The NFL draft is just one day away as the first round is set to begin Thursday night live from Detroit. Rounds two and three will take place on Friday night, and the 2024 NFL draft will conclude on Saturday with rounds four through seven. The Chicago Bears hold the first overall selection and are expected to select USC quarterback Caleb Williams. The 2024 draft class has a lot of talent, in what many experts say is especially deep at the wide receiver position. The Baltimore Ravens currently hold the 30th overall selection in the first round. In total the Ravens have nine draft picks. It’s ano ..read more

The Baltimore Ravens and wide receiver Rashod Bateman have agreed to a three-year extension that will keep the former first-round pick in Baltimore through 2026. The deadline to pick up Bateman’s fifth-year option was on May 2nd, and all indications pointed to the Ravens not picking up the option, thus making Bateman a free-agent in 2025 prior to Wednesday’s extension. Bateman also becomes the first Ravens wide receiver they have drafted in the first round to get a second contract from the team. The Ravens have reached a three-year deal with WR Rashod Bateman, team announces. He's now signed ..read more

Baltimore Orioles’ outfielder Austin Hays was placed on the 10-day IL with a left calf strain on Monday. This made way for Heston Kjerstad to be called up from the AAA Norfolk Tides late Monday night. As Kjerstad is both a corner outfielder as well as a first baseman, he is a strong replacement for Hays.  Kjerstad made his major league debut on September 14th, 2023, where he played in 13 games and had 33 plate appearances with an average of .233 and an OPS of .748. He had two home runs and 3 RBIs. Kjerstad has dominated with the Tides so far this season, with a batting average of .349 and ..read more

The Baltimore Orioles AAA affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, lost 4 out of 6 games against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimps this week. They dropped the first three, before winning two and managing to break their 10-game losing streak. On April 21st, they looked to split the series, but fell short after the Jumbo Shrimps jumped on them early in game six and ended up beating the Tides 8-4.  The Tides did have some highlights during the series, such as Coby Mayo, who hit 2 home runs on Saturday, driving in 6 runs overall. Heston Kjerstad also hit two home runs in one game on Friday, with one coming ..read more

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Kyle Bradish pitched in his first rehabilitation game with their AAA affiliate, the Norfolk Tides on April 21st. The Tides played the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, who are a AAA affiliate of the Miami Marlins, and fell to them in the 6th game of the series, 8-4.  Bradish suffered a right UCL sprain in February of this year, and started his rehab assignment last week. He quickly moved through the high-A Orioles’ affiliate, the Aberdeen IronBirds, as well as the AA affiliate, the Bowie Baysox, before arriving in Norfolk.  Bradish pitched 3.1 innings and ..read more

It was a great week for the Orioles as they went 5-1, including a sweep of the Minnesota Twins at home before heading into Kansas City to steal two of three against an extremely competitive Royals team. With a week as good as this one, it may be hard to imagine anyone on the team struggling… Well, think again. The bullpen certainly gave fans a bit of a scare this week. We also saw the same characters struggle offensively. Lucky for the O’s, there was plenty of offense to go around as they put up at least 4 runs in every game and scored more than 7 runs in half of the games this week. Let’s tak ..read more

The Washington Capitals won game 82 against the Philidelphia Flyers in the last few minutes on an empty net goal. Philly had pulled their goalie in order to try to win the game and secure their spot in the NHL playoffs. This move ultimately backfired on them and allowed Washington to win. Washington also tried to sign their 8th overall pick Ryan Leonard to his contract to have him for the playoffs. The Capitals were looking into bringing in Ryan Leonard for the playoffs, however he ultimately decided to go back to school for his sophomore season. This is a good decision on his part as it will ..read more

The Orioles’ AA affiliate, the Bowie Baysox, knew how to start the weekend off right with a walkoff victory over the Altoona Curve on Friday night. The Baysox are in the middle of their six-game series against the Altoona Curve, AA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  The back-and-forth contest stayed close for the first nine innings, which eventually led into extras as the Curve induced a 3-3 ballgame in the top of the ninth. Altoona managed to come up with another run through an infield single off the bat of Aaron Shackleford, which put the Curve up 4-3. Altoona had a win probability p ..read more

After dealing the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-0 defeat – the first time L.A. has been shut out in more than 200 games – the Washington Nationals boarded the flight home having won their second series of the season. The Nats took two of three in San Francisco and Los Angeles, but won only one game in Oakland. Highlights from the road C.J. Abrams continues to play at an all-star level. His five homers lead the Nats, and his .295 average is second to the red-hot Jesse Winker’s .364. Though too many Nats have yet to swing the bats like they should (looking at you, Lane Thomas and Joey Meneses), Washi ..read more

Washington Capitals top prospect Ryan Leonard has opted to return to Boston College for his sophomore season. Leonard the was drafted by the Caps eight overall in last summers draft and the hope was for him to sign after this season and possibly join the them for the playoffs. Leonard is 19 and plays all forward positions, but has recently been playing at wing. Leonard help lead Boston College to the NCAA Championship game where they lost 2 to 0. In 41 games Leonard had 31 goals and 29 assist leading the team. Winning a Championship seems to have played a part in Leonard’s decision to return ..read more