A team’s fortunes can change fast in baseball, and the Orioles are realizing that this week. When they hit five homers and beat Seattle 9-2 Monday night, they improved to 4-1 on this road trip and moved to within five games of the .500 mark. The next night they were locked in a 0-0 game in the eighth inning at Seattle. They would lose that game 2-0

MINNEAPOLIS – Trey Mancini stayed in the Orioles lineup this afternoon after Sonny Gray drilled him on the right elbow yesterday with a 92 mph sinker in the fourth inning to load the bases. The Orioles didn’t score, which also hurt. “The ulnar nerve, I think it’s called. The funny bone,” Mancini said today. No one is laughing. “I’m good enough,” he

The Nationals pitching staff has stabilized somewhat over the last two weeks, thanks to mostly quality performances from starters and thus fewer innings asked of the bullpen. But if and when more reinforcements are needed, several pitchers are inching closer to return from injury. Aníbal Sánchez is scheduled to make his second rehab start for Tripl

MINNEAPOLIS – Adley Rutschman is back behind the plate for today’s series finale at Target Field that also closes out a three-city road trip. The Orioles are attempting to end a four-game losing streak, and 12 in a row in Minnesota. They’ve suffered back-to-back walk-off loses over the weekend. Cedric Mullins is out of the lineup. Ryan McKenna star

Can the Nationals finally beat the Marlins again today? Can they somehow find a way to beat the unstoppable Marlins for only the second time in 12 games this season? Can you believe this is what it has come to? Given how little the Nats have hit against Miami’s pitching staff, and given that the very effective Pablo López is on the mound today, it’

Maybe he’s been flying a bit under the radar on the O's farm, but right-hander Noah Denoyer should not be. He pitched well earlier this season for high Single-A Aberdeen and is now doing so for Double-A Bowie. In fact, he has been pitching well pretty much since the day the Orioles signed him as a minor league free agent on Aug. 5, 2019. For a pitc

MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles are closing out their series in Minnesota today, and their road trip, with the same infield options on their roster. Change is coming. Ramón Urías began his injury rehab assignment last night at Double-A Bowie, starting at third base and going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and committing a fielding error. He hadn’t played

That the Nationals have been bulldozed by the Mets, Braves and Phillies this season doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Those three division rivals all entered the season with high hopes and currently find themselves in a pennant race. That the Nats have also been ransacked by the Marlins, who don’t find themselves anywhere near contention, is both su

MINNEAPOLIS – Jordan Lyles keeps it pretty basic. Just give him the ball and don’t try to take it back. Let him push deep into games, ignoring the pitch count, and protect “the boys” in the bullpen who shouldn’t have to finish his work. Lyles has volunteered to move up a day in the rotation because he wants to spare manager Brandon Hyde the task of

The Nationals formally picked up the 2023 contract options on general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez today, ensuring both men will remain in their current positions for another season as the franchise potentially navigates its way through an ownership change. Both Rizzo and Martinez signed extensions at the end of the 2020 season tha