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Marty Niland: Solid anchor Scherzer has been worth every penny

Marty Niland: Solid anchor Scherzer has been worth every penny
Lots of people thought the Nationals already had the best starting pitching in the major leagues before Jan. 21, when Max Scherzer joined the team with a seven-year, $120 million free agent deal. Some might even have thought it was a superfluous move by the Nats, an investment that might have been better made in another big bat or re-signing one of the key players whose contacts are set to expire after the 2015 season. But six weeks into the 2015 season, there's little doubt that the 2013...
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Matthew Taylor: Taking aim at Eutaw Street

Matthew Taylor: Taking aim at Eutaw Street
I have long home runs on the mind. First, there was the anniversary last Friday of Frank Robinson becoming the only batter to hit a ball out of Memorial Stadium. Then the Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton put a ball out of Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. Let's talk longball in this week's guest blog. The longest Orioles home run so far this season belongs to ... Jonathan Schoop. Schoop's 432-foot home run on April 10 against the Blue Jays tops Chris Davis' 423-foot shot to center field on April...
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Patrick Reddington: Memories of Expos come full circle at Nationals Park

Patrick Reddington: Memories of Expos come full circle at Nationals Park
I grew up a Montreal Expos fan. It was a completely different experience following a team from a city outside of your own at that point. No MLB.tv. No MLB Extra Innings or MLB Network. Just newspaper reports the next day, box scores and a few games a year when they played in or against New York. Living in New Jersey, surrounded by Phillies fans on one side, and Yankees and Mets fans on the another, with no team to call our own, there was no way I was cheering for any teams from Philadelphia or...
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Zach Wilt: What a difference 24 hours makes in defensive perception

Zach Wilt: What a difference 24 hours makes in defensive perception
Baseball has a funny way of balancing things out over the course of 162 games. The thing I've learned in my years of watching is that a team is never as good as it looks during a lengthy winning streak and never as bad as it looks during a losing skid. It's easy to think that your team is going to win 100 games when they're going good or lose 100 when they've dropped a few in a row. Both extremes are incredibly rare. The Orioles have been one of the best defensive teams over the past few...
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David Huzzard: Overlooked and underappreciated

David Huzzard: Overlooked and underappreciated
By many metrics, the Nationals' starting staff is the best in the majors, the offense is scoring 4.77 runs a game and if one wants to find a weakness with this team, one might point to the bullpen. The Nationals bullpen isn't statistically bad by ERA, FIP or fWAR, but it has blown the third-most saves in the majors and has blinked first in several tie games. The Nats have struggled to find a replacement for Tyler Clippard with Casey Janssen on the disabled list, and don't even ask what...
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Domenic Vadala: ReOpening Day recalls memories of Fantastic Fans Night

Domenic Vadala: ReOpening Day recalls memories of Fantastic Fans Night
Perhaps I'm a bit biased, but Baltimore has always had the best fans - always. Some might point to the empty seats at Camden Yards in losing years as evidence against that, but work with me. On Monday, we witnessed what was termed "ReOpening Day" in the wake of the civil unrest just a couple of weeks ago. And speaking for myself, it brought back a great memory from my childhood. For those who are too young to remember, the 1988 Orioles started 0-21. Believe me, as a 7-year old who was...
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Matt of Matt's Bats: For Harper, maybe the best is yet to come

Matt of Matt's Bats: For Harper, maybe the best is yet to come
"He swings and hits a long drive to deep right-center! Going back is the center fielder! See you later! Another homer for Bryce Harper! This one wins the game!" That's how Saturday's game ended: Nationals 8, Braves 6, on a walk-off home run by Bryce Harper. He killed a Cody Martin offering to right-center to end the game. Harper has hit more than just a few home runs this past week. The Miami Marlins came to town, and Wednesday it was boom, boom, boom. Three home runs in one game. After an...
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Matt Kremnitzer: What should we know about Jimmy Paredes?

Matt Kremnitzer: What should we know about Jimmy Paredes?
Jimmy Paredes has never been nearly this good at the major league level. Right now, he has a batting line of .363/.386/.675 (193 wRC+) in 83 plate appearances. He's never received more than 179 plate appearances in any single season, and he has a career batting line of .259/.294/.383 (85 wRC+). But that hasn't mattered, as he's been a vital cog in the Orioles' offensive attack this season. In mid-February 2014, the Orioles selected Paredes off of waivers from the Miami Marlins. A couple of...
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Andrew Stetka: It's still too early to panic

Andrew Stetka: It's still too early to panic
Every Orioles fan is feeling a little down today. The team seems to be in a rut, a funk, some kind of a ditch that is causing wheels to spin while the car stays put. It looks grim after five losses in six games, especially since it followed five wins in six games. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, though. The especially relieving part is that the Orioles are still at the very start of the tunnel, and it isn't caving in on them in the slightest. Last place doesn't look good on...
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Patrick Reddington: On arm slots, velocity and innings progressions

Patrick Reddington: On arm slots, velocity and innings progressions
Manager Matt Williams was asked last month for his opinion, as a former major league slugger, on what makes Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer so difficult a pitcher to face "He's low three-quarters (arm slot)," Williams explained, "so for the righty, it's a little bit crossfire. It's the ability to pitch at 92 (mph) and reach back for 96 when he needs it. So that difference between 92 and 96 is pretty good. The ability to change speeds with his fastball is important, not just breaking...
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Matthew Taylor: Going deep to find members of exclusive Orioles club

Matthew Taylor: Going deep to find members of exclusive Orioles club
Minnesota Twins rookie Eddie Rosario homered on the first big league pitch he ever saw on Wednesday. Rosario became the 29th player to knock the first pitch of his first at-bat out of the park. No Orioles player has ever homered on the first pitch they ever saw; however, two O's players homered in their first at-bat. Meanwhile, one former Orioles pitcher homered on the first pitch of his first career at-bat after he departed Baltimore. Let's talk about Buster Narum, Lou Montanez, and Esteban...
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Zach Wilt: What are the Orioles missing?

Zach Wilt: What are the Orioles missing?
What are the Orioles missing? A veteran outfielder, a big-time slugger and a shutdown reliever. That's what the Orioles lost during the offseason to the free agent market. After nine seasons in black and orange, Nick Markakis signed on with the Atlanta Braves. Nelson Cruz, who was arguably the best free agent signing last offseason, cashed in on his 40-homer season with a $57 million contract out west in Seattle. Andrew Miller headed north to put on the pinstripes for the division rival New...
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David Huzzard: Bryce Harper and putting the ball in play

David Huzzard: Bryce Harper and putting the ball in play
If you've made it this far through the Internet. I'm certain that you're tired of reading about Bryce Harper's big day, but it isn't every day that a 22-year-old four-year major league veteran hits three home runs in one game. I'm also not going to write about that. I'm going to write about something far less interesting. History is exciting and when it happens for your team it can be fun to read about or write about, but you know the saying a picture is worth a thousand words? Well a...
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Rachel Levitin: Solis a welcome addition to improving bullpen

Rachel Levitin: Solis a welcome addition to improving bullpen
Tuesday night was a tough one for Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals. He did his best to try and push through the night against the Miami Marlins but, three innings in, that was it for the night. Strasburg's right shoulder blade discomfort caused the early exit, but created an opportunity for left-landed reliever Sammy Solis, a recent call-up. The southpaw has pitched five scoreless innings in two major league appearances since being called up and manager Matt Williams was impressed by how...
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Domenic Vadala: Dealing with injuries and their aftermath

Domenic Vadala: Dealing with injuries and their aftermath
Every Major League Baseball season is different, and there are no ifs, ands, or buts about that. However, I would submit that if there's one thing that has kind of marred the first month of this year, it's been injuries. This is true regarding the Orioles, and it's true of other teams. If anything, the Orioles are probably luckier than most teams in that J.J. Hardy and Ryan Flaherty are currently doing rehab assignments, where some teams are starting to get bitten by the bug now. As we've...
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Matt of Matt's Bats: May will be a good test for the Nationals

Matt of Matt's Bats: May will be a good test for the Nationals
Thankfully, April is over. Now that it's May, the Nationals are winning. Winning is what Nats fans expected; it just has not been how we planned it. After a full month, the Nats sit just below .500 at 13-14. The Nats looked like they were going to end April on a losing streak. On April 27, they were on a six-game skid. However, to end the month, they turned up the gas and won three in a row against the Braves and Mets. Between Tuesday and Thursday, the bats heated up to produce 34 runs in...
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Matt Kremnitzer: Miguel Gonzalez is at it again

Matt Kremnitzer: Miguel Gonzalez is at it again
Orioles pitching has been better lately, and Miguel Gonzalez's solid performance on Saturday (7 2/3 scoreless innings of four-hit ball with a walk and six strikeouts) played a part in the turnaround. It's been easy to routinely overlook Gonzalez, who always seems to be mentioned as a bullpen option instead of a lock for the rotation. I'm certainly guilty of that. But after five starts of posting a 2.59 ERA and a 3.89 FIP this season, Gonzalez is again chugging along and doing what it takes...
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Marty Niland: Pitchers take over as Nats find footing

Marty Niland: Pitchers take over as Nats find footing
This is the Nationals pitching staff we've been waiting to see. Since coming back from 9-1 and 10-2 deficits to beat the Braves 13-12 last Tuesday in a game that may well be remembered as the defining moment of the 2015 season, the Nats have won four of five games behind starting pitching that has been just about lights out. In this latest turn through the rotation, Jordan Zimmermann, Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer, Gio Gonzalez and Doug Fister have gone 4-1 with a cumulative 1.65 ERA. They...
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Andrew Stetka: Paredes' place on the roster

Andrew Stetka: Paredes' place on the roster
Baseball rosters fascinate me - the way they are constructed, they way certain players must pass through waivers or be optioned to the minor leagues. It's all a messy and complicated puzzle. Now that we are through the first month of the season, the most intriguing part to the Orioles puzzle is Jimmy Paredes. I wonder every day how that puzzle piece fits into the bigger picture long term. The biggest problem with Paredes going forward is the fact that he doesn't really have a position. He's...
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Patrick Reddington: Riding the roller coaster with Ian Desmond

Patrick Reddington: Riding the roller coaster with Ian Desmond
Nationals manager Matt Williams talked at the start of spring training about wanting to help shortstop Ian Desmond stay focused on the day-to-day this season instead of thinking big picture as Desmond began what could be his final season with the organization that drafted and developed him. Though there were rumors of a potential trade this winter as Desmond entered his walk year, Williams said he wanted to help Desmond get past all that. "I want to free his mind," Williams told reporters....
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