Starting lineups: Nats vs. Astros in West Palm Beach
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – We are down to the final 48 hours of spring training. And we are now five days away from the season opener. Which means tonight’s exhibition lineup against the Astros has a distinct Opening Day feel to it. All of the regulars are in and will play most of the game. The only tweak is that Joey Meneses is again playing left fie
Urías in Orioles' lineup tonight in Bradenton
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles play their last spring road game tonight, with Tyler Wells starting against the Pirates in Bradenton and Ramón Urías hoping to stay in the lineup after twice being scratched with a bruised right thumb. Urías is starting at second base and batting second behind third baseman Terrin Vavra. “I feel like I’m good to go,” he
Kyle Gibson gets the first start, plus another No. 1 farm ranking
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Orioles right-hander Kyle Gibson has been named the club’s Opening Day starter and will take the mound next Thursday afternoon at Boston’s Fenway Park. Gibson emerged as a potential favorite to get that call about midway through camp and continued to pitch well in spring games, and the first game now officially goes to him. He has said the first st
Nats taking final bullpen decisions down to the wire
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – If the Nationals were choosing the final four pitchers to make their Opening Day bullpen based strictly on spring training stats, the decision would be fairly simple. Andres Machado (zero runs, zero walks in four innings), Hobie Harris (one run, three hits in nine innings), Paolo Espino (one run in eight innings), Thaddeus W
Cordero, Lester and O'Hearn keep the competition cranked
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Anthony Santander received his second exhibition start at first base last night. With the club undecided on a primary backup, it makes sense to check whether he can be trusted to do more than field ground balls in pregame drills. Santander has shown that he’s comfortable, running down a foul popup last night and handling every thro
Kuhl solid in final spring start, waits for what's next
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Chad Kuhl handed the ball to Davey Martinez with one out in the sixth tonight at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. The right-hander had just surrendered a leadoff homer and then recorded a flyball out to end his outing at 92 pitches, a solid-if-unspectacular outing against a good Cardinals lineup in the final week of spring
Gibson gets through fifth after cutting thumb and allowing pair of three-run homers (O's win 7-6)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Maybe Kyle Gibson got his bad game out of the way before Opening Day rather than on it. Named the March 30 starter this morning, Gibson surrendered a pair of three-run homers by the second inning and faced 14 batters. He was removed with two outs in the first and his pitch count at 36, re-entered and worked through the fifth. Certa
Corbin gets ball for second straight Opening Day start
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – What had become clear in recent weeks became official today: Patrick Corbin will start Opening Day for the Nationals. It’s not exactly an inspired choice, considering the left-hander’s immense struggles the last three years. But under the circumstances, the team felt it was the right choice, taking pressure off younger start
Kremer named No. 2 starter (Urías scratched again from lineup)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. – Dean Kremer will break camp next week as the No. 2 starter in the Orioles rotation, giving him the April 1 assignment in Boston. Manager Brandon Hyde provided the information this afternoon but wasn’t ready to go further down the line. A few crumbs for the hungry media. Kremer is starting Monday’s final exhibition game against the
Ted Lerner to enter Ring of Honor, plus what's new at Nats Park
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
Today was another step toward Opening Day with the annual What’s New at Nationals Park media tour. Members of the local media gathered on yet another rainy day on South Capitol Street to see all the new features around the stadium and taste the new food and beverages available for the coming 2023 season. Before we got to the fun stuff around the fa