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• The Nationals and Orioles have resolved their long-standing broadcast rights dispute

Photo by Ricky Carioti/The The Washington Post via Getty Images This has been going on almost since the Nats moved to D.C. When the Nationals moved to Washington from Montreal, they were more or less forced to take a broadcast deal sharing the Baltimore Orioles’ regional sports network, MASN. This happened because then-Orioles owner Peter Angelos felt the Nats were “invading” his market te...2025
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• Nationals news: Making sense of Mark Lerner’s comments

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Nationals owner Mark Lerner made some telling statements about the future of the team Nationals owner Mark Lerner went one on one with Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post. The whole article is linked here, but there were some important nuggets that tell a big story about the future of the franchise. Mark Lerner is a relatively private man, so any big interview he d...2025
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• Can the Commanders beat the top-seeded Detroit Lions?
Sports columnist Barry Svrluga and beat writers Nicki Jhabvala and Sam Fortier take questions Tuesday, ahead of the Commanders’ playoff matchup with the Lions....2025
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• How will Jayden Daniels and the Commanders fare in the playoffs?
Sports columnist Barry Svrluga and Commanders beat writers Nicki Jhabvala and Sam Fortier will answer your questions starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday....2025
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Talking CJ Abrams; Dylan Crews down the stretch + more...

Notes and quotes from the final road trip of the 2024 Nats’ season... Davey Martinez stressed in discussing the decision to option CJ Abrams to the minors over the weekend, that it was not any sort of performance-related issue. “It’s an internal issue. I’m not going to give specifics, or talk about specifics,” Martinez told reporters in Chicago. “Because I need to keep these guys and everything on...2024
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• My summer baseball reading list

Just take a look, it’s in a book. When I was about 10 years old, I got really into baseball. I was a bookish kid already, so anytime I went to the library I checked out two kinds of books - Matt Christopher novels and baseball biographies. Matt Christopher wrote a series of fictional kids books about baseball like Catcher with a Glass Arm and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, which I loved. I also love...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 retirement?; 40-man spot + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ ‘09 No. 1 overall pick ... and 2019 World Series MVP... Remember the rumored, planned Stephen Strasburg retirement ceremony which was to take place this past September in Nationals Park, officially ending the 2009 No. 1 overall pick’s playing career after multiple surgeries and difficult recoveries proved too much to overcome for the now 35-year-old right-hander?...2023
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• Outside The Confines: A classic fall

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The World Series is set. Adolis García and Ketel Marte were the heroes of the Championship Series. What’s next for the Astros. The Red Sox and GIants have new bosses. Congratulations to the Rangers and the Diamondbacks. May we have a seven-game series with every game decided by one run. And let’s have Game 7 go to extra innings for good measure. I don’t hav...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore & Luis García return; Nationals drop opener to Dodgers...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series opener with the Dodgers in D.C. MacKenzie Gore Returns To Rotation: MacKenzie Gore missed a turn in the rotation on the Bereavement List, but the 24-year-old lefty returned to the mound last night in Nationals Park, ten days after his previous outing, which saw him go five innings on 106 pitches, giving up six hits, two walks, and one run in the start, o...2023
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Results: Favorite memory of Stephen Strasburg - 2019 World Series MVP run

We asked, you voted, here are the results. What was your favorite memory from Stephen Strasburg’s career now that he’s reportedly set to retire... Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Nationals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. In ...2023
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Survey: Favorite Stephen Strasburg memory?

Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images We put a poll up, you vote, results to follow. Get it? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Nationals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Veteran Washington Post columnist Barry ...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win 2 of 3 with Yankees; Stephen Strasburg set to retire; Stone Garrett update...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ win over the Yankees in the Bronx... CORBIN IN THE BRONX: Patrick Corbin held Boston’s Red Sox to a run on four hits in six innings last week, in a start which saw the 34-year-old southpaw strike out six without walking a batter, an outing after he walked seven, with the K total matching his combined Ks from his previous three starts (and 17 IP). Corbin, talkin...2023
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• Stephen Strasburg Plans To Retire
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg plans to retire, per a report from Jesse Dougherty and Barry Svrluga of The Washington Post. A news conference is tentatively scheduled for September 9. He signed a massive seven-year, $245MM contract prior to the 2020 season but has hardly pitched since due to injuries. The financial specifics of how that…...2023
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• Washington Nationals reportedly sign Keibert Ruiz to 8-year/$50M extension + Stone Garrett homers…
Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports News and notes on the Nats from Friday in West Palm Beach, FL. Keibert Gets Extension: Mike Rizzo described catcher Keibert Ruiz as the “main cog” in the trade at 2021’s deadline which sent both Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to LA for a 4-player package which also included starter Josiah Gray, prospect Gerardo Carrillo, and minor league outfielder Donovan Cas...2023
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"Sports columnist Barry Svrluga and beat writers Nicki Jhabvala and Sam Fortier take questions Tuesday, ahead of the Commanders’ playoff matchup with the Lions."

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"The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season by Barry Svrluga (2016) Baseball is a hobby for us fans, but for those in the game, it is a profession that is year-round, even if the regular season is only six months long."

2023
"Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg plans to retire, per a report from Jesse Dougherty and Barry Svrluga of The Washington Post."

2022
"In what could be a franchise-altering moment, Nationals owner Mark Lerner tells Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post that the team has enlisted New York-based investment bank Allen & Company to explore the possibility of selling the franchise or adding new investors/partners to the current ownership group."

2021
"Former major league left-hander Danny Hultzen has retired from playing, but he’ll remain in the game as a member of the Cubs’ front office, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post reports."

2020
"The Nationals have reached a one-year, $2MM guarantee with first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, pending a physical, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post reports."

2019
"According to a report from Barry Svrluga of The Washington Post this week, Washington’s first offer to Harper came when he was handed an envelope during a rain delay last season, and the second offer was significantly lower than the first."

2018
"Though he has made it a policy this season not to discuss his forthcoming trip onto the open market, Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper sat down recently for an interesting chat with Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post."

2017
"While the latest signs on Stras are positive, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post…"

2016
"Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post spotlighted the money still owed to the 29-year-old infielder: Sandoval has provided almost no bang for that buck."

2015
" “It’s a terrible environment,” one player told Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post."

2014
"While a potential one-two punch of Kershaw and Scherzer with Greinke as a Number 3 should make fans in Los Angeles giddy, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post (h/t Concord Monitor) offers an alternative outlook: Evaluating the impact of such a workload – not just for next year, but for four years from now – is nearly impossible."

• Nationals news: Making sense of Mark Lerner’s comments
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• Nationals, CJ Abrams Had “Substantive Discussions” About Extension
CJ Abrams and the Nationals “held substantive discussions” about a possible contract extension this past spring, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post reports. It isn’t known how close the two sides might’ve gotten towards a long-term deal, or whether or not an extension could still be struck at some point during the season. Most players…...2024
• Washington Nationals news & notes: Kris Kline in new role + more front office talk...

Notes and quotes to keep you entertained during the slow, slow winter of 2023-24... KRIS KLINE’S NEW ROLE: Kris Kline joined the Nationals in 2006, was named director of scouting in D.C. in 2009, and promoted to Assistant GM and VP of Scouting Ops in 2013, but towards the end of the 2023 campaign, Kline was promoted to a new role as a special assistant to GM Mike Rizzo. Rizzo signed a multi-year ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg retirement?; 40-man spot + more...
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• Outside The Confines: World Series here we go!

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images An unexpected and chaotic match-up sets the stage for the Fall Classic. The whole 2023 season has been building towards this. Tonight the World Series begins, and I don’t think there is a single soul who can honestly say that at the beginning of the year they believed we would be seeing an Arizona Diamondbacks/Texas Rangers fall classic, and yet here we...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore & Luis García return; Nationals drop opener to Dodgers...
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Results: Favorite memory of Stephen Strasburg - 2019 World Series MVP run
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• The Nationals and Orioles have resolved their long-standing broadcast rights dispute
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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 Reacts Results: Favorite memory of Stephen Strasburg - 2019 World Series MVP run
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• Quick Hits: Harris, Nationals, A’s Ballpark, Cardinals
Nationals assistant general manager and VP of player personnel Doug Harris is back home and recovering after a recurrence of leukemia, the Washington Post’s Barry Svrluga writes. This is the fourth separate time Harris has fought the disease, with this latest incident resulting in a blood transplant, further rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, and…...2020
• Dodgers players reportedly warned Nationals about Astros' sign-stealing before 2019 World Series
The Astros’ sign-stealing scandal has been the dominant story in baseball over the past several weeks, although it didn’t come as a revelation to many throughout the game. A scout from another team told Barry Svrluga and Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post: “It was a big open secret, really big. Throughout baseball, throughout the scouting community, for several years, not just starting in 2017. I...2020
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• Nationals Rumors: Bullpen, Holland, Solis, Fedde, Romero
The Nationals’ terrible results from the bullpen have been frustrating fans all season, and it’s begun to take a toll on the clubhouse as well, per Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post. Svrluga quotes unnamed Nationals players that are exasperated by the persistently blown leads, quoting one who states, “We feel like we have to win…...2017
• Max Scherzer Joins Rarified Air with AL, NL Cy Young Double-Dip
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• Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
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• Blue Jays-Rangers' All-out Brawl Escalates Bad Blood Rivalry to New Level
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• The Nationals and Orioles have resolved their long-standing broadcast rights dispute
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• Nationals news: Making sense of Mark Lerner’s comments
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Talking CJ Abrams; Dylan Crews down the stretch + more...
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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 retirement?; 40-man spot + more...
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• Outside The Confines: World Series here we go!
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore & Luis García return; Nationals drop opener to Dodgers...
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Survey: Favorite Stephen Strasburg memory?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win 2 of 3 with Yankees; Stephen Strasburg set to retire; Stone Garrett update...
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• Travis Shaw Named Red Sox 3B over Pablo Sandoval: Latest Comments, Reaction
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• Nationals To Re-Sign Ryan Zimmerman
The Nationals have reached a one-year, $2MM guarantee with first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, pending a physical, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post reports. The deal can max out at $5MM with performance bonuses. Zimmerman’s a client of CAA Sports. More to come....2020
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• Breakout Mets Clinch Division, Put Bickering Nationals out of Misery
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• Max Scherzer Signing Nationals' Only Brilliant Move in Lost Season
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• Nationals Nearing Deal To Acquire Jonathan Papelbon
The Nationals are nearing a deal to acquire closer Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post reports on Twitter. Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that there was a deal in the works, but … ...2015
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• Stephen Strasburg Plans To Retire
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• Washington Post editorial board renews call for Washington name change
Earlier this week, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post called on the local NFL team to change its name. On Friday, the Washington Post editorial board renewed its position that the time has long since come for the dictionary-defined slur to be ditched. “Over the years, there have been many calls for the team to [more]...2020
• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Ranking 2015's Biggest Disappointments
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• How Soon Do MLB Teams Regret Blockbuster, $100 Million Free-Agent Deals?
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• The Nationals and Orioles have resolved their long-standing broadcast rights dispute
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• Nationals news: Making sense of Mark Lerner’s comments
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• Can the Commanders beat the top-seeded Detroit Lions?
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• How will Jayden Daniels and the Commanders fare in the playoffs?
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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 retirement?; 40-man spot + more...
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• Outside The Confines: World Series here we go!
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• Outside The Confines: A classic fall
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore & Luis García return; Nationals drop opener to Dodgers...
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Results: Favorite memory of Stephen Strasburg - 2019 World Series MVP run
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• Latest On Astros’ Sign-Stealing Scandal
The Astros’ sign-stealing scandal has been the dominant story in baseball over the past several weeks, though it didn’t come as a revelation to many throughout the game. A scout from another team told Barry Svrluga and Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post: “It was a big open secret, really big. Throughout baseball, throughout the…...2020
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• Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
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• Blue Jays-Rangers' All-out Brawl Escalates Bad Blood Rivalry to New Level
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• 2016 MLB Free Agents: Projecting Most Coveted Players Before Regular Season Ends
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