Washington Nationals

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The Washington Nationals have finalized their coaching staff for Jim Riggleman, who was officially named manager last Thursday after serving in an interim role for the second half of this past season.

Major League Baseball free agency is officially open.  The Washington Nationals franchise has spent painstaking moments this short off-season thus far erasing the front office effects of former GM Jim Bowden and completely revamping and rebuilding the Nationals front office.  We app...

From combined dispatches The Washington Nationals said No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a twisted left knee and was scratched from his start in the Arizona Fall League championship game. Strasburg was hurt during a workout Thursday, and an MRI exam showed inflammation. He is...

By WFY(noreply@blogger.com) That's not the point though. The point is that by praising a pitching prospect of the Washington Nationals, Zuckerman damned Strasburg like John Patterson and Shawn Hill. Have you no deceny Zuckerman? Washington Nationals, Nats, Stephen Strasburg, panic©MMIX William F. Yurasko

By Bill Ladson The Nationals selected the contracts of pitchers Juan Jaime, Atahualpa Severino and Aaron Thompson on Thursday. Nats add three arms to 40-man roster

The Nationals bottomed out in 2009. Their season began with the ouster of general manager Jim Bowden in the beginning of March after he was implicated in a bonus-skimming scandal in the Dominican Republic that drew the attention of the FBI. And it ended with 103 losses, giving them 205 losse...

By WFY(noreply@blogger.com) Davey Johnson is the latest in a string of hires Mike Rizzo has made for the Washington Nationals front office since becoming permanent general manager. Johnson, who has been out of MLB for most of the decade, has managed the US Olympic baseball team though. Stephen Strasburg was a member of...

By Howard Megdal There's no such thing as an offseason- just different kinds of on-seasons. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com believes the Phillies will find a replacement for Eric Bruntlett among John McDonald, Omar Vizquel, Jamey Carroll, Ronnie Belliard and Juan Uribe. According to Scott Olsen, arbitration-e...

By Ben Nicholson-Smith The Nationals are considering a number of options up the middle. Here's the latest: MLB.com's Bill Ladson expects the Nationals to try trading Cristian Guzman this offseason. It won't be easy, given his $8MM salary. Manager Jim Riggleman likes Ian Desmond, but others within the organizati...

By Farid Rushdi True, in 10 seasons as a major league manager, Riggleman has a 555-694 record, a .444 winning percentage. But eight of those seasons were as manager of the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs, teams that don’t exactly have a history of winning baseball.

By WFY(noreply@blogger.com) RF Austin Kearns' Washington career appears to be over. THe Nationals declined to pick up the 2010 option on his contract, buying him out for $1 million instead of paying him to play for $10 million. It is obviously the right decisions because Kearns can no longer hit.

By Zach Links Let's take a look at some Nationals tidbits courtesy of the latest mailbag from MLB.com's Bill Ladson and Phil Wood of MASNsports.com: Mike MacDougal is currently the favorite to be the Nats' closer in 2010. In 52 appearances last season, the 32-year-old posted an ERA of 3.60 but had as many wa...

By Elf(noreply@blogger.com) I'll miss not being there to take tons of candid photos of all of my agility friends, as I have at the previous seven Nationals I've attended. But on the other hand then I won't be looking at hundreds of photos to sort and label. (Never did finish the last couple of years' worth, for example.)

By Farid Rushdi The Nationals walked more and struck out less. They became more patient at the plate, increasing their pitches-per-plate-appearance from 3.73 (13th in the National League) to 3.86 (third). For the Nationals, 2010 just might be that year.

By Farid Rushdi Jim Bowden didn’t like outfielder Endy Chavez very much and traded him to the Phillies for Marlon Byrd, an outfielder they didn’t like very much.  He played for two seasons with Washington before leaving via free agency; the Nationals didn't want him anymore. Okay, back to Zimmerman.

By Farid Rushdi 2B: Alberto Gonzalez SS: Cristian Guzman 3B: Ryan Zimmerman Ryan Zimmerman has grown into “the face of the franchise.” This sounds strange to say, but the Nationals need to build their team around Morgan and not Ryan Zimmerman or Adam Dunn. RF: Elijah Dukes

By Chico Harlan ATLANTA, Oct. 4 -- Unwatchable at the beginning, unbeatable at the end, unorthodox without interruption, the 2009 Washington Nationals finished their poorest season with their best effort. On Sunday, before the Nationals split for the winter, they set one final ambush on conventional...

By Screech's Best Friend(noreply@blogger.com) The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation raised nearly $3,000 for their charities this afternoon with their final Saturday Auction of the season. Among the items bidded on: Cristian Guzman, Elijah Dukes & Willie Harris signed jerseys. A base from Opening Day 2009, Jesus Flores si...

By Dave at Nats News Network 5 months ago: Washington Nationals' John Lannan pitches against Atlanta Braves' Chipper Jones during the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) 1)  If the typical fan of the Washington Nationals thinks a #3 starter should win 15 game...

By Alex Danvers And is apparently just starting in LA (see last night’s win), leaving second base open. The Nationals don’t have the depth internally to fill the position. To review, the Nationals should pursue: (1) Placido Polanco (2) Freddy Sanchez (3) Aki Iwamura. Sanchez may not be available, and Adam...

By Boris Yovchev As a supporter of the Milwaukee Brewers I was impatiently waiting to see how the negotiations between Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals would unfold. Strasburg has the stats, too, but at a level much different than that of Major League Baseball. Someone once told me somethin...

By Farid Rushdi Before joining the Nationals in 2006, Rizzo was the Director of Scouting for the Arizona Diamondbacks and was credited with transforming their moribund farm system—one of the worst in 2000—into what many considered the best in the National League just six years later.

By Adam Bernacchio Jonny Gomes – .400/4/9. Gomes was the latest player to hit three HR’s in a game when he hit three HR’s against the Washington Nationals last week. Randy Wolf – 2-0 with a 2.30 ERA and 13 K’s in 15.2 IP. Wolf came up aces yesterday for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

By Farid Rushdi No, they’re not the New York Mets. Perhaps a comparison with the 2003 Detroit Tigers would make more sense. If the Nationals were to sign three free agent hitters and one veteran starter, the Nationals could look a great deal like the 2006 Tigers. Nats Notes

By Screech's Best Friend(noreply@blogger.com) Here is the complete press conference held today beginning at 11:30AM at Nationals Park, in the media interview room. The announcement where Manny Acta was fired as Manager of Our Washington Nationals--replaced on an interim basis by Jim Riggleman. Senior Director of Baseball Media Rel...

By Farid Rushdi But for every steal, there is a dud. In 2006, the Nationals traded their best pitcher, Livan Hernandez, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitchers Matt Chico and Garrett Mock. Do you think Bob Short would have been able to leave Washington in one piece if he had traded Frank Howard?

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) Tuesday evening, while Our Washington Nationals were still playing The Cincinnati Reds at Nationals Park, Washington's Director of Scouting, Dana Brown, alongside Bob Boone (Asst. GM/VP Player Development), Deric Ladnier (National Cross Checker) and Chris Kline (Scout/National...

By e chigliak Next Game Washington Nationals Atlanta Braves Headline: Barack Obama Says No To The Washington Nationals. Derek Lowe vs The Nationals... Austin Kearns - 2 for 17, .118 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's. Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 18, .167 AVG, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 7 K's. Who's Watching The Nationals?

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) After everyone had the opportunity to taste all the foods offered up today by Levy Restaurants at Nationals Park, Team President Stan Kasten answered questions from the assembled media. While talking with Mr. Kasten, we were eventually joined by reporters from The Washington Post, The C...

By e chigliak Adam Dunn of the Washington Nationals played first base Thursday night -- and not gracefully -- but the Nationals want Dunn to stay in the outfield." Nationals @ Astros...1:05 pm EST. John Lannan vs Brian Moehler. (ed. note - "I'll be following the Nationals through the iPhone this afternoon whi...

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) Willie Harris started at second base. Tyler Clippard, Terrell Young and Garrett Mock struggled in their innings pitched. Saul Rivera, heading soon to play in The World Baseball Classic for Panama, pitched one inning for Washington. And Adam Dunn also announced yesterday, he will play for...

By e chigliak After reading Washington Post writer Chico Harlan's article entitled, "New Ace May Be In Play For Nats", which focuses on the projected #1 overall pick in the June 9th '09 MLB Amateur Draft, (San Diego State Aztec's starter Stephen Strasburg), and coming across another article at Ba...

By e chigliak The Nationals drafted Chris Marrero as a third baseman, but have moved him around to OF/1B with Zimmerman established at third, but I imagine Marrero or Kory Casto could man third competently for a few years if Zim was dealt...the Nationals have drafted a lot of pitchers recently and the out...

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) Reminder, this chat took place the morning after Our Washington Nationals had just lost their 11th Game In A Row. Do you feel you have lost any momentum from the fan base? (SBF) The Baseball Decision is sound, the way it was announced was not. (SBF)

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) With that--here we go with Our Conversation with Dave Jageler. When you first were hired by The Nationals to come here, what was that feeling like—knowing you would be broadcasting Major League Baseball? (SBF) How is the new ballpark to work—compared to RFK? (The African Queen)

And the program spends the better part of the hour covering every division in baseball, highlighting the return of Mark Teixeira to Texas, the resurgent Rockies, the streaking Tigers on the back of Marcus Thames, the impact of Alfonso Soriano’s injury on Chicago, Hank Steinbrenner’s a...

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) GAME OVER. Our Washington Nationals had surrendered. With Manny Acta. A Seven Run Inning had sent Our Washington Nationals down for the count. Final Score from New Nationals Park--The San Francisco Giants 10 and Our Washington Nationals 1.

By Screech's Best Friend The "Pinging" sound of metal bats was odd. Only a few thousand were in attendance. And the final score really wasn't what this afternoon was all about. Today--Our Washington Nationals opened New Nationals Park with a special match up. George Washington University played St. Josephs in the fi...

By Screech's Best Friend Like Shawn Hill, Nick Johnson, Austin Kearns and Ryan Zimmerman beforehand--some of the many other players for Our Washington Nationals interviewed on Nats320--Chad Cordero seems well grounded and understands--after four successful years in The Major Leagues--he is capable of do...

Washington Nationals righthander John Patterson, out for nearly two months with a slowtoheal nerve injury in his right elbow, is seeking treatment on his own in Toronto.

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) The Nats salvage an split with the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. Is the glass half full or half empty? Ryan Zimmerman has arrived in the bigs. Is he hype or hope? The September call-ups are coming. Will the be the solution to this scrappy teams ills? Jon Wadsworth takes you through the Nats perform...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) For the first time since the beginning of July, the Nationals win a series, and for the first time since July 8th, they score more than 5 runs in a game. Despite the naysayers, let the Nats feelgood story resume. Plus, Gill rails on people who characterize the use of steroids as somehow less egr...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) Baseball’s three-day hiatus allows us to wonder with clarity about the team’s prospects in the season’s second half. So we do just that, reviewing the final Phillies series before, the transactions made and not yet made during, and the keys to the schedule after the break. Plus, Gill talks...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) The Washington Nationals Facts: 47-31, 1st Place, NL East 29-10 @ RFK, Best Home Record in the Majors, including 15 out of their last 16 9 series wins in a row at RFK 17-5 in One Run games since May 8 Nats Poll Question: How far do you think the Nationals will go? Vote or See Results

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) MLB | WASHINGTON NATIONALS PODCAST The Nats Week In Review with Gill Alexander The Nationals Podcast Is the Nationals’ 42-30 record a mirage? Is their attendance something to worry about? Gill brings on Basil Tsimpris from The Nationals Enquirer to discuss. And true to form, fresh off in...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) MLB | Washington Nationals The Nats Week In Review The Washington Nationals Podcast After gushing about the NL East-leading Nationals’ 5-game winning streak (8 out of their last 9), Gill chats with the latest addition to the mysportsradio.com team, Anish Shroff, former ESPN Dream Jobb...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) MLB | Washington Nationals The Nats Week In Review The Washington Nationals Podcast Do you want a piece of the Nats? Better have a sexy name getting in bed with you as Colin Powell and billionaire George Soros add their names to groups bidding on the Nationals. Gill breaks down the latest sui...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) MLB | Washington Nationals The Nats Week In Review The Washington Nationals Podcast Was it Gill discussing the Nationals’ playoff chances on the last show or was it simply the Nationals’ returning to Canada for the first time since being Les Expos? Either way, something has made things t...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) The Nationals Play-by-Play Podcast with Gill Alexander A Guy On His Couch Podcasting D.C. Nats Games Comment: Nats Play-By-Play Message Board The Nationals dig themselves a hole they can’t get out of, stranding the tying run 90 feet from home as they lose to the Phillies, dropping back t...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) The Nationals Play-by-Play Podcast with Gill Alexander A Guy On His Couch Podcasting D.C. Nats Games Comment: Nats Play-By-Play Message Board The Mets bat around in the 4th and 5th innings, sending 21 batters to the plate on their way to a 10-5 win over the Nationals. The Nats have lost 5 of the...