Washington Nationals

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 Tim Dierkes The Nationals declined their $10MM option on right fielder Austin Kearns, according to the AP. They'll instead pay a $1MM buyout. Kearns signed his three-year, $17.5MM deal in January of '07, and gave the Nats one solid year for their money. He represents the last of the day's multiple obviou...

By Alden Gonzalez Austin Kearns, Ron Villone and Dmitri Young all filed for free agency on Friday, thus taking care of the entire slate of eligible players for the Nationals. Trio of Nats file for free agency

By Farid Rushdi Speed: 61 (Alberto Gonzalez: 58) Contact: 26 (Austin Kearns: 30) R: 65 H: 140 2B: 15 3B: 10 HR: 20 The Nationals gave up two starting players for Lastings Milledge; I am sure that the Nationals could get one solid starting pitcher for two starting players.

By Nate(noreply@blogger.com) In the wake of the Misson: Improbable-style comeback over the Fish last night the Natmosphere is buzzing over the disabling of Austin Kearns, which you can plausibly argue actually occurred sometime in mid-2008, and the resulting promotion of 29-year old rookie outfielder Jorge Padi...

By Farid Rushdi After yet another embarrassing loss on Sunday, the Washington Nationals are now 26-65 and on pace to win just 46 games in 2009, a scant six more games than the miserable Mets of 1962. The Nationals have a couple of options at this point. And Austin Kearns is hitting .196. Not much more to say there.

By Nate(noreply@blogger.com) If this is the opening round of the purge, let me be the first (or the 1,000,001) to suggest that Ronnie Belliard, Dmitri Young, Austin Kearns and Jesus Colome can be liquidated without posing much threat to that aforementioned first great Nationals team. Sell, Rizzo, sell!

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 Farid(noreply@blogger.com) SS: Cristian Guzman: .310-9-55 3B: Ryan Zimmerman: .283-26-110 LF: Elijah Dukes: .270-26-90 (25 SB) RF: Austin Kearns: .250-13-60 (worst case scenario) C: Jesus Flores/Paul LoDuca et. al.: .265-14-55 The Nationals had a tough season, but for justifiable reasons.

By Farid(noreply@blogger.com) Why did he choose the Nationals? As Sally Field might say, "he liked us. He really really liked us." SS: Cristian Guzman - .250-5-40 3B: Ryan Zimmerman - .295-28-110 LF - Wily Mo Pena - .270-35-90 RF - Austin Kearns - .270-24-85 F - Elijah Dukes - .250-35-90

 CA - Rio Mesa High graduate Dmitri Young, Austin Kearns, Ronnie Belliard and Jesus Flores are being shut down by the Washington Nationals for the rest of the ...

By e chigliak NATIONALS What's gone wrong: One word, injuries. The Nationals, at their best, were not expected to compete in the up-for-grabs NL East, but when they suffered injuries to, and lost, prominent players like Ryan Zimmerman, Nick Johnson, Dmitri Young, Austin Kearns, Paul Lo Duca, Shawn H...

By Jeff On the field, the Nats easily handled the Orioles in their final tuneup before the regular season. Jason Bergmann pitched five innings of one-hit baseball (albeit with four walks) while Nick Johnson, Austin Kearns, and Paul Lo Duca all picked up RBIs off O's starter Adam Loewen. Nats beat t...

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...