Friday morning Nats Q&A

The first official week of the offseason didn't include any acquisitions - it rarely does - but it did include some notable departures, as well as some other news. With four open spots now on the 40-man roster, the Nationals are positioned to add. The question, of course, is how prominent (read: expensive) those additions might end up being. It'll

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Potential O's free agent target: Teoscar Hernandez

It is the time of year where free agency in baseball takes center stage in the sport. Free agents can now sign with any club and it may not be long before some players do sign with new clubs. It can be an exciting time of the year for fans – they track which players will the O's pursue, which players can they actually add and which players will the
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Nationals announce 2025 home game times

The Washington Nationals today announced the first pitch times for the team’s 2025 home games. The team will open its 20th Anniversary Season at home with a three-game set against the division rival Philadelphia Phillies, beginning with a 4:05 p.m. Opening Day matchup on Thursday, March 27. It marks the second time the Nationals have hosted the Phi
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Orioles set Birdland Member Select-A-Seat event for Nov. 16

Coming off a season that produced the Orioles' biggest attendance increase in nine years, the club is holding an event soon to invite more fans to purchase tickets for games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The O’s will host a Birdland Member Select-A-Seat event on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the ballpark in downtown Baltimore. The eve
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For the Orioles, the window to win is open and should stay that way

Even in going 0-5 in the last two postseasons, one thing that must be of some comfort for Orioles fans moving forward is that their team should be good again. Both in 2025 and likely for years beyond that. The Orioles' window to win, as they call it, seems wide open and vast. The current group plus players that get added should make another run nex
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Would Nats have better chance of re-signing Soto if they never traded him?
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
In a free agent class loaded with big names, one name clearly stands above the rest. Juan Soto was always going to be the prize of the 2024-25 offseason, and the now-26-year-old star ultimately positioned himself as well as he possibly could to get whatever he wants, from wherever he wants it, this winter. Are the Nationals part of that conversatio
Taking another swing at possible spring training storylines
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Three months remain until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, followed by the position players. The dates are formalities because most of the Orioles get there early. I’ve written about some anticipated storylines, like how Heston Kjerstad and Coby Mayo fit on the roster, how Adley Rutschman will hit, anything Félix Bautista, rehab pro
The state of the organizational depth chart entering the offseason
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
There’s already been a good amount of roster turnover for the Nationals since season’s end, with multiple veterans becoming free agents and several other notable players dropped from the 40-man roster earlier this week. As the offseason gets underway, there are now four open slots on that 40-man roster, slots that could go to free agent acquisition
Looking at several free agent predictions for Santander and Burnes
Steve Melewski
Orioles
If we are to believe various free agent predictions, to re-sign pitcher Corbin Burnes, the Orioles are going to need to fork out around $200 million dollars, maybe more.  Five outlets – MLBTradeRumors.com, ESPN, FanGraphs.com, and two from The Athletic – all predict Burnes gets a seven-year contract. That would take him through his age 36 season. O
Quick Q&A with Connor Norby
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Connor Norby hasn’t studied the Marlins’ 2025 schedule, though he’s confident that his mother could recite it because she’s already planning her trips. He expects to be in Baltimore next summer, since the Orioles played in Miami this year. The home fields alternate. He’s right. The Orioles host the Marlins in a three-game series July 11-13 that lea
The O's pen from the left side without Danny Coulombe and a few other thoughts
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Yep, surprising news indeed. Of the five players the O’s held contract options on for the 2025 season, most would have guessed one they surely would bring back at $4 million for next year is lefty reliever Danny Coulombe.  He’s been a reliable high-leverage reliever for two years for this team. A 2.12 ERA in 2024 and an ERA of 2.56 and WHIP of 0.95
Meneses and Vargas helped make lean years more fun
Mark Zuckerman
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Ildemaro Vargas and Joey Meneses arrived in Washington one day apart from each other, Vargas getting the call up from Triple-A Rochester on Aug. 1, 2022, to replace the traded Ehire Adrianza and Meneses called up the following afternoon to replace the traded Juan Soto. Neither was a household name upon donning a Nationals uniform for the first time
Seeking answers to five Orioles questions
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
It’s another slow day for me. At least that’s what I’m told. Or “ordered” is more like it. (This would be funny if I didn’t survive the surgery but the story ran anyway. Now that’s a slow day.) Here are some topics and decisions hovering around the Orioles. You can do the heavy lifting today and tell me what’s going to happen. Apologies in advance
Nationals part ways with Meneses, Vargas, Ward and Rucker
Mark Zuckerman
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The Nationals made a flurry of transactions to clear up space on their 40-man roster this evening, parting ways with a couple of well-known veterans in the process. Joey Meneses and Ildemaro Vargas both cleared outright waivers and chose to become free agents rather than remain in the organization. The same was true of Triple-A right-hander Michael
O's pick up 2025 contract options on three players, but decline option for Danny Coulombe (updated twice)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles have picked up 2025 contract options on first baseman/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn, lefty reliever Cionel Pérez and righty reliever Seranthony Domínguez. But in a surprise move, they declined the $4 million 2025 contract option on lefty reliever Danny Coulombe. The club today also made the procedural move of reinstating pitchers Félix Bautis
       
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