The Nationals want to be better in 2025. Better enough to contend in the National League East. Which means, first and foremost, they’re going to have to play better against the NL East. It probably won’t surprise you to learn the Nats haven’t finished with a winning record against division opponents since 2019, which just so happens to be the last
The Orioles don’t have much of a presence in this week’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards. Tonight is their one chance at a winner. Colton Cowser is a finalist for American League Rookie of the Year with Yankees pitcher Luis Gil and catcher Austin Wells. The BBWAA doesn’t provide odds, which would give away the result and kill the dr
The hurricane damage to the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg will send the Tampa Bay Rays to a new home for the 2025 season. When Hurricane Milton tore through Florida on Oct. 9, the storm's winds destroyed a large portion of Tropicana Field's fiberglass roof. The Rays will play their home games for next season at Steinbrenner Field in Ta
It’s awards season around baseball as the offseason continues. Major League Baseball handed out several individual awards and named the All-MLB teams on Thursday. And the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced the finalists for its major awards this past week, with the winners to be announced over the next four days. Unsurprisingly, the
Without notes in front of him or knowledge of which questions he’d field Friday afternoon during his 27-minute video call with the local media, Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias performed a mental checklist of rehabbing players and their progress. Colton Cowser is fine after his October surgery to repair a fractured left h
The Orioles today announced their 2024 Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a variety of ticket offers, gift cards, merchandise, and Birdland Memberships, ensuring there is something to make every O’s fan happy this holiday season. Fans can get a head start on their holiday shopping during the Orioles Team Store Black Friday Sale on Friday, November 29,
For some pro baseball players, a long, long season will end tonight in the Arizona Fall League championship game. O’s top 30 prospect Creed Willems is one of that group. Spring training was a long time ago and so was his Opening Day with High-A Aberdeen April 5. It was a year where he missed several weeks mid-summer with a left hamstring injury. Bu
The Arizona Fall League season wraps up tonight with the annual championship game, and members of the Nationals organization will be participating. Thanks to a 13-4 victory over the Scottsdale Scorpions in Friday night’s semifinal, the Salt River Rafters earned the right to face the Surprise Saguaros in tonight’s championship in the desert. The Raf
The big news yesterday wasn’t a free-agent signing or trade. It wasn’t impactful to the 40-man roster. Maybe later. Moving in and lowering the left field wall makes it easier to recruit right-handed hitters who otherwise might grew frustrated by fly balls dying on the track. The Oriole bird logo should be replaced by Ryan Mountcastle tilting back h
The Orioles went a little too far in pushing back their left field wall, prompting some changes in the other direction for the 2025 season. Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias announced today in a video call that the baseball operations department after careful deliberation has “decided to pursue modifications to the dimensions in l