The Orioles are optioning pitcher Spenser Watkins to Triple-A Norfolk after removing him from the injured list. Watkins has been throwing in the bullpen with no discomfort in his right elbow. The club wants him to make some starts in the minors before perhaps returning him to the active roster. Bruce Zimmermann, Tyler Wells, Dean Kremer and Kyle Br

The Washington Nationals recalled left-handed pitcher Sam Clay from Triple-A Rochester and optioned right-handed pitcher Joan Adon to Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.  Clay, 28, joins the Nationals for his third Major League stint this season. In 15 rel

MIAMI – The Nationals need to do a lot of things better tonight than they did Tuesday during a 12-2 shellacking at the hands of the Marlins, lest they once again leave themselves in position to be swept the following night. It begins, of course, with pitching. After Joan Adon was roughed up for eight runs in three-plus innings, forcing Davey Martin

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Activated RHP Austin Voth. He will wear No. 51.Designated INF Chris Owings for assignment.

Pitcher Austin Voth has joined the Orioles and is headed to the bullpen. Voth was claimed off waivers yesterday from the Nationals. The Orioles designated infielder Chris Owings for assignment to make room for Voth, who’s wearing No. 51. Owings was 6-for-56 with two doubles, 10 walks and 24 strikeouts in 26 games. He signed a minor league deal on M

MIAMI – As he walked through the Nationals’ clubhouse Tuesday afternoon, Ehire Adrianza found faces both familiar and unfamiliar. Many of those who came over to say hello were with the veteran utilityman all spring in West Palm Beach, expecting to open the season with him on the roster. Some barely registered during big league camp, only joining th

Baseball’s trade deadline is pushed back a few days this summer to Aug. 2, maybe providing a little more time for Trey Mancini to field questions about his status on the market, the likelihood that he’s moved, how much he hopes to stay. Stuff he can recite in his sleep because he’s had so much practice with it. This is an annual event in Baltimore.

To put it in his own words, Orioles right-hander Jorge Lopez, enjoying sustained Major League success for the first time at 29, is “letting it rip” and he’s having a blast closing games and being around a young team he said has had great energy from the start of spring training. Lopez, who went 3-14 with a 6.07 ERA last year, mostly as a starter, n

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde describes rookie Kyle Bradish as having electric stuff, with plus pitches across the board. Says it’s about locating and working ahead in the count, “and not having the high pitch-count innings that he’s had trouble with.” Bradish’s first pitch of the game tonight was a strike, and Christopher Morel drove it 429 feet to

MIAMI – Thursday’s return of Stephen Strasburg to the Nationals’ active roster, and the expected debut of top prospects Cade Cavalli (and perhaps Cole Henry) later this summer, serve as legitimately encouraging developments during an otherwise miserable season to date. Those pitchers’ arrivals will be celebrated by the organization and fans alike w