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- Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman has won the Golden Spikes Award as the nation's outstanding college baseball player.
- Peter Schmuck's light-hearted predictions for the Kentucky Derby, Orioles and Ravens notes and few other items.
- Alex Cobb struck out the first four batters he faced — one apiece on a fastball, curveball and split-change in the first inning — and didn't allow any of his four hits until the Blue Jays’ three-run fifth inning in an eventual 4-3 Orioles win at Dunedin Stadium.
- The retooled Washington Nationals are younger and faster. Will they be better?
- Trea Turner hit two homers, including his first career grand slam, and drove in eight runs to help the Washington Nationals rally from a nine-run deficit and defeat the Miami Marlins and end a five-game losing streak.
- The Orioles have used deferred money in their long-term free agent contracts for five offseasons. It was used to entice Alex Cobb this year, and the money saved on present commitments with deferred money was used toward his 2018 salary.
- Former Orioles catcher Matt Wieters fitting in nicely in first season and postseason with the Nationals.
- TBS baseball analyst Ron Darling discusses the Orioles at the trade deadline and Roger McDowell's work as pitching coach
- Now working with an elite rotation, the former O's catcher is confident Baltimore's pitching will sort itself out.
- All week long, the Orioles have found ways to steal victories from the Washington Nationals in increasingly improbable fashion.
- First pitch, broadcast info, starting pitchers, lineups and what to watch in the Orioles' game against the Nationals.
- Matt Wieters was in Washington Nationals camp on Thursday while awaiting word on his two-year deal becoming official.
- Agent Scott Boras is involved. Again.
- The Washington Nationals' decision to get Strasburg signed now might be another sign that the assumptions about the market for baseball's top potential free agents have changed, which could impact when young superstars Manny Machado and Bryce Harper get the megacontracts they almost certainly will command and just how much those deals will cost.
- Reynolds set an AAC single-game record with five rushing touchdowns in the Midshipmen's 45-21 win against East Carolina on Saturday.
- Former Maryland guard Lexie Brown has transferred to Duke. The rising junior will sit out this season under NCAA transfer rules and will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2016-17 season.
- The fourth of a four-part interview from earlier this spring.
- Seeking outfield depth and a left-handed bat, the Washington Nationals sign Mike Carp to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, according to his agent.
- A Washington scientist develops a model to predict the winners of this year's baseball season
- Orioles and Nationals played their final game of the regular season Monday and teh fams were into it.
- The Nationals and Orioles were rained out, but that didn't stop them from dominating the local sports discourse
- The Orioles were playing at Nationals Park on Monday, but it sounded like they were hosting a game at Camden Yards.
- Stephen Strasburg was sad Monday night about the amount of Orioles fans at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
- Chris Davis, J.J. Hardy and Manny Machado all homer in the 11th
- If you're trying to make sense of how the Orioles front office is handling top pitching prospect Kevin Gausman -- who was sent back to the minor leagues after another strong start on Sunday -- you're not alone.
- Hot-hitting Steve Pearce won¿t start tonight for the Orioles against the Washington Nationals.
- BOSTON -- Orioles right-hander Bud Norris came out of his two-inning simulated game Saturday well and is a candidate to start on Tuesday or Wednesday against the Nationals, but the club is leaning toward starting him Tuesday in Washington.
- It shouldn¿t come as a huge surprise that the Orioles have decided to bring up top college pitching prospect Kevin Gausman to start against theToronto Blue Jays on Thursday. The club has a need and there really is no need to leave any more good innings at Double-A Bowie.
- The Orioles, who once controlled a huge territory, now share much of it with the Washington Nationals, who are ensconced in a population-rich portion of what was once the Orioles' domain.
- Washington is broken, except in one regard: the Nationals.
- Baseball returns to Baltimore but are Orioles fans ready to commit?
- Clearly, baseball fans and the media who represent them are hungry for some real news as the exhibition season gets underway, but it will be a while before what happens on the field really starts to mean much.
- Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings -- including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced -- in his first action since Sept. 7.
- Dan Haren, one of baseball's best right-handed starting pitchers for a half-decade, needed to choose this winter where to continue his career. He used a rationale that, while sound, for generations would have constituted pure fantasy.
- Playoff chase has boosted sales of O's gear nearly 300 percent