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• Nats expecting Thomas to hit IL with knee injury

The Nationals expect outfielder Lane Thomas to go on the IL with a left knee injury, general manager Mike Rizzo said....2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz close to return? CJ Abrams, power and more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ catcher and shortstop... KEIBERT RUIZ CLOSE TO RETURN: Keibert Ruiz (influenza) hasn’t been in the Nationals’ lineup since April 8th when the club was in San Francisco, CA. Ruiz, 25, is close to returning, according to manager Davey Martinez, but the illness has taken a toll on the catcher, who told reporters he has lost significant weight over the past few weeks...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker does it again; 7.0 scoreless vs Astros in 6-0 win...

Mitchell Parker is 2 for 2 with solid starts early in his career. Notes and quotes on the Nats’ starter’s second outing... Talking about Mitchell Parker’s MLB debut on the road in Dodger Stadium last week, which came four years after the Nationals selected the southpaw in the 5th Round of the 2020’s truncated COVID Draft, GM and President of Baseball ops Mike Rizzo described the lefty’s rise throu...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez gets win No. 400; Luis García, Jr.’s defense; Mike Rizzo on Mitchell Parker...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ road trip, Davey Martinez’s 400th win, and Mitchell Parker’s debut... MARTINEZ GETS NO. 400: Eighteen games into his seventh season on the bench in D.C., Davey Martinez earned his 400th win as a manager on Wednesday night, in a 2-0 win in Dodger Stadium, where the Washington Nationals won the 2nd of 3 with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series. Typically, the n...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker to make MLB debut + Riley Adams is always ready...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ weekend in Oakland, CA. MITCHELL PARKER TO MAKE MLB DEBUT IN LA: When he spoke to reporters before the second of three with the A’s in Oakland on Saturday, Davey Martinez was not ready to announce who’d start for Washington in the series opener with the LA Dodgers tonight in Chavez Ravine. “No. I was talking to [GM Mike Rizzo] today about some other things,” M...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore Ks 11 in 5.0 scoreless; Nats beat A’s, 3-1...

Notes and quotes from MacKenzie Gore’s dominant start against the A’s... Mackenzie Gore, Eno Sarris wrote at The Athletic this week, appears to have done the work necessary to take a step in his development, at least early in his third season in the majors. “This season,” Sarris noted, “Gore is…”: • Throwing the four-seam 2 mph harder, with more ride • Throwing the slider 3 mph harder • Throwing ...2024
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• Nats expecting Thomas to hit IL with knee injury
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore Ks 11 in 5.0 scoreless; Nats beat A’s, 3-1...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Off-day notes and quotes - Josiah Gray, Patrick Corbin + more...

The Nationals have a day off before they start a series with the Oakland A’s tomorrow... JOSIAH GRAY’S REPLACEMENT: Joan Adon got the start in place of the injured Josiah Gray on Tuesday night in Oracle Park, but the 25-year-old starter (who acquitted himself well in San Francisco) was optioned out to Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday, with catcher Drew Millas called up for the finale with the Giant...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas and Nats beat Giants, 8-1 in series opener; Sean Doolittle ❤️ ...

Notes and quotes from the series opener in Oracle Park... OFFENSE IN ORACLE: Lane Thomas started the season 2 for 28 with no extra base hits, three walks, and eight Ks over his first seven games and 32 plate appearances. Thomas, 28, played in a career-high 156 games, and posted career highs in doubles (36), homers (28), and stolen bases (20), finishing up at .268/.315/.468 and 3.0 fWAR over 682 P...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A very expected retirement

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images A Washington Nationals great has officially bowed out. With pitching injuries being a big topic of discussion this week (Shane Bieber, Spencer Strider, and Eury Perez are all out for 2024, and MLBPA is blaming the pitch clock), it seems fitting that Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg has announced his long-anticipated retirement. Injuries were...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore and Nats salvage finale with Phillies, 3-2 final...

Notes and quotes from the third of three with the Phillies in D.C. GORE-GEOUS: MacKenzie Gore threw 47 of his 101 pitches and gave up 4 of 5 hits and 2 of the 3 runs he allowed in his 2024 debut in a couple long innings in the first and second, then settled in over the next four+ innings, giving up just a hit, a walk, and a run the rest of the way. Gore was a little geeked up early, got up to 98.6...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...

Notes and quotes from Saturday in the nation’s capital... With an update on the Nationals.com Transactions page, news of Stephen Strasburg’s official retirement became public, less than a year after a rumored ceremony ended up getting scrapped when negotiations on how exactly he’d end his career hit a snag. The status update for the now-35-year-old, 2009 No. 1 overall pick comes 667 days after the...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop season opener with Reds, 8-2; Nick Senzel fractures thumb before game...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ season-opening loss to the Reds... SENZEL INJURED BEFORE OPENER: Nick Senzel talked in a Zoom call with reporters after signing on in Washington this winter about returning to Cincinnati, where he played five seasons for the Reds who drafted him 2nd overall in 2016, for his first series with his new team. “I have nothing but love there,” the Nationals’ 28-year-...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ prospects drawing rave reviews from club brass this spring...

Notes and quotes on the Next-Wave-Nationals in Spring Training this year... NEW AGE RENDONS AND ZIMS: Davey Martinez said early this spring he wanted to see the Naionals’ top prospects go out and compete this spring and fight for a spot on the big league roster. “Right now there’s an opportunity for all these guys, and I want them to come to camp and try to compete and win the job,” the manager sa...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Roster cuts + more from Spring Training in WPB...

Notes and quotes from Spring Training... When the Washington Nationals made their first roster cuts of the Spring on Monday, 6 of 8 players optioned out to Triple-A or reassigned to minor league camp were pitchers, with Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez explaining it was time they get stretched out and prepare for the start of the regular season. Joan Adon, Cole Henry, DJ Herz, Mitchell Parker, and Amo...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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2024
"General manager Mike Rizzo told the team’s beat writers Wednesday the Nats aren’t likely to add any more free agents on guaranteed deals between now and Opening Day (X link via Andrew Golden of the Washington Post)."

2023
"The club is also reportedly close to a two-year extension with GM Mike Rizzo."

2022
"Nationals GM Mike Rizzo: “We Are Not Trading Juan Soto”"

2021
"It’s been less than a week since Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo spoke about how his team’s play leading up to the deadline would determine whether the front office would operate as buyers or sellers."

2020
"Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo spoke about the decision over the weekend"

2019
"Both Nats GM Mike Rizzo and agent Scott Boras (who represents both Rendon and Strasburg) told MASNsports."

2018
"Nationals GM Mike Rizzo believes he'll receive a contract extension"

2017
"Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said on Sunday that Bryce Harper has no ligament or tendon damage in his knee, but that he does have a bone bruise."

2016
"In fact, Storen was apparently spending some quality time with his wife when he got the call from Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo: TMI alert."

2015
"General manager Mike Rizzo didn't definitively say the organization would go in a different direction this time, but he did state that "experience is always helpful."

2014
"Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said that club was "disappointed" that outfielder Bryce Harper did not show up Saturday at the NatsFest fan festival."

• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez gets win No. 400; Luis García, Jr.’s defense; Mike Rizzo on Mitchell Parker...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker to make MLB debut + Riley Adams is always ready...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas and Nats beat Giants, 8-1 in series opener; Sean Doolittle ❤️ ...
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• Outside The Confines: A very expected retirement
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop season opener with Reds, 8-2; Nick Senzel fractures thumb before game...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ top prospects gain invaluable experience…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ top prospects in West Palm Beach… Whether or not they made the Opening Day roster (and we know now they have not), top prospects Dylan Crews (No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s rankings) and James Wood (No. 2) had an opportunity, and made a strong impression this spring, long before they combined for an impressive ninth inning rally in the Nationals’ 9-8 win over the Minnes...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: James Wood and Dylan Crews lift Nats; Bullpen or rotation? + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals from Spring Training... BULLPEN OR ROTATION?: Start No. 3 for Trevor Williams this spring began with another leadoff home run, an issue which plagued him in 2023 and has continued early in the process this year. “It’s become an unfortunate trend,” Williams acknowledged last July, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman. “I should just give up one in the bullpen before...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ prospects drawing rave reviews from club brass this spring...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Josiah Gray & mechanics; Free agent spending for 2025 + more...

Notes and quotes after an off-day for the Nationals in West Palm Beach... OPENING GRAY: Josiah Gray’s first outing after being named the Washington Nationals’ Opening Day starter was an “interesting” one, which saw the pitcher walk seven batters, strike out six, and give up just three hits and one earned run. As the 26-year-old start acknowledged, he knows it is not in his best interest to continu...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker does it again; 7.0 scoreless vs Astros in 6-0 win...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats built to run + more...

Notes and quotes following an off-day for the Nationals... PUTTING THE O [AND SB?] IN NATINALS: Davey Martinez praised the work his hitters did after an 8-1 win in the first game of three with the Giants in San Francisco this week. “We’re going to run. We’re going to bunt. We’re going to create havoc. And we’re going hit home runs...” - Davey Martinez on 2024 Nationals The Nationals combined for 1...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore and Nats salvage finale with Phillies, 3-2 final...
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Washington Nationals

Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Nationals have an eye on the future, which means all eyes are on the likes of James Wood and Dylan Crews. The Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, had a disastrous title defense in 2020 and promptly went into rebuilding mode. It's now 2024 and they're still in rebuilding mode for the foreseeable future. While baseball ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Joan Adon solid in first start of spring + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nats’ right-hander’s start against the Twins... Joan Adon made two appearances in relief early in 2023, then 10 starts down the stretch in which the Nationals’ 25-year-old right-hander put up a 6.56 ERA, a 4.65 FIP, 4.18 BB/9, 8.36 K/9, and a .294/.374/.479 line against in 46 2⁄3 innings. “Even when he was coming out of the bullpen for us earlier,” manager Davey Martinez t...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Trevor Williams starts back up; Season 2 in D.C.

Notes and quotes from West Palm Beach, FL. Signed to a 2-year/$13M free agent deal last winter, Trevor Williams returned to starting full-time after pitching in a swing role for a few seasons, with what could politely be described as mixed results (a 5.55 ERA, 5.98 FIP, NL-leading 34 homers allowed, and a .300/.359/.533 line against in 144 1⁄3 IP). Despite his struggles, the Nationals’ brass talke...2024
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• Washington Nationals Reacts poll results: How many games will the Nats win in 2024?

How many games do you think the Nats will win in 2024? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Nationals fans and baseball fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Two and a half years into the full-on organizational reboot the club kicked off at the trade deadline in...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams in 2024 + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ 23-year-old shortstop... Part of the appeal of joining the Nationals, Nick Senzel explained after he signed on to a 1-year/$2M free agent deal with the club, was getting to play alongside lifelong friend Lane Thomas in Washington, but the 28-year-old, five-year veteran also talked about playing on the left side of the infield with shortstop CJ Abrams. “He’s a sup...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin & coming up with an identity…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ left-handed veteran… Patrick Corbin finished up the 2023 campaign (his 11th season in the majors, and the fifth year on his six-year/$140M deal with Washington) with his ERA at 5.20, a 5.28 FIP, 57 walks (2.85 BB/9), 124 strikeouts (6.20 K/9), a .293/.344/.481 line against, and 33 home runs allowed in 180 IP (1.65 HR/9). “I think he has pitched better,” GM Mike R...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Establishing greatness

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Ronald Acuńa Jr. is having an all-time great season. A look at the last few weeks of the season. A retirement has been postponed. And more news from around MLB. Good morning. Let’s beat those Snakes. Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. homered twice last night in a win over the Cardinals. He’s six home runs shy of having a 40/40 season. Douglas Clawson has fi...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker does it again; 7.0 scoreless vs Astros in 6-0 win...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez gets win No. 400; Luis García, Jr.’s defense; Mike Rizzo on Mitchell Parker...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas and Nats beat Giants, 8-1 in series opener; Sean Doolittle ❤️ ...
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• Outside The Confines: A very expected retirement
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore and Nats salvage finale with Phillies, 3-2 final...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Futures Game GameThread + more…

Notes and quotes as the Nationals take on the Nats’ top prospects this afternoon… NATIONALS FUTURES GAME: “We’re incredibly thankful for the continued support of our fans in D.C., and we can’t wait for them to get a look at some of the players who will make up our next championship-caliber roster,” President of Baseball Operations & GM Mike Rizzo said in a press release on today’s Nationals Future...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ top prospects gain invaluable experience…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: James Wood and Dylan Crews lift Nats; Bullpen or rotation? + more...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Josiah Gray & mechanics; Free agent spending for 2025 + more...
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• Cal Ripken Jr. Expresses Interest in Managing the Washington Nationals
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• Drew Storen Says He Was Doing 'Netflix & Chill' When He Found out He Was Traded
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• Jonathan Papelbon Suspended by Nationals: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction
2015

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• Harper no-shows fan event; Nats 'disappointed'
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• Dusty Baker to Nationals: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
2015

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• Breakout Mets Clinch Division, Put Bickering Nationals out of Misery
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• Nats Receiving Strong Interest In Trea Turner
It’s been less than a week since Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo spoke about how his team’s play leading up to the deadline would determine whether the front office would operate as buyers or sellers. The Nats have gone 1-4 since those comments, including a loss to the last-place Marlins and a three-game sweep at…...2021
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• Nats GM: Harper has bruise, no ligament damage
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• Adam Eaton for Lucas Giolito 'Wow' Trade Could Come Back to Haunt Nationals
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• Why Max Scherzer Will Become Even More Dominant in Return to NL
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Keibert Ruiz close to return? CJ Abrams, power and more...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez gets win No. 400; Luis García, Jr.’s defense; Mike Rizzo on Mitchell Parker...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker to make MLB debut + Riley Adams is always ready...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore Ks 11 in 5.0 scoreless; Nats beat A’s, 3-1...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Off-day notes and quotes - Josiah Gray, Patrick Corbin + more...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas and Nats beat Giants, 8-1 in series opener; Sean Doolittle ❤️ ...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore and Nats salvage finale with Phillies, 3-2 final...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop season opener with Reds, 8-2; Nick Senzel fractures thumb before game...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Futures Game GameThread + more…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Grapefruit League opener today; Davey Martinez preparing for season + more...

Notes and quotes to get you ready for the start of the Grapefruit League season... NATIONALS PREPARE FOR GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE OPENER: With one day to go before the start of Grapefruit League action, Davey Martinez and his club put in work on Friday, preparing for the first game of the spring, which takes place today in West Palm Beach, FL (6:05 PM ET; Radio: nats.com; with a replay on the MLB Network...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Pitching plans for Nats’ weekend matchups; Jackson Rutledge in 2024 + more...

Notes and quotes as the Nationals prepare for the Grapefruit League opener tomorrow... PITCHING PLANS: Having announced his plan to send Patrick Corbin out to start the Grapefruit League opener on Saturday, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez provided more details about the plans for the pitching over the first weekend of games this spring. Corbin will start against the Houston Astros ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training updates; Injury news; CF in D.C. in 2024...

Notes and quotes from the first two days of Spring Training 2024... GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOU AND YOU: Davey Martinez talked on Day 1 of Spring Training 2024 about watching all of the players the club assembled this year as they are reuniting, getting comfortable, or getting to know one another in West Palm Beach, FL. Returning players from 2023’s roster, those who signed on this winter, and the...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Victor Robles and CF in D.C. in 2024

Checking in on the Nationals’ 26-year-old outfielder again... Victor Robles and Washington’s Nationals avoided arbitration last winter, agreeing on a 1-year/$2.325M contract for the 2023 season, and there was a club option included in the deal for 2024, at $3.3M, but the club declined the option in November, as they announced on X/Twitter, noting, however, “... Robles [remained] under team control...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first two games of this year’s Crosstown Classic are Tuesday and Wednesday. Hey, both these teams were supposed to contend this year, the White Sox more so than the Cubs, or so it was said when this season began. It hasn’t worked out that way for the Sox, no siree, not at all, and the Cubs lurk around the edges of contention. For mor...2023
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 17
The bad just got worse, way worse Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in-between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. If there was any remaining hope about whether or not this team could salvage the season...2023
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• Nats GM: Important to stress Astros 'cheated'
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said it pains him that the Astros' sign-stealing scandal has put "a black cloud over the sport I love," and said that it's important to him that the league stresses that Houston "cheated."...2020
• Will Bryce Harper be traded? GM says no
After 12 hours of speculation that Bryce Harper might be on the move in advance of today's non-waiver Trade Deadline at 4 p.m. ET, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo made it clear that won't be the case, telling MLB.com's Jamal Collier in no uncertain terms that Harper will not be traded today....2018
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• GM on Harper: Nats star will not be traded
Washington Nationals president Mike Rizzo said Tuesday that star Bryce Harper "is not going anywhere," despite speculation that Harper may be traded by Tuesday's deadline....2018
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• Mike Rizzo Says Nationals Will Not Trade Bryce Harper
Nationals president of baseball operations and GM Mike Rizzo has issued a strong statement about his intentions amid speculation that the club has considered trading star Bryce Harper. As Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reports on Twitter, Rizzo says: “Bryce is not going anywhere. I believe in this team.” It’s hardly surprising to see the…...2018
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