Teammates offer encouragement and advice as Holliday adapts to majors

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde just wanted Jackson Holliday to breathe. What sounds simple and natural is a lot more challenging in a suffocating environment. Holliday played in his first three major league games and didn’t get a hit in 11 at-bats. Seven of them ended with a strikeout. Fans of opposing teams celebrated it on social media. They chante
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O’s Mike Elias on Holliday’s early struggles, Hays, Means and more

Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias seems unconcerned that top prospect Jackson Holliday is still looking for his first big league hit after his first three games. Baseball’s No. 1 ranked prospect is 0-for-11 with seven strikeouts after going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts Friday night. Holliday did not start today agains
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Orioles allow 11 runs again in latest loss to Brewers (plus notes)

It’s nothing personal. DL Hall was a popular teammate inside the Orioles clubhouse. His friends hated to see him traded, though the return softened the blow. But he came back to Baltimore wearing a different uniform and with the intent to beat them. Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Westburg hit home runs in the first inning. The pleasantries were over.

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Gore finds peak form with 11 strikeouts in Nats' win over A's

OAKLAND, Calif. – It’s days like this, performances like this, that make you realize why the Nationals were so high on MacKenzie Gore all along. The Nats have had promising young left-handers over the years. They’ve had guys with good fastballs. They’ve had pitchers determined to be the best. But they’ve never had all of that wrapped into one packa
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Ramírez activated and Heasley optioned (plus lineup)

The Orioles have activated reliever Yohan Ramírez, acquired from the Mets this week for cash considerations, and optioned Jonathan Heasley to Triple-A Norfolk. These moves were anticipated last night. Heasley allowed six runs in two innings in an 11-1 loss. Manager Brandon Hyde said during his afternoon media session that Ramírez would be arriving

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Game 14 lineups: Nats at Athletics
Mark Zuckerman
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Things you don’t expect to see when you come to California: a tarp covering the infield. Yes, it’s raining here today, and it’s supposed to rain on and off all day. We can only hope it doesn’t prevent the Nationals and Athletics from playing as scheduled, or at least with minimal delay. Because the idea of a Sunday doubleheader, w
Colton Cowser's bat stays hot and Joey Ortiz on his return to Baltimore
Steve Melewski
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Different venue, same hot bat for Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser. On a night when the Orioles lost 11-1 to the Brewers, the rookie with the sweet lefty swing produced more offense for the Orioles. Cowser is taking a one-day-at-a-time approach to put up big numbers so far this year. “Looking forward to every day, having a fresh start, whether the
Prospects down below remain on hold while Hyde figures out nightly lineups
Roch Kubatko
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The question inevitably comes in casual conversations or radio and television interviews.  And the phrase “pleasant problem” is the chaser. The constant change in Orioles lineups, with players rotating in the field as if waiting for the music to stop and plopping down, is becoming a less familiar sight. We haven’t gone back to the ‘70s. They want w
Winker ties it in 9th, but Nats ultimately fall to A's in 10th (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
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OAKLAND, Calif. – As the Nationals looked up at the massive scoreboards at Oakland Coliseum, they saw the number one listed in the Athletics’ hit column most of the night. It would be changed to a two late in the evening, but that’s not exactly a big number, either. And yet here the Nats were, coming up to bat in the top of the ninth, trailing the
Holliday's first home game doesn't bring hit or Orioles win (updated)
Roch Kubatko
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There will be a day when Jackson Holliday walks into a clubhouse and goes to his locker, turns back around and is ignored. No recorders or cameras. No media forming the shape of a basketball three-point arc. He will be a major league player arriving for work. Perhaps getting a bite to eat, since he dresses next to the entrance to the kitchen. Perha
Willingham called up from Triple-A; Ruiz still sick; Garrett ready for rehab
Mark Zuckerman
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OAKLAND, Calif. – The revolving door that is the 26th man on the Nationals roster stopped on a new name today: Amos Willingham. The club wanted to carry an extra reliever for this weekend’s series against the Athletics, so Willingham got the call to replace catcher Drew Millas, who flew to San Francisco for one game Wednesday before getting sent ri
O's game blog: A new homestand begins as the O's host Milwaukee
Steve Melewski
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After a three-game series sweep at Boston, the Orioles (8-4) begin a two-team, six-game homestand tonight versus the Milwaukee Brewers (8-3). The Orioles begin play tonight 1.5 games behind New York for the AL East lead. Milwaukee and Pittsburgh are tied for first atop the NL Central, but the Brewers lead by percentage points. Milwaukee was rained
Game 13 lineups: Nats at Athletics
Mark Zuckerman
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OAKLAND, Calif. – For only the third time in club history, the Nationals are playing at the Oakland Coliseum. They were here in 2014. They were here again in 2017. And now they’re back in 2024. And sadly, this appears to be the last time they’ll be coming here, with the Athletics announcing plans to relocate to Sacramento for three seasons while th
Jackson Holliday talks about playing his first home game tonight
Steve Melewski
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Jackson Holliday has been at Camden Yards before, but not as a player in the starting lineup. Tonight the 20-year-old No. 1 ranked prospect in baseball will play his third MLB game and first in front of the hometown Baltimore fans. “It’s a pretty awesome place to be able to play,” he said this afternoon to a crowd of reporters, adding that he remem
DL Hall on his return: “Definitely a weird feeling but awesome"
Roch Kubatko
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DL Hall went through the usual, almost clichéd, struggle this afternoon to find the visiting clubhouse at Camden Yards. The strangeness never goes away for players changing teams and routines. The sense of direction is lost. Amusement follows in the retelling. “Definitely a little weird for sure,” he said after greeting members of the Baltimore med
       
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