It promises to be another eventful day and evening at Nationals Park, and it’s not just about the game. The Nats are set to formally sign and introduce No. 1 draft pick Eli Willits this afternoon. You can watch the press conference live on MASN at 3:15 p.m. Interim general manager Mike DeBartolo is also scheduled to meet with reporters for the seco

TAMPA - The Orioles signed another first-day draft pick today, Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy, the 31st-overall selection. Aloy receives the full slot value of $3,042,800, as reported by MLB.com’s Jim Callis. The club already inked catchers Ike Irish and Caden Bodine, the 19th and 30th selections. The deadline for signings is July 28 at 5 p.m. Aloy

The Orioles today signed shortstop WEHIWA ALOY, the No. 31 overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft. Aloy, the Wailuku, Hawaii native and University of Arkansas product is the third of 24 Orioles draft picks to agree to terms, along with catchers IKE IRISH (No. 19 overall) and CADEN BODINE (No. 30 overall). The deadline for MLB teams to sig

Not that there was much reason to worry, but the Nationals will be officially signing their No. 1 draft pick less than one week after selecting him. Eli Willits, the 17-year-old shortstop from Oklahoma who became the first player in the country drafted Sunday night, will be at Nationals Park today to formally sign his first professional contract, t

TAMPA – Coby Mayo remembers the conversation he had last year with outfielder Kyle Stowers and the question posed to his friend. “I asked him, ‘Would you rather be in the big leagues and not playing much or be down in Triple-A and playing every day,” Mayo recalled, “and he’s like, ‘I think being in the big leagues is very valuable, even if you’re n

TAMPA – Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino gathered his players today for a post-break meeting, a “good talk” with details that he wanted to keep private. “I’m not gonna tell you the message, but it was multiple things,” he said this afternoon during his media scrum inside the visiting dugout at steamy George M. Steinbrenner Field. “Just a lot

The idea is to play a more fundamental brand of baseball the rest of the season, Miguel Cairo explained this afternoon. The Nationals’ interim manager then watched as the Padres showed them the proper way to do that while watching his own team come up woefully short on multiple occasions. Despite getting a jolt from CJ Abrams’ game-tying homer in t

TAMPA – The chances of Grayson Rodriguez facing batters in 2025 just took another hit. Rodriguez is shut down again for an indefinite period due to the same elbow soreness that kept him from pitching in spring training after a March 5 game against the Twins in Fort Myers. The injury report lists Rodriguez with right elbow inflammation but he initia

For four months, Derek Law tried to get his arm ready to pitch in the major leagues, hoping the setbacks he experienced along the way could finally be overcome. Until the veteran Nationals reliever was told last week he has a partial tear of the flexor tendon in his right elbow, at which point hope turned to acceptance. Law will undergo surgery soo

Before the Nationals broke for the All-Star break, they made a small adjustment to their starting rotation that left a lingering question mark heading into the second half. And before their second-half opener against the Padres, interim manager Miguel Cairo provided an answer. Brad Lord will be stretched out as a starter again to fill the fifth spo