The Orioles stole five bases on Opening Day as the Red Sox battery, almost no matter who was pitching, was no match for their thievery. They stole off catcher Reese McGuire and three different pitchers getting three bases while Ryan Brasier was on the mound and one each off Corey Kluber and Kaleb Ort. We will see how the rest of the season goes, bu

Before joining the Nationals, Thaddeus Ward spent parts of four unusual seasons in the Red Sox’s minor league system as their fifth-round draft pick from the University of Central Florida in 2018. After being drafted, the right-hander appeared in only 11 games at low Single-A in the second half of the 2018 season. In his first full professional sea

Bryce Harper was the first to coin the phrase, way back on Sept. 23, 2012 when the then-rookie outfielder lost a fly ball in the sun during an afternoon game at Nationals Park. “You can’t catch what you can’t see, you know?” Harper said that day. “Nothing you can do about it. Sun Monster got me.” And for the last decade, anyone who has closely watc

BOSTON – The Orioles can’t just sit on their 1.000 winning percentage as if it’s a papasan shaped like their loss total in 2023. They’ll have to play another game. Maybe the rain gods will get their own off-day, or we’ll have to wait a little longer. But it’s happening. The beauty of yesterday’s prearranged break is it allows fans, though eager for

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After Opening Day across the major leagues Thursday, the minor league season officially gets underway Friday with Triple-A teams starting their 2023 campaigns. The Nationals’ affiliate at Triple-A Rochester announced its Opening Day roster ahead of this afternoon’s game at newly named Innovative Field. The Red Wings will start the season with 18 pi

Imagine waiting 12 years to reach your goal. You grind year in and year out, and still come up short for 12 years. But when you finally reach it, it’s well worth the wait. That was Joey Meneses’ grind through 12 years of baseball in the minor leagues and abroad. The 30-year-old finally reached his dream of playing in the major leagues last August w

Opening Day didn't produce the outcome Nationals fans wanted, but it contained no shortage of storylines. Patrick Corbin's labored start. CJ Abrams' three errors. Joey Meneses' two hits. Victor Robles' two walks. Stephen Strasburg's absence. And because tradition is to schedule an off-day after the season opener just in case of a rainout, we have n

A player who has dealt with enormous expectations for a long time, O’s catcher Adley Rutschman delivered an enormous performance on his first major league Opening Day as the Orioles held off Boston 10-9 at Fenway Park.  Rutschman hit a solo homer in the first, delivered a two-run single in the fifth and singled in a run in the seventh. It was a 5-f

BOSTON – The Orioles finally set their rotation for Opening Day, which turned out to be the easy part. They might have to decide how they’re going to handle a rainout on Saturday unless the forecast improves dramatically over the weekend. The temperatures are supposed to rise into the 60s, ruining the fun that hypothermia can bring, but there’s a 9