The Washington Nationals announced the following roster moves on Tuesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. · Selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Jordan Weems· Recalled left-handed pitcher Francisco Perez from Triple-A Rochester· Optioned right-handed pitcher Andres Machado t

Cedric Mullins is leading off and playing center field tonight after getting a rest day for the final game in Boston. Adley Rutschman is catching and batting fifth, followed by first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Ramón Urías is the third baseman again. Rougned Odor gets the start at second base against Mariners right-hander George Kirby. Bryan Baker is

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled LHP Zac Lowther from Triple-A NorfolkOptioned RHP Cody Sedlock to Triple-A Norfolk after yesterday’s game

The Orioles have chosen a bullpen game tonight to begin their series against the Mariners at Camden Yards. Right-hander Bryan Baker is making his second start. He did the same in St. Louis on May 12 and tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and three strikeouts. Baker’s last appearance came in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader in Bo

When the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 10-0 it was an impressive way to end a five-game series and an eight-game American League East road trip in which they went 4-4 at New York and Boston. The Orioles are playing better within their division this year, producing this stunning stat: They have already won more series against the AL East in 2022 t

NEW YORK – Look strictly at his numbers – 2.28 ERA, 1.141 WHIP, 4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio – and you can’t help but think Paolo Espino must be among the Nationals’ primary bullpen options for high-leverage situations. And then you look at his individual games this season, and you realize every one of Espino’s 17 appearances to date has come wit

BOSTON – Félix Bautista is an exceptionally large man with a blazing fastball and a high walk rate in the minors. That was pretty much the scouting report when Bautista reported to spring training as a new addition to the Orioles’ 40-man roster. A bubble guy who made it based on his plus velocity and strikeout rate. An arm that the Orioles didn’t w

NEW YORK – The Nationals sent Erick Fedde to the mound at Citi Field tonight, first and foremost, in an attempt to win their series opener against the Mets. They also sent Fedde out there, second and furthermore, in an attempt to get enough innings from their starter to help set the stage for the rest of the series, knowing they need somebody to ma

BOSTON – The Orioles got loud in the first inning tonight against a soft-tossing left-hander who gave up nothing against them in an earlier game. Rich Hill was down a couple runs just three batters into his start. The outs also made noise. There was no hangover for the Orioles after the previous day’s lopsided defeat. Hangovers and loud noises don’

NEW YORK – Watching Kyle Finnegan labor through the top of the eighth Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park, Davey Martinez felt like something didn’t look right with the Nats reliever. The results certainly weren’t up to Finnegan’s standards: He retired only one of the five batters he faced, allowing three singles and a double, letting two Rockies ru