On Friday at Camden Yards, Bryan Baker was bringing the heat and the emotion

Oftentimes judging a reliever’s performance off his ERA, especially in a small sample, is not a solid path to take in evaluating that pitcher. Take O’s right-hander Bryan Baker. His ERA is 5.79 in four games to start the new season. But his batting average against is .200 and opponent batters have an OPS of just .544 versus Baker.  On Opening Day i
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Updates on McCann, Mateo and Rodriguez, and tonight's lineups

Orioles catcher James McCann is nearing a return to the active roster. Perhaps as early as Sunday. McCann began his injury rehab assignment last night at High-A Aberdeen and singled twice as the designated hitter. He’s going to catch tonight and the Orioles want him to work around seven innings before determining his status. “Kind of take it day-to
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Through first two starts, Gore pitching like Nats' stopper

DENVER – Far be it for anyone to anoint this kind of title upon anyone this early in the season, let alone a 24-year-old who has made only two starts for the organization since his acquisition last summer. But if we want to consider this literally, there’s really no question about it: MacKenzie Gore has been the Nationals’ stopper. The team has won
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O's get Opening Day win and the Baltimore offense is humming through seven games

Opening Day in Baltimore could not have gone too much better. A sellout crowd of 45,017 got to see the Orioles beat the New York Yankees in comeback fashion. They let a 4-0 lead getaway, but overcame a 5-4 deficit to win 7-6 and improve to 4-3. For already the third time this year, they have moved one game over .500. The Orioles, after winning 83 g
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Leftovers for breakfast

The Orioles had 10 stolen bases in the first two games of the season, and manager Brandon Hyde joked about all the records they could break at such an unrealistic pace. They swiped one in the next four games. Somewhere in between the flurry and the freeze is probably a more reasonable expectation. The 11 steals before yesterday’s home opener ranked
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Bats come alive in support of Gore to end losing streak (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
DENVER – The runs would come, the Nationals insisted. As would the power, so long as they continued to have good at-bats. They just needed to start hitting the ball in the air and hitting the ball with authority in the right moments. And then Alex Call and Jeimer Candelario backed up the sentiment with back-to-back homers to open tonight’s game at
Call is latest to get call as leadoff hitter
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
DENVER – In this, their eighth game of the season, the Nationals will use their third different leadoff hitter. Alex Call gets the call tonight against the Rockies, batting first after Lane Thomas (five games) and Luis García (two games) previously handled the responsibility. Why Call, particularly against José Ureña, a right-handed starter? His
Orioles open home part of schedule with 7-6 win (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Pitcher Cole Irvin was the first, followed by infielder Terrin Vavra. Players jogging down the orange carpet, a Baltimore tradition for the home opener. No one suffering the embarrassment of tripping over it.   The Orioles hoped to have the same solid footing in their game against the Yankees. The crowd erupted for Grayson Rodriguez, and later for
Game 8 lineups: Nats at Rockies
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
DENVER – The Nationals have won one game so far through the first week of the 2023 season. That one win came with MacKenzie Gore on the mound. So even though there hasn’t been a lot to get excited about since Opening Day, the presence of the young lefty on the mound should be enough to get excited about tonight’s game at Coors Field. Gore was outst
O's game blog: Opening Day in Baltimore against the New York Yankees
Steve Melewski
Orioles
After playing series in Boston and Texas, the Orioles will finally reunite with their home fans today for Opening Day in Baltimore. The Orioles (3-3) host the New York Yankees (4-2) to start a three-game series and seven-game homestand. The Orioles have gone 45-24 in home openers in club history, including 21-10 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The
Brandon Hyde looks on home close
Hyde: “People are excited to watch us play"
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The impact of home Opening Day in Baltimore and the renewed enthusiasm for the club really hit catcher Adley Rutschman as he was driving. Passengers in the car next to him wore his No. 35 jersey and began waving to him. “Got me excited,” he said. “I’m ready to go today. I think everyone’s excited.” Rutschman paused, turned in a circle and soaked up
Feeling renewed fan excitement, the players look forward to the orange carpet today
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Among the first challenge of the day for the Orioles, even before they try to beat the New York Yankees, is to navigate that long run down the orange carpet. Every year O’s players joke about not tripping on that jog in. But in reality, it’s just a very special moment for each and every player. They bask in the cheers of over 40,000 fans and soak i
Bradish update, Rodriguez's first home opener, and today's Orioles lineup
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Kyle Bradish is playing catch today to test a right foot and ankle that he said is showing “a lot of improvement.” Bradish was nailed by a Jonah Heim line drive in the second inning of Monday night’s game in Texas. He’s on the 15-day injured list with a contusion on his foot after X-rays and further testing didn’t reveal a fracture. “I have no doub
Nationals' run game going in reverse early in season
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
DENVER – Well aware of their offensive deficiencies entering the season, the Nationals insisted they were going to find other ways to assist in the production of scoring runs. They were going to need to do a better job of moving runners once they got on base. They were going to need to be able to bring them home from third base with fewer than two
Cedric Mullins on improved hitting vs. lefty pitching, plus a big night on the farm
Steve Melewski
Orioles
When it comes to facing left-handed pitchers, O’s center fielder Cedric Mullins, no longer a switch-hitter, has had success in the past batting left-on-left. But the hits were not coming to him very often against lefty pitchers last year, when he hit .209/.265/.313/.578 against left-handers. That was very different from his solid numbers of 2021, w
       
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