SAN DIEGO – Tyler Wells would have traveled anywhere to finally pitch in a major league game again. The schedule didn’t matter. He waited 17 months. Just hand him the ball and get out of his way. But if Wells could concoct the ideal scenario, tonight’s comeback start against the Padres at Petco Park might be it. “You know,” he said, “getting to do

SAN DIEGO – The season moved into a new month today, the last before the Orioles can board flights home and begin to put it behind them. They will use it to give Kyle Bradish innings in preparation for a normal offseason and spring training. They will keep evaluating rookie Jeremiah Jackson and whether he can be a piece moving forward in a role tha

SAN DIEGO - Ryan O’Hearn has a locker set up on one side of the Padres' home clubhouse and Ramón Laureano dresses across the room. The distance between them can’t interfere with how close they are as teammates. O’Hearn and Laureano were packaged at the trade deadline for six minor league prospects headlined by left-hander Boston Bateman. They walke

SAN DIEGO - The Orioles will stay with three catchers until infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo is ready for reinstatement from the 60-day injured list. Maverick Handley was recalled earlier today from Triple-A Norfolk to join Samuel Basallo and Alex Jackson. Mateo is a possibility for this weekend in Baltimore. Colton Cowser and Ryan Mountcastle are

Forget about the notion five weeks ago Andrew Alvarez might somehow pitch five scoreless innings in the major leagues. The mere notion at that time that Alvarez might pitch in the major leagues at all sounded pretty ludicrous. The 26-year-old left-hander seemingly had stalled out at Triple-A Rochester, winless through his first 19 starts of the sea

SAN DIEGO – The Orioles expanded from 26 to 28 players this morning by reinstating reliever Albert Suárez from the 60-day injured list and recalling catcher Maverick Handley from Triple-A Norfolk. Tyler Wells will join the team to make Tuesday’s start against the Padres. Reliever Cody Poteet was outrighted and he elected free agency. Suárez made on

When it came time to select a pitcher to promote as their September call-up, the Nationals knew they needed Andrew Alvarez, who will make his major league debut this afternoon as MacKenzie Gore’s replacement in the rotation. When it came time to select a position player to fill the other slot on their expanded September roster, the Nats chose to go

Who do you want to send to the mound when you need someone to end a long losing streak? How about a guy making his major league debut? OK, so it’s perhaps a bit unfair for the Nationals to put that kind of pressure on Andrew Alvarez. The 26-year-old left-hander was a 12th-round pick in the 2021 draft, and he’s not among the organization’s top prosp

SAN FRANCISCO – Kyle Bradish had designed the perfect plan. A trip to Hawaii and a marriage proposal to girlfriend Mollie Mae. The hours they’d spend relaxing on the beach, the ideal escape from life as a low-minors pitcher, and in such a romantic setting. That is, until he saw a missed call from Angels farm director Mike LaCassa one day after slip

SAN FRANCISCO – The first batter that Tomoyuki Sugano faced today was denied a hit on Colton Cowser’s sensational diving catch of a sinking line drive. The second batter found the solution by launching a fastball over Cowser’s head and the center field fence. Rafael Devers gave the Giants an early lead and the Orioles unraveled in the fourth in a 1