Watkins replaces Wells on Orioles roster
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles placed Tyler Wells on the 15-day injured list today with right shoulder inflammation and recalled pitcher Spenser Watkins from Triple-A Norfolk. The move is retroactive to Tuesday and Wells is likely done for the 2022 season after making 23 starts. Wells missed about six weeks with an oblique injury, returning on Sept. 7. He made three
Orioles recall Spenser Watkins from Triple-A Norfolk
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled RHP Spenser Watkins from Triple-A Norfolk.Placed RHP Tyler Wells on the 15-day Injured List with right shoulder inflammation, retroactive to September 20.
Nationals Academy kicks off fall season of grassroots clinics
MASN Staff
Masn
The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy this month begins its fall season of YBA PLAY grassroots clinics, featuring Nike as the presenting sponsor. In its sixth full year of programming, YBA PLAY delivers fun and free instructional clinics to kids, ages 6 to 12 in underserved communities, giving them the chance to learn and love the game of
O's rookie Terrin Vavra gets his bat going again
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Orioles infielder/outfielder Terrin Vavra's bat has started to heat up again, just as it did when he first got to the majors and went 6-for-13, batting .462 to start to his big league career. Nothing to it, right? Of course, we know that is not true. And while Vavra looks solid and comfortable again at the plate, for about a month startin
Slow-working Finnegan isn't worried about pitch clock
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
Kyle Finnegan smiles when the subject comes up. He knows he’s one of the slowest-working pitchers in the majors. And he knows people assume that will become a major problem once he’s subject to a pitch clock next season. Here’s what the Nationals closer wants you to know about that: He spent two seasons in the minor leagues with a pitch clock enfor
Hays proud that pain didn't lead to prolonged absences
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Austin Hays won’t remember the 2022 season from a personal standpoint as one of his healthiest as a professional. He played through the pain. In his hand, wrist and oblique. But what’s important here is that he played. Hays appeared in his 132nd game Wednesday night, the most in his major league career. An achievement that didn’t draw much attentio
Bradish blanks Astros for 8 2/3 innings and Orioles win 2-0 (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Kyle Bradish must not be the sentimental type. Not on the nights that he’s pitching. The Orioles welcomed back Trey Mancini, who returned to Baltimore for the first time since his trade, but Bradish made himself the center of attention. He didn’t allow an Astros batter to reach base until Mauricio Dubón lined a first-pitch slider into left field wi
O's game blog: The Houston series opener
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Fresh off their 8-1 win Wednesday night over the Detroit Tigers, the Orioles host the Houston Astros tonight at Oriole Park. In late August, the O’s won two of three at Houston, in what may have been one of their most impressive series wins of the year. Houston (99-51) has already clinched the American League West and comes to Baltimore as a team o
Mancini returns to Camden Yards as a visiting player
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The newness struck Trey Mancini before he stepped inside Camden Yards. The bus ride to the ballpark. A different mode of transportation and route. And, of course, the walk to the visiting clubhouse with his Houston Astros teammates. Mancini described it as “wild,” and that was in a calm moment. “I didn’t really know where anything was in the locker
O's Cedric Mullins on again facing Verlander and the return of Trey
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles task tonight does not sound easy. Just beat a red-hot Houston team with potential AL Cy Young winner Justin Verlander (17-3, 1.78 ERA) on the mound. The Astros are 19-6 in Verlander’s starts this year and his ERA is 1.21 since June 24. Piece of cake, right? Houston is 99-51, best record in the AL and have won four in a row, 10 of 11 and