Blog - Right-handed reliever Zech Zinicola, taken by the Toronto Blue Jays in the Rule 5 Draft, returned to the Nationals today because of Rule 5 guidelines. The Blue Jays did not choose to carry him on their 40-man roster. Zinicola, 25,...
Ladson - The Nationals already know who four starters will be in their rotation. But the Nationals still need to find out who their fifth starter will be. There are at least six candidates.
AP - Still looking out of place with a curly W on his cap, Davey Johnson bounds from the Washington Nationals dugout and seeks out an old friend in opposing colors. Handshakes, hugs and chitchat follow, before Johnson shifts his attention away...
Ben Goessling - Since the Nationals said at January's season-ticketholder luncheon they wanted to extend first baseman Adam Dunn's contract extension, there hasn't been much progress to report toward a solution. But general manager Mike Rizzo said on Wednesday he is still working...
The engagement of troubled outfielder Elijah Dukes with the Washington Nationals has come to a startling end. Logan Kensing got the gate as well, which will probably startle no one, but the Dukes decision is hard to figure out. | Read Post
The Nationals have released Elijah Dukes, according to media outlets. | Read Post
The Washington Nationals made their latest set of cuts from their Major League roster on Monday, reducing its number from 51 players to 45. In doing so, they look to be gelling their bullpen into a unit with fewer specialized roles. What effect will simplicity have on flexibility or success? | Read Post
Make no mistake: There aren't any budding Carl Yastrzemskis in the 2010 class of National League East left fielders. Even so, the guys we'll see out there this season are an interesting assortment, among whom the Washington Nationals' contributors will comfortably hold their own. | Read Post
College Park, MD - Bert Shepard, a one legged veteran of World War II, tries out as a pitcher for the Washington Senators. The Senators owner Clark Griffith was so impressed with Shepard that he hired him as the team’s pitching coach. During the 1945 spring training Shepard with his artificial leg got to pitch in three games. For the rest training camp his main job was to pitch batting practice. | Read Post
The Nationals will be the focus of Tuesday night's installment of "30 Clubs in 30 Days" on MLB Network. According to the network, the hour-long piece features interviews with Jim Riggleman, Stephen Strasburg, Josh Willingham and Jason Marquis. | Read Post
The easy way to think about the future of Stephen Strasburg and Drew Storen is to ignore the fact that they are not forever tethered to the Washington Nationals at the MLB minimum salary. The right way is to consider what impact their service time in 2010 and beyond will have on their MLB careers and earning power. | Read Post
How will the Ian Desmond situation be resolved? The choices are many -- starting shortstop, super-utility man, starting right fielder -- but so are the implications. How will Rizzo and Riggleman respond? | Read Post
You hardly need to be reminded that the Washington Nationals have problems in the middle infield. To no one's consolation -- and notwithstanding the presence of multiple All-Star shortstops in the National League East -- they aren't alone in the division in that regard. | Read Post
At Washington Nationals spring-training camp in Viera, Florida, players are spending the March afternoons watching it rain while coaches are furrowing their brows over the roster and deciding whom to send down or out. Two more Nats got the call to the manager's office on Friday morning. | Read Post