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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Sean Doolittle talks new job on MLB Network

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ Pitching Strategist’s recent appearance on the MLB Network,,, Sean Doolittle’s first post-playing career gig in baseball is as a Pitching Strategist with the Washington Nationals. “Sean Doolittle was always an extremely talented pitcher. But he is also one of the most intelligent baseball minds you can find.” - Mike Rizzo on Sean Doolittle In a recent MLB Netw...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats hire Sean Doolittle as Pitching Strategist...

Sean Doolittle is back with the Nationals, as a coach... Towards the end of his press conference announcing the end of his playing days, after 11 major league seasons, five of them with the Nationals, Sean Doolittle was asked what he thought the next chapter of his professional career might look like. “I’ve thought about it a lot,” the 37-year-old southpaw said, “... and as you get older in your c...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2024

We have once again arrived at Wednesday. On the team site, Anne Rogers talked to Daniel Lynch IV about what he got out of playing the Dominican Winter League: Lynch made five starts and threw 20 1/3 innings, recording a 2.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks. There wasn’t any specific plan for working on his pitches; his goal was simply to get outs. A different schedule and lack of routine put ...2024
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• Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All the news from around baseball as we wait for the Hot Stove to unthaw itself. I hope everyone across the Midwest is staying warm and staying safe. And much of the rest of the country as well. The Hot Stove has been as cold as the weather outside, but it’s really heating up since the Mets traded outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Giants...2024
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• Braves News: Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 prospects list, international signings, and more

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday The Atlanta Braves had a relatively quiet day on the news front as the offseason rolls on. The international signing period opened on Monday, January 15 and will close on December 15. The Braves just took several guys off the board and are expected to sign a few more in the allotted time. Until th...2024
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• Nationals hire former All-Star as pitching strategist

The Nationals announced Tuesday that they’ve hired recently retired left-hander Sean Doolittle and added him to the coaching staff in the role of pitching strategist....2024

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• Ten Royals minor leaguers become eligible for free agency

Jorge Bonifacio is raking, with four multi-hit games this week. | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Juan Carlos Negret and Jorge Bonifacio are among the minor league free agnets Ten Royals became minor league free agents this week, including former Royals outfielder Jorge Bonifacio. Minor leaguers can become eligible for free agency if they are not added to a 40-man roster after six full minor league se...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Leftover notes and quotes - Offseason edition

We’re tired and kind of napping a lot, waking up once in a while to write stuff and stuff... DCO0000LITTLE: Sean Doolittle, now 37, announced his retirement late this summer, after eleven seasons in the majors, six of them in the Nationals’ organization. Doolittle made just six appearances back in 2022, before a left elbow injury ended his season, and he returned to try for a late-career run in Wa...2023
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. joins 40/40 club, Max Fried to IL, and more

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Friday was a busy day on the news front for the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves won their 99th game on Friday night in a 9-6 defeat of the Washington Nationals. With quite a few notable happenings, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s 40th home run headlines the night. 40/40 club? Ronald Acuña Jr. has his sights set higher than that.With this homer, he’s now just two st...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Sean Doolittle announces retirement; talks 2019 World Series run + career highlights...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ loss to the Braves — Sean Doolittle’s retirement press conference... DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!: “I hope people saw how much I enjoyed playing this game,” Sean Doolittle said, as the now-36-year-old reliever announced his retirement on Friday, after eleven seasons in the majors, over which the lefty made 463 appearances and saved 112 games, with a 3.20 ERA and 2.94 FI...2023
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• Sean Doolittle Announces Retirement

Veteran left-hander Sean Doolittle announced on Instagram this morning that he’s retiring after 17 years in professional baseball. He spent the season with the Nationals organization, hoping for a comeback bid in the Majors after undergoing UCL surgery last summer, but the recovery from that procedure and a subsequent knee injury limited him to just…...2023
• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats blow lead in 9th, Jorge Soler walks off on 2-run HR, 5-4...
Notes and quotes from the Nats’ disappointing walk-off loss to the Marlins last night... GRAY VS MIAMI: Josiah Gray threw 92 pitches in five innings in a less-than-stellar start against Arizona on the road in Chase Field two turns back, but the Nationals’ 25-year-old starter bounced back with his 93-pitch, seven-inning outing against San Francisco in Oracle Park. “Efficiency was the key for him go...2023
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"The Nationals announced Tuesday that they’ve hired recently retired left-hander Sean Doolittle and added him to the coaching staff in the role of pitching strategist."

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"Veteran left-hander Sean Doolittle announced on Instagram this morning that he’s retiring after 17 years in professional baseball."

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"The Nationals have reached an agreement with reliever Sean Doolittle, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic."

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"The Mariners have claimed veteran reliever Sean Doolittle off waivers from the Reds, per a team announcement."

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"Southpaw Sean Doolittle was moved to the 10-day injured list with right knee fatigue."

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"However, he would head a powerhouse bullpen that also includes Sean Doolittle, Kyle Barraclough and Trevor Rosenthal, all of whom have previous closing experience as well."

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"Nationals closer Sean Doolittle has suffered a setback in his comeback from a left toe injury that could keep him out a few more weeks."

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"Left-hander Sean Doolittle secured the final three outs for the Nationals' 1-0 victory."

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"” By summer 2014, Groome wanted to test himself on a national level, so he joined the Tri-State Arsenal, a New Jersey-based program whose alumni include Angels outfielder Mike Trout, A’s pitcher Sean Doolittle and several others with major league experience."

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" Lawrie had some strong things to say about the Kansas City reliever, via CSN's Brodie Brazil:A's reliever Sean Doolittle took to Twitter to weigh in on the matter:The game ended 4-2 to Kansas City."

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"Jeff Samardzija pitched eight innings and made way for Sean Doolittle in the ninth, and things quickly went off the rails."

• Washington Nationals news & notes: Sean Doolittle talks new job on MLB Network
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2024
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• Ten Royals minor leaguers become eligible for free agency
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 23, 2023

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Will the Royals spend some money this winter? Vahe Gregorian writes it is time for Royals ownership to spend money. Who does the franchise consider a pillar? Who does it deem more valuable in the long run as a trade piece? And what’s the willingness of owner John Sherman to spend money on payroll in ways he hasn’t before? To reiterate something I wrote ...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Sean Doolittle announces retirement; talks 2019 World Series run + career highlights...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats blow lead in 9th, Jorge Soler walks off on 2-run HR, 5-4...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats blow 3-0 lead, lose opener with Cleveland Guardians, 4-3...
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series opener with the Guardians in D.C. FRONT PAGE - No. 32: “Trevor kept the ball down,” Davey Martinez said after Trevor Williams’ 5 1⁄3-inning, five-hit, two-earned run outing against the Colorado Rockies last weekend in Coors Field. “It was something that we talked about. He elevated when he needed to, but for the most part he kept the ball down and he pu...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Opening Day preview for 2023
Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 Today makes the last day of Spring Training before the Rockies make the short trip up to San Diego to start their season with four games against the San Diego Padres and a quick two game series in LA. After six games on the road, the Rockies will come home for seven games, including the home open...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats shut Mets out, 5-0; Josiah Gray Ks 9; Mason Thompson with 3.0 scoreless...
Davey Martinez’s club shut the Mets out, 5-0, in the series opener in Citi Field... Gray vs the Metsies: It’s hard to argue with the results. But Davey Martinez had some ideas about process. Talking with reporters before Sunday’s series finale with the Twins, on the road in Target Field, the sixth-year skipper discussed what he’d seen from starter Josiah Gray early this year, and what he’d like t...2023
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• MLB’s 2022-23 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning the 2022 World Series, the second championship in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. This will be the first “normal” offseason for baseball in four years, since 201...2022
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• Nationals Place Sean Doolittle On Injured List
Nationals lefty Sean Doolittle has been diagnosed with a right oblique strain, manager Dave Martinez tells reporters (Twitter link via Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). The exact results of his MRI aren’t yet available, but Martinez described Doolittle’s injury as a “pretty good” strain. Left-hander Ben Braymer is up from the Nats’ alternate site…...2020
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• Nationals cancel practice because of testing delays
On Sunday, Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle lamented delays in testing, and said we might not deserve sports at the moment. And since those results still weren’t available Monday, his team decided to call off today’s practice, and their General Manager openly questioned the sport’s ability to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We cannot [more]...2020
• Nationals' Joaquin Benoit diagnosed with forearm strain
Veteran Nationals reliever Joaquin Benoit will not be ready for the start of the season due to a forearm strain, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reports (Twitter links). His timeline is not yet known, but he is not throwing for the time being.The Nats had added Benoit on a one-year, $1MM deal at the start of camp, hoping that he’d deepen a relief unit that has a fair bit of uncertainty behind...2018
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• Nationals pitcher speaks out against Charlottesville rally
Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle has kept things fairly quiet since being acquired by his new team, but he decided to speak up on Saturday in response to what’s happened in Charlottesville.Doolittle, a southpaw pitcher, is from South Dakota but attended the University of Virginia, which is where Friday’s white supremacist rally took place in response to a Robert E. Lee statue coming do...2017
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• Nationals cancel practice because of testing delays
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• Sean Doolittle explains jersey number change, plan to make it up to fans
Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle has quickly become one of the most popular players on the team over the past two seasons, but any merchandise that has been sold with his jersey number on it is suddenly outdated. The left-hander is trying his best to make that up to fans. On Monday, Doolittle announced he is changing from No. 62 to No. 63 this season. He said the number “carries a spec...2019
• Hollywood stunt double Sean Doolittle is ready for his close-up
After converting 21 of 22 saves for the Nats during the regular season, Doolittle got married, bought a house and arrived at spring training to grab a closer role. That's a whole lot of closing in a very short time....2018
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• On Baseball: Off the Mound, Sean Doolittle Brings Relief to the Ostracized
The Oakland Athletics reliever and his girlfriend have endorsed social causes that are not always closely embraced by professional athletes....2016
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• Royals-A's Tension Results in 100 MPH Heater Thrown Behind Brett Lawrie
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• Gio takes no-no into 9th as Nats edge Marlins
Gio Gonzalez carried a no-hitter into the ninth before Dee Gordon started the inning with a single that knocked him out of the game. Left-hander Sean Doolittle secured the final three outs for the Nationals' 1-0 victory....2017
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• Bryce tags D-backs prospect; Nats hold on
Bryce Harper hammered his 25th home run and added the go-ahead RBI double off D-backs prospect Anthony Banda in his MLB debut, and Sean Doolittle held off a ninth-inning rally for his second save with the Nationals....2017
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• Nats acquire Doolittle, Madson from A's
The Nationals acquired relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson from the A's on Sunday. The A's received right-hander Blake Treinen and two prospects in return....2017
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• Nationals Acquire Sean Doolittle, Ryan Madson
The Nationals made their long-awaited strike for bullpen help, acquiring relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson from the Athletics, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports (Twitter links). Right-hander Blake Treinen, minor league left-hander Jesus Luzardo and minor league third baseman Sheldon Neuse,...2017
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• For Top Pitching Prospect Jason Groome, There's No Place Like Home
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• Doolittle perfect in his return against Royals
Sean Doolittle recovered from a slight triceps strain just in time to be hit with food poisoning this week, so it's a good thing the A's closer needed only six pitches to get through a perfect inning against the Royals on Saturday....2016
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• Fantasy baseball closers: Anderson, Doolittle, Diaz among risers/fallers
The value of fantasy baseball closers can change at the drop of a hat, so in which direction are bullpen men like Nick Anderson, Sean Doolittle and Edwin Diaz trending in 2020?...2020
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• Why Are the Oakland Athletics so Bad This Season?
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• Most Disappointing Oakland A's Players in Spring Training so Far
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• Billy Beane Continues to Sell High on A's 2014 All-Stars with Derek Norris Deal
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• Is Andrew Miller or David Robertson the Best Closer on Free-Agent Market?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on playing a hunch which paid off...

Notes and quotes ... a short one today. Something will happen again any day now. Any day... In his media availability at 2023’s Winter Meetings early last month, Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez was asked if he could recall a favorite story of a time he played a hunch, went against the book, and had it pay off? “I’ll tell you what was crazy, you guys probably thought I was crazy, but w...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats blow lead in 9th, Jorge Soler walks off on 2-run HR, 5-4...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats shut Mets out, 5-0; Josiah Gray Ks 9; Mason Thompson with 3.0 scoreless...
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• MLB rumors: Rays reunite with Chris Archer; Reds agree to deal with Sean Doolittle
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• MLB rumors: Reds agree to deal with Sean Doolittle; Padres GM A.J. Preller signs contract extension
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• MLB rumors: Reds agree to deal with Sean Doolittle; Red Sox among teams interested in Marwin Gonzalez
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• Inbox: Will Nats still look to add to bullpen?
After months of speculation about how the Nationals would go about upgrading their bullpen, they finally made their move this week by acquiring left-hander Sean Doolittle and right-hander Ryan Madson from the A's. But are the Nationals done making trades with the non-waiver Trade Deadline still about a week and a half away? Beat reporter Jamal Collier tackles fans' questions in the Inbox....2017
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• With Mariners Closing Wild-Card Gap, Will A's Really Complete Historic Collapse?
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