Turns out Paul Toboni didn’t want to wait until he arrived in Orlando to make his first significant transaction running the Nationals. The new president of baseball operations got an offer he liked from the Mariners on Saturday and finalized a trade that sends Jose A. Ferrer to Seattle in exchange for top catching prospect Harry Ford and young pitc

It’s easy for offseason waiver claims to slip through the cracks.  Thaddeus Ward and René Pinto, claimed on the same day last November, didn’t end up seeing any major league playing time in 2025. Sam Hilliard, a claim in 2024, didn’t make an impact, either.  Once in a while, though, an offseason waiver claim ends up contributing.  Cole Sulser, clai

Flights will be landing at the Orlando airport all day and night as baseball executives, managers, scouts, agents, media and other personnel descend upon the Signia by Hilton Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria for baseball’s annual Winter Meetings. Be prepared to see the hotel referenced by multiple names. It’s already caused some confusion because i

The Washington Nationals acquired consensus top-100 prospect catcher Harry Ford and right-handed pitcher Isaac Lyon from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for left-handed pitcher José A. Ferrer on Saturday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni made the announcement. Ford, 22, is currently the No. 42 prospect in Major League Basebal

The first big domino to fall for the Nationals this offseason did so before next week’s Winter Meetings even officially started. New president of baseball operations Paul Toboni didn’t wait to meet with other general managers face-to-face in Orlando to pull off his first trade as the new head of Washington’s organization. Toboni decided to part way

Yesterday, the Orioles made the following roster moves: Claimed OF Will Robertson off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Claimed C Drew Romo off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.Designated 1B/OF Ryan Noda for assignment. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.

The Winter Meetings begin Sunday evening in Orlando, and that means a whole lot of news and rumors and major transactions to kick off the meat of the offseason. Sometimes. But not most of the time. Though the Winter Meetings do usually include a healthy dose of news, the event is never guaranteed to deliver the kind of blockbusters most fans and re

Though there isn’t necessarily any intent, the Orioles are trending toward hiring full-time managers with catching backgrounds. That’s two in a row. Brandon Hyde was a catcher at Long Beach State and in the White Sox’s system. Craig Albernaz developed a reputation as a plus defender with a cannon arm behind the plate at Eckerd College and in nine m

Whether you agreed with the decision to trade Juan Soto way back in 2022 or not, you understood the selling point of the move from the Nationals’ perspective. Yes, they had just dealt away a generational, homegrown, championship-winning player at 23. But in return they got five of the Padres’ top prospects, perhaps the most impressive trade haul in

Craig Albernaz is almost done reaching out to his players, one of the important tasks for any new manager. He’s going through the phone numbers, introducing himself and starting the bonding process that will carry over to spring training in a few months. He doesn't want to be a total stranger to them on the report dates.  “I’m almost at the finish