Here's a look at the latest on the Nationals and Orioles..
- It makes no sense to question the Nationals' decision last year to put an innings limit on Stephen Strasburg's arm last year due to his current troubles, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Strasburg's is dealing with an oblique injury while last year's move was made in order to protect his arm.
- Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com (Twitter link) asked Dan Duquette if Jon Rauch has an opt out clause in his deal but the Orioles GM didn't answer. That leads Ghiroli to surmise that he probably has one in his contract. The O's signed the veteran hurler to a minor league deal earlier today.
- Duquette says that Rauch replaces the veteran experience of Luis Ayala, Ghiroli tweets. The Orioles shipped the reliever to the Braves back in April for minor league lefty Chris Jones.
- Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (Twitter link) notes that the Orioles had interest in Rauch over the offseason before he signed with the Marlins. The 34-year-old got a $1MM deal with incentives from Miami.
