When spring training opened last month, few expected to see Joan Adon in the Nationals’ opening day rotation. Even fewer expected to see the rookie right-hander taking the mound for the season’s third game. Turn on your television at 7 p.m. tonight, though, and who will you see warming up to face the Mets but Adon, who on Friday afternoon officiall

BOWIE – With all the data, technology and analytics available to players today, something simple that anyone could use that might help O’s prospect Gunnar Henderson take his offense to a higher level this year. It comes through the magic of a foam baseball. Yep, a foam ball is helping the top 100 prospect both flatten his swing to produce less swin

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Orioles manager Brandon Hyde used six pitchers yesterday just to get through a regulation 2-1 loss to the Rays on opening day. Knowing that he couldn’t count on starter John Means to get deep into the game in the left-hander’s first start after a truncated spring training. Comfortable to play match-ups and use shorter-inning

It was all too perfect how the stars aligned for tonight’s match-up between the Nationals and Mets on South Capitol Street. What was supposed to be just one of 19 meetings between division rivals turned into a convergence of past and future for the Nationals. Max Scherzer made his highly anticipated Mets debut and return to Nationals Park tonight i

This was always going to be an emotional night, no matter what transpired once the first pitch of the game was thrown. Max Scherzer’s first start for the Mets, at Nationals Park of all places, promised to be must-see TV. Who knew Scherzer’s return would serve as only the appetizer to a wild night of baseball on the season’s second day, one that beg

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The first pitch of the Orioles’ 2022 season hit Cedric Mullins on the right elbow. Mullins shook his hand and jogged to first base. Manager Brandon Hyde probably just shook in the dugout. Must protect the franchise’s first 30/30 player. Must not let the incident become symbolic in any way. The Orioles loaded the bases with on

When the Nationals face the Mets in the season’s second game Friday night, Josiah Gray will take the mound with batterymate Keibert Ruiz, symbolizing the future of the franchise. Ironically, they’ll be up against the past of the franchise in Mets starter Max Scherzer, one of the two All-Star players general manager Mike Rizzo gave up last summer to

The team that beat the Orioles more than any other last year beat them again today. But the two-time defending American League East champion Tampa Bay Rays had to dig deep to pull out the game with a late rally in the season opener at Tropicana Field. Pinch-hitter Francisco Mejía’s sacrifice fly with one out and the bases loaded in the last of the

Lineup changes on the second day of the season aren’t a traditional strategy. Unless a team is facing a lefty in Game 2 after facing a right-hander in Game 1, there isn’t a whole lot of reason to shake things up only 24 hours after the season began.So how to explain Nationals manager Davey Martinez’s decision to switch two of his three starting out

The day after opening day is usually among the least anticipated games of the season. The crowd thins out considerably, as does the press box, and the reality of the long, 162-grind begins to set in. Except this is no ordinary day after opening day. Because a certain three-time Cy Young Award winner is going to be on the mound for the visitors, fac