Lucas Sims rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• The Washington Nationals bullpen is a disaster again

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images After showing some signs of competence, the Washington Nationals have the worst bullpen in baseball again In April and early May, the Washington Nationals bullpen was a well documented disaster. Night after night, the likes of Lucas Sims and Colin Poche were blowing games. However, once we got deeper into May, the Nats bullpen was looking alright. Not good, b...2025
Visit the page Colin Poche
• The Washington Nationals are in last place

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Despite big promises, the Nationals are back in a familiar spot in the standings, last place 80 games into the 2025 season, the Washington Nationals are in a familiar spot, last place. With the rebuild now 4.5 seasons deep, this was not supposed to happen, especially with a team like the Marlins in the division. On paper, the Nationals should be way ahead of a team ...2025
Read about Davey Martinez news and rumors
• The Washington Nationals rebuild has hit a crisis point

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Things are getting ugly in the Nation’s Capital, with frustration boiling over a stalled out rebuild The 2025 Washington Nationals just hit rock bottom last night. They dropped their seventh straight game with 4-3 loss to the Marlins. The false comebacks that come up short due are feeling increasingly hollow. Talk of how the “boys battled” has become more stale tha...2025
See more Davey Martinez breaking news today
• Washington Nationals offense in a June swoon

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images After an exciting May, the Nationals offense has been in a deep malaise since the calendar turned to June The Washington Nationals offense showed some exciting flashed in May. However, all that optimism has come crumbling down in June. The offense has been absolutely feeble and has hit some stunning lows. If things don’t pick up fast, a new voice as hitting ...2025
Check it out James Wood breaking news
• Nationals News: Jorge Lopez DFA’d after tumultuous tenure

Steven Bisig-Imagn Images A third Washington Nationals offseason bullpen pickup has been DFA’d with Jorge Lopez getting the boot Jorge Lopez has joined Lucas Sims and Colin Poche as Nationals offseason pickups to be let go before June. Lopez has been DFA’d in a move that brought Eduardo Salazar to the big leagues. Three of the Nationals major offseason bullpen signings are gone before Ju...2025
Continue with Jorge Lopez headline news
• Braves News: Spencer Strider shaky in return, lineup considerations, and more

Photo by Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Spencer Strider made his return on Tuesday as the Atlanta Braves fell to the Washington Nationals 5-3. It was Strider’s first start since April 16, where he went down with a hamstring injury. He surrendered three runs to the Nats in the first inning, but fortunately, the Atlanta offense picked hi...2025
Continue with Spencer Strider breaking news today

• Nationals News: Jorge Lopez DFA’d after tumultuous tenure
2025

See more articles Jorge Lopez injury
• Braves News: Spencer Strider shaky in return, lineup considerations, and more
2025

Continue with Spencer Strider injury
• Addition by Subtraction: The Washington Nationals bullpen is on the road to respectability

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Nationals bullpen has some fresh faces like Cole Henry who are making the unit less awful Do not get it twisted, the Washington Nationals bullpen is not great. They will have plenty more nights this season where they throw leads away. It is not always going to be pretty. However, after making some changes, the Nationals bullpen is not the total dumpster fire...2025
Click for news about Cole Henry injuries
• Braves News: Eddie Rosario DFA’d, bats quiet in Pittsburgh, and more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves announced a couple of roster moves ahead of Friday’s matchup in Pittsburgh. Up first, the club selected infielder Luke Williams to the major league roster. Then, outfielder Eddie Rosario was designated for assignment. The #Braves today selected INF Luke Williams to the major league roster and...2025
Visit the page Eddie Rosario injuries
• The Washington Nationals have an organizational bullpen problem

James A. Pittman-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals bullpen issues extend beyond the big league level It is no secret, the Washington Nationals bullpen is not good. In fact, it is one of the worst baseball has seen in recent memory. The unit has a jaw dropping ERA of 7.22 after struggling mightily in the series against the Guardians. However, there is no help waiting in the wings. When ...2025
See also Lucas Erceg injury update
• Checking in on notable former Braves players

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A month into the 2025 season, here’s a look at how ex-Braves are doing across the big leagues. A month has passed in the 2025 season, and after a rocky start, the Atlanta Braves seem to be finding their mojo again. As with every season, the Braves are finding a new normal after saying goodbye to a number of long-time members of the big league roster af...2025
See also Atlanta Braves injury update
• Cole Henry and Jackson Rutledge are what the Nationals bullpen needs

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Davey Martinez needs to trust guys like Cole Henry and Jackson Rutledge in high leverage over fading veterans It has been well established that the Washington Nationals bullpen is a dumpster fire. They have the worst bullpen ERA in baseball. Newcomers like Colin Poche, Lucas Sims and Jorge Lopez just aren’t the answer out there. However, the Nationals have a c...2025
Check it out Cole Henry injury report
• How the Washington Nationals can fix the bullpen

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images The Nationals bullpen needs an overhaul, here are some moves they can make As if we needed any more evidence, yesterday showed us that the Nationals bullpen needs an overhaul. The free agents Mike Rizzo brought in to the bullpen are not getting the job done. Jorge Lopez, Lucas Sims, and Colin Poche all have ERA’s in the double digits. Mike Rizzo needs t...2025
Check it out Mike Rizzo availability report
• Was the infamous 2016 Braves prospect ranking actually that bad?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It raised the ire of Braves fans across then internet, but did FanGraphs actually get it wrong back in 2015? Back in 2015, when all Atlanta Braves fans had was the hope and wishes on prospects as the Braves were in the midst of their first full-fledged rebuild since the late 1980’s, FanGraphs released a prospect ranking of the top ...2025
Check it out Atlanta Braves injuries
• Do the Washington Nationals have a bullpen problem?

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The Nationals bullpen did not cover themselves in glory in the Opening Day loss While MacKenzie Gore dominated, the rest of the pitching really struggled with the Phillies lineup. The bullpen allowed seven runs on seven hits and six walks in their four innings of dismal work. A combination of poor performance and some questionable moves by Davey Martinez came ba...2025
See also MacKenzie Gore

2025
"The Nationals announced that they’ve placed veteran reliever Lucas Sims on release waivers."

2024
"The Red Sox have designated right-hander Brad Keller for assignment and placed righty Lucas Sims on the 15-dau injured list due to a right lat strain, per a team announcement."

2023
"In the end, the Braves lost — they hit three solo homers off former Brave Lucas Sims in the eighth to pull within a run, but ran out of comeback magic."

2022
"Lucas Sims has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to yesterday, due to lower back spasms."

2021
"The Reds have activated Lucas Sims from the IL, per Mark Sheldon of MLB."

2020
"Here’s how it breaks down: Right-Handed Pitchers Tejay Antone Trevor Bauer (Game 1 starter) Archie Bradley Luis Castillo (Game 2 starter) Sonny Gray (Game 3 starter) Raisel Iglesias Michael Lorenzen Tyler Mahle Lucas Sims Robert Stephenson Left-Handed…"

2018
"At different points over the past few years, Matt Wisler, Aaron Blair and Lucas Sims were considered one of the Braves' top pitching prospects."

2017
"As the Braves ushered in the Major League debuts of Lucas Sims and Ozzie Albies, the Dodgers spoiled the celebration thanks to Kenta Maeda's scoreless start and Cody Bellinger's 29th home run of the season in Monday's 3-2 victory at SunTrust Park, Los Angeles' ninth consecutive win."

2016
"After homering in three of his past four games, Hunter Dozier joins Atlanta's Lucas Sims as top prospects in action on Tuesday."

2015
"As highly regarded pitching prospect Lucas Sims made the short trip to Osceola County Stadium for Sunday afternoon's game, he was just excited about the fact that he had been brought over from Minor League camp to serve as an extra pitcher for the day."

• The Washington Nationals are in last place
2025

See more Davey Martinez contract rumors
• Nationals News: Jorge Lopez DFA’d after tumultuous tenure
2025

Click for news about Jorge Lopez contract rumors
• Phillies Sign Lucas Sims To Minor League Deal
6:21pm: Philadelphia also added righty Wil Crowe on a minor league contract and assigned him to Double-A Reading, as reflected on the MLB.com transaction log. A former Nationals draftee, Crowe owns a 5.30 ERA over parts of four MLB seasons. He spent last year in Korea with the Kia Tigers, putting up a 3.57 mark with…...2025
• The Washington Nationals have an organizational bullpen problem
2025

Continue with Lucas Erceg
• Checking in on notable former Braves players
2025

See more articles Atlanta Braves salary
• Cole Henry and Jackson Rutledge are what the Nationals bullpen needs
2025

Check it out Cole Henry
• How the Washington Nationals can fix the bullpen
2025

Check it out Mike Rizzo salary rumors
• Why can’t the Washington Nationals build a competent Bullpen?

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals never seem to have a good bullpen and I wanted to explore why that is The Washington Nationals bullpen has been a disaster to start the season. They have the worst bullpen ERA at a staggering 6.92. The bullpen WHIP is at 1.92 and they have walked 38 batters. I wanted to explore why the bullpen is so bad and why the Nats never seem to h...2025
See more Kyle Finnegan trade rumors
• Washington Nationals sluggers power comeback win

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Nationals rallied to overcome a 4-0 deficit to beat fry the fish The Washington Nationals showed off some major resilience in their 7-4 win over the Marlins. Nobody was more resilient than the ill Nathaniel Lowe who was scratched from the lineup but got a massive bases clearing double to give the Nats a lead they would not surrender. However, to start the game i...2025
Click for news about Nathaniel Lowe salary rumors
• Was the infamous 2016 Braves prospect ranking actually that bad?
2025

See more articles Atlanta Braves contract rumors

• The Washington Nationals are in last place
2025

See more Davey Martinez
• The Washington Nationals rebuild has hit a crisis point
2025

Click for news about Davey Martinez
• Washington Nationals struggling to find consistency

Brad Mills-Imagn Images After an electric win, the Nats came out flat in their follow up effort I was at the games on both Friday and Saturday. The difference in energy from the Nationals was palpable. On Friday, they were chasing down every ball and going full steam ahead, to a fault at times. However, that juice was not their yesterday. It was a lethargic effort that resulted in a 2-0 lo...2025
See also Darnell Coles statistics
• Three takeaways from another Nationals loss

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images Some thoughts following yet another Washington Nationals loss As Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s all time goal record, the Washington Nationals lost their fourth straight game to fall to 1-6. Here are some of my takeaways from a split screen night in Washington, DC. The Bats are Powerful Despite the loss, my biggest takeaway was how powerful the Nats bats hav...2025
See more Nathaniel Lowe scores
• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Washington Nationals

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The Nationals aren’t here quite yet but that won’t mean they’ll be easy to deal with in 2025. The Washington Nationals might’ve finished 71-91 but don’t be fooled — this could be a sneaky-tough team to deal with going forward. They’ve got holes, sure, but they’ve also got a core of young guys that could support a contender sooner rather than later. How did...2025
See also NL East scores
• Nationals News: Reliever Lucas Sims reportedly signs with the Nats

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Nationals pick up an interesting option for their bullpen The Nationals are reportedly closing in on an agreement to sign veteran reliever Lucas Sims. The 30 year old Sims spent last season with the Reds and Red Sox, posting a 4.38 ERA in 58 appearances. In 2023, Sims was excellent in Cincinnati, with a 3.10 ERA in 67 outings. Lucas Sims is more interesting than yo...2025
Continue with Red Sox stats
• The state of the American League race

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who will battle for the pennant? With a little over two weeks left in the regular season, the Royals seem poised to make their first playoff appearance in nine seasons. They currently sit in the second Wild Card spot, with a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff spot, and a 92 percent chance of making the post-season, according to Fangraphs. For the post-...2024
See more New York Yankees scores
• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Brewers welcome Reds to town to begin long homestand Coming off one of the best series of the season in Atlanta, the Brewers will look to carry the momentum back to Milwaukee as they begin a long homestand that features three games with the Reds, four games with the Dodgers, and three games with the Guardians. The Cincinnati Reds are the first group in town, wi...2024
Continue with Milwaukee Brewers scores
• MLB Trade Deadline 2024: Grading all 30 teams’ moves

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The dust has settled after a frenzied final few hours of trade activity. How did your team fare? The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. There will be waiver claims, minor signings, injury returns, and other internal promotions from this point onward, but in general, each team’s roster now features the primary players who wi...2024
Visit the page AL East
• Winans struggles in second start of season as Braves fall to the Reds

Allen Winans struggled again in his second start of the season | Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Braves showed some life on offense, but it was not enough to make up for the nine runs given up. The Atlanta Braves faced off against the Cincinnati Reds first game of a double header at lunch time today featuring two pitchers that have struggled with keeping runs off the board. Allan Winans h...2024
See also Atlanta Braves statistics

• The Washington Nationals are in last place
2025

Check it out Davey Martinez
• The Washington Nationals rebuild has hit a crisis point
2025

Continue with Davey Martinez
• Nationals News: Jorge Lopez DFA’d after tumultuous tenure
2025

Check it out Jorge Lopez
• Checking in on notable former Braves players
2025

See also Atlanta Braves
• Washington Nationals sluggers power comeback win
2025

Visit the page Nathaniel Lowe
• Washington Nationals finalize Opening Day roster

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Nationals have set their official 26 man roster for the 2025 campaign At long last, the Opening Day roster is here! After plenty of spring shakeups, we have the 26 that will take the field today at 4:05 PM. We will break down all the position groups and discuss any surprises. Pitchers: The starting pitchers on the roster are Mackenzie Gore, Jake Irvin, Michae...2025
See also Jonathan Dyer Imagn
• Washington Nationals offseason recap

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Looking back at what Mike Rizzo did to improve the club this offseason With the Nationals season just 10 days away, and with the regular season games starting over in Japan tomorrow, it feels right to recap what the Nats did this offseason. While it was a busy offseason for the Nationals, the lack of a big ticket item left many fans wanting more. Here we will ...2025
Visit the page Mike Rizzo
• Royals Rumblings - News for February 20, 2025

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Ignore yesterday’s headline that had the wrong date! Daniel Lynch IV is entering camp with a new perspective, having welcomed a child into the world last month: There are quite a few parallels there to becoming a first-time dad, as Lynch realized mid-conversation. “You find yourself thinking of yourself a lot less,” Lynch said. “Which I th...2025
Read about Billie Weiss Boston
• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds
2024

See more Milwaukee Brewers
• MLB Trade Deadline 2024: Grading all 30 teams’ moves
2024

Continue with AL East

• LA takes win streak to the nines, edges Braves
2017

See more articles Ozzie Albies
• Braves To Promote Ozzie Albies, Lucas Sims
The Braves will promote top infield prospect Ozzie Albies for tonight’s game, according to MLB.com Pipeline (Twitter link) and MLB.com’s Mark Bowman (via Twitter). Pitching prospect Lucas Sims is also heading to the majors to make his first start, as David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday on Twitter. The move on Albies comes…...2017
Visit the page Ozzie Albies
• Prospect Sims thrilled with first MLB spring outing
As highly regarded pitching prospect Lucas Sims made the short trip to Osceola County Stadium for Sunday afternoon's game, he was just excited about the fact that he had been brought over from Minor League camp to serve as an extra pitcher for the day. But the day proved to be even more memorable than anticipated, as Sims contributed a scoreless eighth inning to the combined no-hitter the Braves c...2015
• Red Sox Designate Brad Keller, Place Lucas Sims On Injured List
The Red Sox have designated right-hander Brad Keller for assignment and placed righty Lucas Sims on the 15-dau injured list due to a right lat strain, per a team announcement. Keller’s DFA paves the way for lefty Rich Hill to be selected from Triple-A Worcester — a move that was originally reported earlier this morning.…...2024
See also Red Sox
• Reds Place Lucas Sims On Injured List, Select Robert Dugger
The Reds announced a series of moves in their bullpen before tonight’s game in Pittsburgh. Lucas Sims has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to yesterday, due to lower back spasms. Cincinnati selected Robert Dugger to take his spot on the roster. The Reds also optioned Dauri Moreta to Triple-A Louisville and recalled Jared Solomon. Sims heads…...2022
See more Robert Dugger
• Braves run out of quarters, lose arcade game to Reds, 11-10
I can’t believe they programmed realistic bat shatter and splinter physics into this simulation of a baseball game | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Braves hit five homers, the Reds hit four, Elly de la Cruz hit for the cycle, and a bunch of other crazy stuff happened You know, arcades? Where you used to have to put quarters into the machines to keep your Street Fighter II Turbo stre...2023
See also Dylan Buell
• Cubs vs. Reds at Goodyear preview, Wednesday 3/15, 8:05 CT
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images It might rain tonight, but as of the time of this preview posting, the game is still on. We don’t have to do this much for Spring Training games, but tonight the weather forecast in the Phoenix area is pretty bad: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Low around 50. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the evening. Chance of preci...2023
See more articles Dylan Buell
• Reds To Promote Levi Stoudt
The Reds announced that pitching prospect Levi Stoudt has been added to their taxt squad and is scheduled to start tomorrow’s game, which will be his major league debut. Additionally, the club reinstated right-hander Lucas Sims from the injured list and optioned fellow righty Kevin Herget to Triple-A. Stoudt already has a 40-man roster spot…...2023
Read about Levi Stoudt

1. White Sox

2. World Series

3. Red Sox

. . .

1576. Lucas Sims

• Reds Bats & Bullpen Both Go Deep Six
The Reds' bullpen are the Nasty Boys again. Not in the good way though. In the Janet Jackson way. . .Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing. Lucas Sims (1 IP, 3 ER) came in and pitched a clean, sexy 9th inning, like a closer might. Then the 10th inning came, and--did Amir Garrett sneeze on him? Yo, I put this CD-Rom in my computer, fired up the dial-up, and began to clothe my Sims family for this? ...2021
Visit the page Nasty Boys

• The Washington Nationals bullpen is a disaster again
2025

Visit the page Colin Poche
• The Washington Nationals rebuild has hit a crisis point
2025

See more Davey Martinez
• Washington Nationals offense in a June swoon
2025

Continue with James Wood
• Braves News: Spencer Strider shaky in return, lineup considerations, and more
2025

Read about Spencer Strider
• Addition by Subtraction: The Washington Nationals bullpen is on the road to respectability
2025

See more Cole Henry
• Braves News: Eddie Rosario DFA’d, bats quiet in Pittsburgh, and more
2025

Continue with Eddie Rosario
• Checking in on notable former Braves players
2025

See more articles Atlanta Braves
• Washington Nationals stun the New York Mets in another walk off thriller

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals came back from the dead to defeat a shell shocked New York Mets team Between the near meltdown in Colorado and the game on Friday, the Washington Nationals have been in some thrillers so far this season. However, this comeback win over the Mets is by far the win of the season. The Washington Nationals looked dead in the water from the jump, ...2025
Visit the page New York Mets
• Washington Nationals struggling to find consistency
2025

Read about Darnell Coles
• Washington Nationals embarrassed in a listless performance

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals looked flat today as they fall to 2-5 on the road trip Today was a gut punch for the Washington Nationals. In fact, this whole road trip has been a massive left hook to the liver for a team coming off series wins against the Dodgers and D-Backs. There is not a whole lot to recap in this game because frankly, not a whole lot happened. ...2025
Check it out Charles LeClaire

• Addition by Subtraction: The Washington Nationals bullpen is on the road to respectability
2025

Continue with Cole Henry
• Best of times, worst of times for Washington Nationals in chaotic Coors Field win

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images A perfect Washington Nationals win almost turned into an all time disaster as the bullpen nearly blew a 10 run lead It was the best of times for the Washington Nationals. James Wood and Dylan Crews both went three for five with four RBI’s. It was the first time in their young careers that both outfielders homered in the same game. Dylan Crews homers f...2025
See also Coors Field rumors
• Was the infamous 2016 Braves prospect ranking actually that bad?
2025

See more Atlanta Braves
• What will the Washington Nationals bullpen look like?

Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images A camp battle to follow is the race for the last few spots in the Nationals ‘pen Throughout the spring we will be monitoring camp battles very closely here at Federal Baseball. We talked about the race for the fifth starter spot the other day, and now we will talk about the bullpen. Right now Roster Resource has the bullpen listed as Kyle Finnegan, Jorge Lopez, ...2025
See more articles Federal Baseball gossip
• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 59

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs finally return to the win column with a 7-5 triumph. It wasn’t pretty by, any stretch of the imagination. But it was nice to see the efforts to get back into this game not go to waste. It was a long, wet and sloppy night on the North Side of Chicago. Two teams that have disappointed their respective fanbases took turns doing disappointing things....2024
See also Quinn Harris rumors
• Reds Bats & Bullpen Both Go Deep Six
2021

Visit the page Nasty Boys
• Atlanta Braves Mock Draft: Last Minute Picks and Predictions
2015

Check it out Atlanta Braves gossip