The Nationals returned home from the West Coast as one of the hottest teams in baseball. Entering tonight after a 4-2 road trip, their 11-5 record since May 14 was the fourth-best in the major leagues. Their next challenge? The Cubs, who were tied for the best record in the majors over the same stretch at 12-4 and who were singularly the best over

SEATTLE – The Orioles are making their latest attempt to get healthy. This time, it involves Colton Cowser. Cowser is in center field tonight for the first game against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. He was reinstated from the injured list yesterday, leaving the Orioles with 11 players on the shelf. Cowser hasn’t played for the Orioles since fractu

SEATTLE – Colton Cowser was reinstated from the injured list yesterday and he’s playing center field tonight and batting sixth for the series opener in Seattle. Jackson Holliday remains the leadoff hitter. Coby Mayo is the designated hitter, Heston Kjerstad is in right field and Dylan Carlson is in left. Ryan O’Hearn, the cleanup hitter and first b

The Nationals returned home after a week on the West Coast with high spirits. They won four of their six games against the Mariners and Diamondbacks, and now they’re about to begin a highly anticipated series with the Cubs, who own one of the best records in baseball. And as manager Davey Martinez provided some pre-series updates on a few of his in

The Orioles have made the following roster move: C Chadwick Tromp elected free agency in lieu of accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk.

The Nationals return home after a very successful 4-2 West Coast road trip against two contending teams. The competition doesn’t ease up on South Capitol Street, however, as they face another first-place squad in the Cubs. Craig Counsell’s club has the second-best record in the National League at 37-22, trailing only the Mets by a half-game. They a

During their recently completed road trip to Seattle and Arizona, the Nationals took 240 total plate appearances. Only five of them were taken by a full-time, right-handed batter: Riley Adams, who started one of the six games behind the plate in place of Keibert Ruiz. Every other plate appearance the entire week was taken by someone who either bats

SEATTLE - The mailbag is on the West Coast and three hours behind in being awesome. The last batch didn’t include a handful of questions that will get some play this morning, while we wait for the Orioles to begin their series against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park, which will always be Safeco Field to me. Same as Jacobs Field in Cleveland. I refuse

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Reinstated OF Colton Cowser (left thumb fracture) from the 60-day Injured List.Designated UTL Cooper Hummel for assignment. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.

PHOENIX – Informed late Saturday night that the Nationals had just completed their first winning month in nearly two years, only their second winning month in four years, Nathaniel Lowe was pleasantly surprised. “Oh? Sweet,” the veteran first baseman interjected. Lowe, of course, would have had no way of knowing such information. He wasn’t here whe