For a young baseball player, there’s no better moment than learning you’re going to the major leagues on the Opening Day roster. For a baseball manager, there’s no better moment than delivering that message. For Brad Lord, it was a long road to this moment. For Nationals manager Davey Martinez, the opportunity to mess with the young pitcher was too

DJ Herz is getting a second opinion on his sprained elbow ligament, one that will determine if the Nationals left-hander needs Tommy John surgery or can attempt to come back merely with rest and rehab. Herz, who was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday and then transferred to the 60-day IL on Wednesday, already had an initial MRI taken that re

TORONTO – Jorge Mateo had a locker set up this morning in the visiting clubhouse at Rogers Centre that belonged to Livan Soto for yesterday’s workout. The media saw Mateo as he walked into the room before the Orioles headed onto the field for stretching and batting practice. His arrival in Toronto was confirmed. And he wasn’t here just to visit tea

TORONTO – Jorge Mateo flew into Toronto last night and is on the Opening Day roster after collecting a sufficient number of at-bats down in Sarasota. Livan Soto worked out yesterday, but he didn’t make the final cut. The Orioles reassigned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Reliever Bryan Baker is on the roster. Matt Bowman cleared waivers and was outrighted

The Washington Nationals announced their 2025 Opening Day roster and corresponding moves on Thursday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Of the 26 players, eight are participating in Opening Day for the first time in their careers, including 2023 first-round Draft pick Dylan Crews; Mont

he Orioles today announced the club’s 2025 Opening Day roster. The 26-man roster includes:   RIGHT-HANDED PITCHERS (9) CATCHERS (2) Bryan Baker Adley Rutschman Félix Bautista Gary Sánchez Yennier Cano   Seranthony Domínguez INFIELDERS (6) Zach Eflin Jackson Holliday Dean Kremer Jorge Mateo Charlie Morton Ryan Mountcastle Albert Suárez Ryan O’Hearn

And away we go! Welcome to the 2025 Major League Baseball season and the 21st season of Washington Nationals baseball. That’s right, this ballclub now enters its third decade in the District, pretty remarkable for anyone who remembers the three decades this town spent without baseball. The Nats have renewed hopes entering this season, perhaps even

Alright, the time has come. We survived a long, cold winter. We endured through six weeks of spring training. We fretted over transactions made and transactions not made. We thought we knew what the roster would look like, then we had to make last-minute adjustments due to injuries and a few surprises. But there’s no more time to decipher, agonize

Happy Hollidays everyone! The day is finally here: the start of Major League Baseball’s regular season.  The O’s open up their new campaign north of the border in Toronto. With consecutive playoff appearances but no October victories to show for it, Baltimore has something to prove.  An energy and hunger was palpable at spring training. The locker

TORONTO – The games start counting today. And not a moment too soon. No more exhibitions, reentries and extras from minor league camp. The rules aren’t bent. Statistical declines aren’t excused because it’s spring training. Let’s get serious. The Orioles will try to finish above .500 for a fourth consecutive year, their longest streak since 1968-19