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• What will the Nationals do at closer?

Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images The Nationals have a hole to fill in the backend of the bullpen after non-tendering Kyle Finnegan After non-tendering Kyle Finnegan, the Nationals will head into 2025 with a new closer. The question is who will it be. With the reliever market yet to develop, there are plenty of external options available. However, there are a couple intriguing candidates already ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rule 5 Draft pick + post-Kyle Finnegan bullpen...

Notes and quotes from Wednesday at the Winter Meetings... RULE 5 DRAFT: With the 5th overall pick in the 2024-25 Rule 5 Draft, Washington’s Nationals selected right-handed reliever Evan Reifert, 25, a 2018 30th Round pick by the Rangers, who did not sign with Texas, who pitched in the Milwaukee Brewers’ (2021) and the Tampa Bay Rays’ systems (‘22-’24) before he was selected by the Nats on Wednesda...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ goals at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings... NATIONALS WIN DRAFT LOTTERY; NO. 1 OVERALL PICK: For the first time since 2010 when they selected Bryce Harper No. 1 overall the year after taking Stephen Strasburg at No. 1 in ‘09, Washington’s Nationals have the top pick in the draft after they won the MLB Draft Lottery last night at the Winter Meetings in Dallas, TX. It...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings

Notes and quotes from Davey Martinez’s press conference at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings... The team that signed a then-16-year-old Juan Soto out of the Dominican Republic in 2015 (with a $1.5M signing bonus) wasn’t a part of the conversation before the now-26-year-old signed his record 15-year/$765M free agent deal with the New York Mets on Sunday night. “I love Juan. I can sit here and say that ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Ryan Zimmerman on Nats’ 20th anniversary celebration

Notes and quotes from Ryan Zimmerman’s recent MLB Network appearance and the Nats’ 20th anniversary celebration... “From our first game at RFK, to Ryan Zimmerman’s walk-off to open Nationals Park, and of course [the] 2019 World Series, the last 20 years have been filled with so many amazing and memorable moments,” Mark D. Lerner, Managing Principal Owner of Washington’s Nationals, said in a press ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: His name is Herz, DJ Herz

Notes and quotes on Nationals’ lefty DJ Herz’s breakthrough 2024 campaign... “We got a 22-year-old left-handed pitcher that’s striking out almost 12-13 players per nine innings,” GM and President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo told reporters of one of the two players Washington received from Chicago in a deadline deal in 2023 which sent the Nationals’ third baseman, Jeimer Candelario, to the Cu...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rule 5 Draft pick + post-Kyle Finnegan bullpen...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Josiah Gray and the bumpy road back…

Notes and quotes on Josiah Gray, TJS, and the long road back… “I’m a little concerned right now,” Davey Martinez told reporters on July 2nd, after Josiah Gray struggled on the mound in a minor league start. Gray, who turns 27 later this month, was five outings into a rehab assignment after landing on the IL two starts into the 2024 campaign, with what doctors determined was, “... a right elbow/for...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stockpiling starting pitching in D.C.

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ pitching depth and the plan moving forward... Washington Nationals’ starters Jake Irvin (33) and MacKenzie Gore (32) got up to 30 starts this past season, “… while Mitchell Parker [29] fell just short in his rookie season.” The three starters, Irvin (27), Gore (25), and Parker (25), give the club, “... a strong foundation moving into the 2025 season and beyond,” ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jose A. Ferrer and the back end of the Nats’ bullpen

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ hard-throwing lefty and his role in the bullpen... Jose A. Ferrer started the 2024 campaign on the IL after suffering a strained teres major muscle in his upper back in Spring Training, and the 23-year-old southpaw didn’t pitch in the majors until mid-July, but in an abbreviated season, he made a strong impression on Davey Martinez. In 31 games and 32 innings pit...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ 2024 debuts + youth movement talk...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ youth movement and the Nats’ brass thinking they’re close... This is what this stage of a rebuild/reboot, or “mini retool” looks like. In their 2024 Season in Review, Washington’s Nationals noted how they, “... played [a total of] 15 rookies this season, matching the third-most they’ve used in a season since 2005, trailing only 2021 (17) and 2006 (18).” GM and ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Carter Kieboom and another Nats’ 1st Round pick now minor league free agents...

Notes and quotes on the long list of the Nationals’ minor league free agents this winter... Carter Kieboom, a 2016 1st Round pick by Washington, who debuted in the majors in 2019, played for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the Mexico Pacific Winter League this past winter, which Nationals’ GM and President Ops Mike Rizzo told reporters last December really impressed him. “The fact that he went an...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Cade Cavalli, the 2025 rotation + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ prospect Cade Cavalli and the future rotation in D.C. Washington’s brass held out hope that Cade Cavalli would return to the majors over the last weeks of the season, after their 2020 1st Round pick underwent Tommy John surgery in the spring of 2023, and then worked his way back through a tough rehab process, but setbacks along the way forced them to make a tough...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats kick off offseason with roster moves...

Notes and quotes on the start of the 2024-25 offseason and the Nationals’ first moves... A left hamstring strain kept veteran 1B/OF Joey Gallo out of the Washington Nationals’ lineup between June 12th and August 20th this past season, but the 30-year-old veteran, who signed a 1-year/$5M contract (with a mutual option for 2025) last offseason, returned in the last month-plus and hit 5 of his 10 hom...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ patient plan to get Tanner Rainey back close to his pre-TJS self... Davey Martinez talked early in Spring Training 2024 about reliever Tanner Rainey returning from Tommy John surgery to take hopefully take on a role in the back end of the Nationals’ bullpen, though he did acknowledge pretty quickly, once things started, Rainey’s stuff was not quite where they’d h...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Notes and quotes from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game... CJ Abrams represents. On the day he was named an All-Star for the first time, the Nationals noted in a press release, CJ Abrams led all NL shortstops, “… with a .506 slugging percentage … [and] ranked second in extra-base hits (40), OPS (.859), RBI[s] (46), and triples (5).” “Advanced metrics,” they added, “… according to Baseball-Reference.com,...2024
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"He’ll also work with manager Davey Martinez, pitching coach Jim Hickey and bullpen coach…"

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"Davey Martinez then went to his bullpen for Jose Ferrer who allowed an infield single to Michael Harris that scored two runs to give the Braves their first lead of the day at 7-5."

2022
"Nationals third baseman Carter Kieboom underwent an MRI on his sore throwing elbow today that revealed a flexor mass strain in his right forearm, manager Davey Martinez told MLB."

2021
"The Nationals will promote right-hander Joan Adon prior to tomorrow’s game, manager Davey Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post) tonight."

2020
"Speaking to a handful of DMV-area reporters, Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez said that he expects Carter Kieboom to be the starting third baseman, MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, and Todd Dybas of NBC Sports were among those reporting."

2018
"In particular, to that point the Nationals had not yet hired Davey Martinez to take over."

2017
"If Davey Martinez gets a managerial gig, the slate will just about be complete."

2014
"Davey Martinez did not make the final cut for the Rays' vacated manager's post."

• What will the Nationals do at closer?
2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rule 5 Draft pick + post-Kyle Finnegan bullpen...
2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...
2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: His name is Herz, DJ Herz
2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Josiah Gray and the bumpy road back…
2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stockpiling starting pitching in D.C.
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dylan Crews debuts + more…

Notes and quotes on Dylan Crews debuting in the majors with Juan Soto in Nats Park… Dylan Crews, the Nationals’ 22-year-old, 2023 1st Round pick, made his debut in the majors against New York’s Yankees in Washington, D.C. this past August, going 4 for 11 with a walk, two doubles, and his first MLB home run in the series. Doing what he did in an emotional three-game set, which saw Juan Soto return ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jose A. Ferrer and the back end of the Nats’ bullpen
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jacob Young in center and at the plate...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ center fielder who has put himself in the outfield mix in the majors... While he did not win the NL Gold Glove in center field, Jacob Young did shine in the outfield this past season, with, as his club noted in the Washington Nationals’ Season in Review, the 25-year-old, 2021 7th Round pick, “… [leading] all of MLB with 21 outs above average and 19 runs prevented...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Biggest development for the 2024 Nats? Pitching?

Davey Martinez had a lot to say about the current state of and the future of the Nationals’ organization... The roster he finished the season with was drastically different than the roster he started the season with, and manager Davey Martinez talked before the Nationals’ 2024 finale about what he thought were the biggest developments for the club from another (re)building year in Washington, D.C....2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin makes final start of six-year deal in D.C.

Notes and quotes on Patrick Corbin’s time in the nation’s capital... “We don’t win the World Series without him, honestly,” Davey Martinez told reporters when he was asked last month to assess Patrick Corbin’s performance over the course of his six-year/$140M deal with the Nationals (2019-2024). “He’s the reason why we’ve got that trophy in the Champion’s club.” - Davey Martinez on Patrick Corbin ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats shut out for 3rd straight game; CJ Abrams down in West Palm...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ second loss to the Royals... RIZZO ON ABRAMS/ABRAMS IN WPB: If you were out there hoping GM and President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo might shed some more light on what actually led to CJ Abrams’ surprising demotion to Triple-A (actually West Palm Beach, FL) during the Nationals’ stop in Chicago, IL, you are going to disappointed with his answers from Wed...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams optioned to Triple-A; MacKenzie Gore dominates in no-hit bid...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 5-1 win over the Cubs in Wrigley Field on Saturday... CJ ABRAMS OPTIONED TO TRIPLE-A: Before Saturday afternoon’s game, Washington’s Nationals optioned 23-year-old shortstop CJ Abrams to Triple-A Rochester, effectively ending his season. Davey Martinez assured reporters it was an internal issue, rather than performance-related when he spoke before the third ga...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker goes deep; Nats score early, dry up in 6-3 loss to Marlins...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Marlins, and Mitchell Parker’s solid start... Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez spoke with reporters at length earlier this week about managing pitcher workloads as the end of the season approaches, and how they plan to handle the starting rotation down the stretch to get everyone through the end of the schedule. Of course no...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin does it again against Braves; Nats win, 5-1...

Notes and quotes on a strong start by Jake Irvin, who’s pwned the Braves this season... Winless in his last four starts (8.14 ERA, a 5.99 FIP, .326/.396/.558 line against in 21 IP), Jake Irvin, 27, had struggled in the second half (a 6.12 ERA, a 5.56 FIP, and a .290/.340/.525 line against in 9 GS and 50 IP), to reproduce the results from his strong first half (3.49 ERA, a 3.87 FIP, and a .231/.283...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams and the final stretch of the 2024 campaign...

Notes and quotes on Nationals’ shortstop CJ Abrams trying to find it at the plate... Davey Martinez gave CJ Abrams a day off in the finale of the series with New York’s Yankees last week in D.C., after Washington’s 23-year-old shortstop went 0 for 8 in the first two with the AL East leaders in Nationals Park. “Just wanted to give him a little breather,” the Nats’ skipper explained when he put Abra...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin & one bad inning in 7-6 loss to Cubs...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Cubs last night in D.C. ONE [REALLY] BAD INNING: It’s a cliché, of course, the talk of one bad inning dooming a start. But for Jake Irvin Friday night in the nation’s capital, the second inning was a doozy. In an otherwise effective turn in the rotation for the Nationals’ starter, Irvin, 27, gave up three straight singles, the third of...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Ryan Zimmerman on Nats’ 20th anniversary celebration
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dylan Crews debuts + more…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Darren Baker earns big league opportunity...

Notes and quotes on Darren Baker making his MLB debut… “Obviously you’ve got bloodlines there,” former Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting and current West Coast Crosschecker Mark Baca told reporters after the Nationals drafted Darren Baker, son of former Washington manager Dusty Baker, for the second time (2017/2021). “He’s a really good player. Intelligent. You watch him play on the field, so...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin helped the Nats win it all in 2019...

A look back at Patrick Corbin’s time in D.C., his final start, and the World Series run in 2019... As the final year of his 6-year/$140M deal in D.C. came to an end, manager Davey Martinez talked often about Patrick Corbin’s contributions to Washington’s World Series win in 2019, telling reporters he firmly believed the club wouldn’t have won it without the lefty. “He did everything for us,” Marti...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals going into the 2024-25 offseason... Looking at the season as a whole in late August, GM and President of Baseball Operations in D.C., Mike Rizzo, told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies the continued development of the club’s pitchers was one of the biggest positives from the Washington Nationals’ 2024 campaign. “You’re seeing really the development of four major league...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams and the abrupt end of his 2024 campaign...

Notes and quotes on an up and down year for the Nationals’ shortstop... “We don’t have a specific ‘‘You have to be in at 11 o’clock’ type of thing,” GM and President of Baseball Ops in D.C. Mike Rizzo told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies when asked about a report which had shortstop CJ Abrams out all night at a casino in Chicago before a day game in Wrigley Field late this year. Rizzo’s comments came...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finished strong after struggles...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ left-handed starter finishing strong after a rough stretch... Going into MacKenzie Gore’s 32nd and final start of the 2024 campaign, Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez summed up all he’d seen from the 25-year-old lefty for the previous six months. “Honestly, he started out really well,” the manager told reporters, “… he had a little lull. “For me, I’m looking at how h...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats finish 2024 71-91; 6-3 loss to Phillies in season finale...

Notes and quotes from Game 162 of 162 of the Nationals’ 2024 campaign... “I’ll definitely miss the knuckleheads, seeing them every day, for sure,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told reporters, before Washington’s final game of the 2024 campaign, late Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital. “When it’s over, it doesn’t really hit you until you wake up tomorrow morning when you wake up and be ...2024
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• Braves tie 2019 Twins homer record, fall to Nationals 10-9

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Atlanta finishes the season 104-58 The Atlanta Braves overcame a 5-0 deficit but watched a late lead slip away in a 10-9 loss to the Washington Nationals to close out the regular season. Dylan Dodd’s afternoon got off to a rough start. CJ Abrams singled on Dodd’s first pitch of the game and then stole second. He moved to third on a single by Lane Thomas...2023
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• Nationals Notes: Kieboom To Start At Third, Denaburg Out, Cavalli In
Speaking to a handful of DMV-area reporters, Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez said that he expects Carter Kieboom to be the starting third baseman, MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, and Todd Dybas of NBC Sports were among those reporting. It’s a bit of a surprising revelation from Martinez, as last we heard, Kieboom wasn’t even a sure thing…...2020
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• Explaining Elly De La Cruz's bat controversy vs. Nationals, which ended with Reds rookie getting revenge

De La Cruz got the last laugh after Washington manager Davey Martinez requested a bat check...2023
• Nationals Hire Sean Doolittle 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. He’ll serve as a liaison between the club’s analytics department and pitching staff, per the announcement. He’ll also work with manager Davey Martinez, pitching coach Jim Hickey and bullpen coach…...2024
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• Carter Kieboom Suffers Forearm Injury, Likely To Miss Opening Day
Nationals third baseman Carter Kieboom underwent an MRI on his sore throwing elbow today that revealed a flexor mass strain in his right forearm, manager Davey Martinez told MLB.com’s Jessica Camerato and other reporters. It isn’t clear how much time Kieboom will miss, as the 24-year-old is continuing to undergo more tests. More to come…...2022
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• Nationals To Promote Joan Adon
The Nationals will promote right-hander Joan Adon prior to tomorrow’s game, manager Davey Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post) tonight. Adon will make his MLB debut starting Washington’s final game of the season. The 23-year-old Adon is already on the Nats’ 40-man roster, added last November in advance of the Rule…...2021
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jackson Rutledge to make MLB debut tonight in PNC...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 5-1 loss to the Bucs last night; plus the news on tonight’s starter... JACKSON RUTLEDGE TO MAKE MLB DEBUT: Knowing the club was going to have to send someone out there in MacKenzie Gore’s spot in the starting rotation, with the lefty on the 15-Day IL dealing with blisters on his left hand, the Nationals weren’t giving anything away in the lead-up to this eveni...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the Bay

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matt Chapman returns to the Bay Area, but on the other side. The owners want a signing deadline. And more news from Spring Training. Good morning. If you want to feel old, Darren Baker is 1 for 5 for the Nationals in five games in Spring Training. And if you don’t remember who that is, then you probably aren’t old. The Giants signed...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Ryan Zimmerman on Nats’ 20th anniversary celebration
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: His name is Herz, DJ Herz
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Josiah Gray and the bumpy road back…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stockpiling starting pitching in D.C.
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dylan Crews debuts + more…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jose A. Ferrer and the back end of the Nats’ bullpen
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Return for Lane Thomas; José Tena + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ return in the trade that sent Lane Thomas to the Guardians... While it hurt to part ways with (a season and a half of team control of) Lane Thomas ahead of the trade deadline this past July 29th, the Nationals dealt their right fielder to Cleveland for three young prospects from the Guardians, one of whom played out the season in D.C. We have acquired OF Lane T...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: James Wood breaks through

Notes and quotes from James Wood’s MLB debut and first taste of big league action... “At the end of the day it’s still baseball, so just trying to look at it that way,” James Wood, then 21, now 22, told reporters in advance of his MLB debut on July 1, 2024. The Nationals’ Rockville, Maryland-born, hard-hitting outfielder, acquired from San Diego in the Juan Soto (and Josh Bell) trade back in 2022,...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ 2024 debuts + youth movement talk...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rumors of interest in 1B & 3B + more Hot Stove talk...

Notes and quotes on the rumors flying around involving your Washington Nationals... Asked late this past September if he now thought the Nationals were deep enough into their reboot/rebuild to justify doing some spending in free agency to supplement the talent they’ve assembled via trades, signings, and the draft over the last years, Washington’s manager Davey Martinez toed the company line to an ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin helped the Nats win it all in 2019...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats swept in Citi Field with 10-0 loss; finish 2-11 vs Mets...

Notes and quotes from the series finale in Citi Field ... which the Nationals lost. 2-11 vs the Mets. For shame. HERZ STORY: Following his extended break/trip to Triple-A around the All-Star break in mid-July, DJ Herz quietly put together a sustained stretch of solid starts, with a 2.76 ERA, 3.58 FIP, and over the last 10 turns and 49 innings pitched, a combined .181/.274/.299 line against. “He’s ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore with one to build on; Kyle Finnegan stays + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ lefty and the club’s closer... A START TO BUILD ON: MacKenzie Gore did give up a total of eight hits and three runs (all of them earned) in 5 1⁄3 innings on the mound Wednesday afternoon in Arizona, and he didn’t get a lot of swings and misses (7), or Ks (1), but he walked just one batter during his 98-pitch appearance, which, all together, was an improvement ove...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats 6-4 over Dodgers; Mitchell Parker earns W in MLB debut...

Notes and quotes from the series opener in Los Angeles... NO PRESSURE, MITCHELL!: As the Nationals’ Communications Department noted before last night’s game, 24-year-old, 2020 5th Round pick Mitchell Parker, who made his MLB debut in the series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dodger Stadium, became just the second pitcher in MLB history to, “... face three former MVPs as the first three ...2024
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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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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats rally in 7th, blow lead in 9th in 8-6 loss to Padres...
Notes and quotes from the series finale in Nationals Park... Irvin Rides Or Just Starts Again: In spite of the fact he struggled at points in each of his last two starts, with strong stretches and bad ones, Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez said Jake Irvin would continue to start for Washington again, even after veteran starter Chad Kuhl came off the IL recently. “We definitely want to give Jake ...2023
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