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COLUMN | Zay Flowers is one of the tightest teammates in Lamar Jackson’s circle. By paying Flowers top-tier receiver money, the Ravens have created an enticement for Jackson to re-up in the next year, too.

Baltimore will likely need production from at least one of their rookie widouts.

On Aug. 26, the Washington Nationals are celebrating their first African American Heritage Night. The organization has had Juneteenth and Negro Leagues celebrations, as well as Hispanic, Japanese and Salvadoran heritage nights.

GoPros, Meta glasses and notecards: How the Commanders are cramming for a new offense on the fly

The Nationals were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position Tuesday, and are 3-for-46 in those situations on eight-game road trip.

Cade Povich spins a scoreless start and Pete Alonso hits a go-ahead RBI single in the third inning to get Baltimore back in the win column after a trade deadline gut punch.

“Trading away Adley, especially when we’re in wild-card contention, I think represents that we have failed to realize the full potential of the Adley era,” Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman said.

“Just reflecting over the last 24 hours, getting drafted, to my debut, to two playoff teams, just the excitement and love that I felt while I was there, I’m going to be forever grateful for that," Adley Rutschman said.

COLUMN | There are a lot of talented players left in the Orioles clubhouse, and there were a lot of complicated feelings about what it meant that so many important people and players were gone.

Former jockey Robby Albarado, who won the Preakness twice during his lengthy riding career in the top tier of the sport, has died. He was 52.

“The fact I heard the doctor had to really look for it to find it is a good thing,” manager Blake Butera said.

Unofficially, quarterback Lamar Jackson bounced back from an errant Monday to go 14-for-19 in team drills Tuesday, including a 4-for-5 mark in seven-on-seven action.

“They’ve given me a lot of freedom. Picking my spots, when to take chances and stuff like that,” Odafe Oweh said. “I haven’t usually had it in the past, except for the Chargers.”

Flowers was the Ravens’ highest-rated wide receiver prospect in the 2023 NFL draft.

Entering Monday, the Nationals’ bullpen had the fourth-lowest bullpen ERA, worst strikeout rate and the 10th-highest walk rate.

Losing Wood for an extended stretch would be a tremendous blow to the team’s playoff hopes.

“We’re going to continue to make the push and do everything we can to support them, and hopefully we’re playing really meaningful games late into next month, and then we’ll just see how it all shakes out,” the Nationals’ president of baseball operations said.

“It’s very hard. I have a lot of personal affection for Adley,” said Elias, who declined to get into specifics of whether the Orioles felt a contract extension was possible.

Griffin is 12-3 with a 3.06 ERA in 22 starts. He doesn’t overwhelm hitters with a high-velocity fastball, but instead flummoxes them with seven pitches and a tremendous cutter.

The Banner breaks down the possibilities based on discussions with industry sources.