 4-3 loss to the Nationals. Instead, they made smaller deposits.  For the most part, pitching held up its end of the bargain. Sometimes, you can still win baseball games like that, even when you go 1-for-12 with runners in scoring positio

If Tuesday night’s blowout over the Orioles was a rare cakewalk win for the Nationals, this one felt all along like a walk across a lengthy tightrope, with no net visible down below. Even after scoring three quick runs in the bottom of the first, the Nats found themselves in a tight contest, their bullpen unable to protect a two-run lead, the game

WASHINGTON – Expected stats don’t show up in the box score. That makes them easy to dismiss.  They’re not interchangeable with counting numbers, nor should they be used as a crutch for a struggling offense.  But, in this case, it could help explain why a lineup with so much talent has struggled to score runs. It’s one thing to say, “This team is ta

CJ Abrams should be back at Nationals Park on Thursday. Then, it’s just a question of whether the team will activate their All-Star shortstop off the 10-day injured list in time for their series finale against the Orioles or will wait for Friday’s series opener against the Mets. Abrams, who has a right hip flexor strain, played his second rehab gam