PHOENIX – Hello from the Valley of the Sun, where the temperatures have been in the 110s all week. Fortunately, it won’t be anywhere close to that inside Chase Field tonight when the Nationals open the second half of the season against the Diamondbacks. The All-Star break allowed Davey Martinez to rearrange his rotation however he preferred, and he

The All-Star break did wonders for the Orioles’ collective health. Outfielder Austin Hays needed to rest a sore right wrist, and reliever Félix Bautista is available tonight after the exercise band mishap at Tropicana Field last weekend that bruised his right hand. Tyler Wells, who’s starting tonight, has a restriction on his innings this season, a

The Washington Nationals announced the following roster moves on Friday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements.  ·       Recalled right-handed pitcher Hunter Harvey from Triple-A Rochester ·       Returned from rehabilitation assignment and reinstated right-handed pitcher Victor Arano from

The Orioles are 92 games into the season and resume it tonight after a brief pause for the All-Star break, the first seven against the top two teams in their division. Twenty of the next 30 played within the American League East. Bad news in the past. Nothing to celebrate in 2022. But the Orioles are 16-21 versus the East after going 20-56 last yea

The MLB trade deadline is fast approaching. And now that the draft is over, teams can turn their full attention to the just under two weeks leading up to that deadline. You can sense the unease around Birdland. Fans have been captivated by the 2022 Orioles and hope they make a surprising late-season playoff run. They get attached to the players who

PHOENIX – The All-Star break should be a time for rest and relaxation, a chance to get away from it all and clear your mind before gearing back up for the second half of the season. For the Nationals, this All-Star break wasn’t at all about rest, and nobody was able to relax. The last four days have seen the franchise under the bright spotlight of

Maxwell Costes has no memories of the old Memorial Stadium, the site just a couple of miles from where he grew up. But the trips to Camden Yards are priceless to Costes. So vivid. And far too many to count. His membership in the junior fans club. Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch after his freshman season at the University of Maryland, where

Washington, D.C. – Six individuals who have had distinctive careers in sports and one team that had an inspiring run to its first-ever championship are the 2022 honorees selected to the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame. The formal induction ceremony will be conducted at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon, July 31, prior to the Washington Nationals

The Baltimore Orioles made 10 selections on Day Three of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday, completing Rounds 11-20. This year, the Orioles selected 22 players overall: 12 pitchers and 10 position players, with 20 of the selections being college athletes and two from the high school ranks. The Orioles selected 11 right-handed pitchers, on

The Washington Nationals selected 10 players on the third day of Major League Baseball’s 2022 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline and Director of Scouting Operations Eddie Longosz made the joint announceme