Information Regarding MASN App and Live Streaming
Information Regarding MASN App and Live Streaming
MASN Staff
Orioles
Starting on April 1, 2021, MASN will be providing live streams of both MASN and MASN2 on MASNsports.com. In order to be able to watch the live streams online, fans will need to be subscribed to a participating cable system that already includes MASN in their package. In the next few days, MASN will also be launching an app that will be available for download from Apple's App store, Google Play, and Roku. This app will enable fans who already get MASN at home to now watch Orioles and...
Mr. National: Zimmerman closing in on more franchise records
Mr. National: Zimmerman closing in on more franchise records
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
In a time when there is still so much uncertainty in the world, there are some things we do know for a fact as it relates to the 2021 baseball season. Spring training started on time and was completed without any serious hiccups. The Nationals will start their 2021 campaign eventually, even after a player returned a positive COVID-19 test yesterday and opening day against the Mets was postponed. There is no universal designated hitter and the regular 10-team postseason is back, while the...
A look at the opening day pitchers and more
A look at the opening day pitchers and more
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Can a pitcher that had a stunning finish to one season carry that over to the next? Can two pitchers do it? If they can, then Orioles lefty John Means and Boston right-hander Nathan Eovaldi may have strong starts in today's season opener. Means (2-4, 4.53 in 2020) and Eovaldi (4-2, 3.72 in 2020) will start on opening day at Fenway Park at 2:10 p.m. The Orioles will begin their 68th season. They are 43-24 all-time on opening day, winning eight of the last 10, nine of 12 and 15 of the previous...
Scherzer, Nats still not talking contract ahead of opening day
Scherzer, Nats still not talking contract ahead of opening day
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
Opening day brings the hope of a new baseball season. Not even a positive COVID-19 test can change that. "We're gonna play tomorrow night," confirmed general manager Mike Rizzo on a Zoom call with reporters Wednesday afternoon after announcing the unfortunate, but not devastating, news. What opening day does not bring, however, is any clarity on Max Scherzer's future contract situation with the Nationals. After the conversation switched to more baseball-related topics, Rizzo was asked if he...
At least five players will miss opener after one tests positive
At least five players will miss opener after one tests positive
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
The Nationals will be without at least five players and one staff member for Thursday night's season opener after learning early this morning one of the players tested positive for COVID-19, general manager Mike Rizzo announced today. After making it through six full weeks of spring training with zero positive tests in the organization, the Nationals had every reason to be confident as they headed north to begin the season. But in the round of testing that took place Monday morning before...
Injuries weren't biggest hurdle cleared by Orioles in spring training
Injuries weren't biggest hurdle cleared by Orioles in spring training
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles couldn't dodge injuries in spring camp. How many teams make it through six weeks without a tweak, twinge or other trauma? Chris Davis with his back. DJ Stewart with his hamstring. Félix Hernández with his elbow. Rio Ruiz with his illness. Hunter Harvey, Anthony Santander and Alexander Wells with their obliques. Davis and Harvey are on the 60-day injured list, the latter a bigger loss, of course, because he was supposed to be a high-leverage reliever and possible closer. And...
Lakins excluded from Orioles' opening day roster (updated)
Lakins excluded from Orioles' opening day roster (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles will reveal their 2021 opening day roster Thursday morning, but the final strokes are applied now to provide a full picture. There's just one more to go. Third baseman Maikel Franco and outfielder Anthony Santander will be on the roster and avoid a trip to the alternate camp site. Santander won't have any restrictions after missing the last six exhibition games with oblique soreness. Relievers Dillon Tate and Cole Sulser also are traveling to Boston after today's workout, but...
Nationals out to prove 2020 was an aberration
Nationals out to prove 2020 was an aberration
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
The Nationals went 93-69 in 2019 and won the World Series, then returned in 2020 to go 24-36 and finish tied for last place in the National League East. There are two lines of thought when trying to analyze what happened last season. Either this was the start of an inevitable downward trend for an organization that spent so long climbing the mountain to finally reach the ultimate peak, or it was a complete and utter aberration because of the unprecedented circumstances of the pandemic-shortened...
Taking a closer look at final roster decisions and camp standouts
Taking a closer look at final roster decisions and camp standouts
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Now, it's back to work for the Orioles. A league-mandated off-day is followed this morning by a workout at Sarasota and flight to Boston for Thursday's opener at Fenway Park. Some pitchers will throw. Some hitters will hit. Anthony Santander apparently won't have to convince the Orioles that his oblique is fine and his status on the active roster is unaffected. He's taken more swings this week, getting dozens of at-bats, and is definitely on the opening day roster. Could an outsider crash...
O's to open year with one of the youngest rotations in AL
O's to open year with one of the youngest rotations in AL
Steve Melewski
Orioles
In looking at the roster resource section of the FanGraphs.com website, we can note a few things about the start of the 2021 regular season. For one, the Orioles will have the youngest starting rotation in the American League East and the fourth-youngest in the AL. With the understanding that this is a good resource for roster information and usually very accurate, yes, there could be a pitcher or two not listed where they should be. But they got all five in the Baltimore rotation correct. The...