Because they had gone with a four-man rotation this week, the Nationals knew they were going to have to remove someone from their active bullpen today to make room for Aníbal Sánchez, who was officially activated off the 60-day injured list and will make his first big league start in two years tonight. Trouble is, just about everyone in the current

The National League East has been good to the Nationals through much of their history. They won four division titles between 2012-17 and often beat up on their lesser rivals. That is no longer the case, though. The narrative has completely flipped on its head, and right now the last thing the Nats want to be doing is facing a fellow NL East opponen

On Sunday night, probably not long after 7 p.m., the Orioles will officially be on the clock to make their third overall No. 1 MLB Draft selection in team history. They selected pitcher Ben McDonald 1/1 in 1989 and 30 years later it was catcher Adley Rutschman. Now for the second time in four years, the Orioles will make the first pick in the draft

You know all that talk about Juan Soto having a disappointing first half, about being unworthy of the All-Star selection he received last weekend? It doesn’t really apply anymore, because the Nationals star is hitting out of his mind right now and bringing his season totals up to the kind of standard we expected all along. With homers in both ends

CHICAGO – Outfielder Austin Hays received his surprise promotion to the majors on Sept. 5, 2017 and was in the Orioles’ lineup two nights later. He remembers the pennant race, how they were above .500 and trying to make the playoffs in back-to-back years. There was excitement in the clubhouse, with a 71-68 record keeping them in contention. And the

CHICAGO – The Orioles didn’t just move above .500 tonight. They burst through the ceiling. Plaster flying as if doing a home renovation on the road. Seven batters came to the plate in the first inning and three scored. A ball slammed off the leg of Cubs pitcher Justin Steele. An 11-pitch at-bat concluded with a single. A double into the gap scored

Even in what everyone acknowledged from the beginning was a rebuilding year, the Nationals were supposed to have a competent lineup. Any group that featured the trio of Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Nelson Cruz, plus a couple experienced bats and a couple intriguing young guys, figured to score a decent number of runs. Here, though, as the season’s firs

The Orioles have had a winning streak of 10 or more games in 11 different seasons in club history. The 2022 edition can join the list with a win tonight at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Orioles beat the Cubs 4-2 on Tuesday to extend their winning streak to nine straight games. That is the longest in-season streak since the club won 13 in a row from

CHICAGO – Austin Hays is going to keep playing. He won’t ask out of the lineup and won’t make excuses. His right wrist has been sore since he made a diving catch along the right field line at Guaranteed Rate Field and was hit by a pitch on July 4. Pain on top of pain. Hays wasn’t in Sunday’s lineup – manager Brandon Hyde’s choice – but he’s playing

It’s time for more baseball. After dropping the opener of their day-night doubleheader to the Mariners, the Nationals are back at it this evening with the makeup for Tuesday night’s rained out game. Erick Fedde gets the start on the heels of one of his worst outings of the year. Pitching Friday night in Atlanta, he was roughed up for eight runs in