The Washington Nationals have placed rookie phenom Stephen Straburg on the disabled list. It is retroactive to July 22nd with stiffness in his right shoulder. This isn’t terribly surprising as he’s never gone through the rigors of an MLB season before. Oh, and he throws 156 mph which is bound to put stress on the [...]
A major-league source tells Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times that the White Sox are going hard after Washington Nationals first baseman Adam Dunn. The source says that in the past few days GM Ken Williams has offered up “anyone and anything he has in the minor leagues in a package.” Supposedly, no one is [...]
We’ve waited a long time to see what this phenom could do. Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1-overall pick in the 2009 draft, finally stepped up the majors with the Washington Nationals and made his debut Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The result? Seven innings pitched while giving up just two earned runs. Oh, and [...]
What do you think is harder for a magician to do, make an elephant disappear in a parking lot or make Nationals fans appear at Nationals Park? If you said the latter, you better think again. Houston pitcher Roy Oswalt told the Washington Post that he might be open to waiving his no-trade clause with [...]
All last week we heard numerous rumors that Stephen Strasburg would make his first MLB appearance early June, late June, mid-June, late-to-mid-June, when the Junipers bloom, after Junebug plays on HBO, etc. Well, we finally have confirmation. PHOTO CAPTION: Fans in section 101 watch Strasburg pitch The number one overall pick in the 2009 Major [...]
We mentioned previously that Washinton Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg was likely to make his MLB debut on June 4th. Well, that doesn’t seem to be the thinking at this point. Ben Goessling of MASNSports.com is reporting that he’s hearing that Strasburg probably won’t make it up until mid-June or so. “From what I heard today, [...]
According to Adam Kilgore (who?), Washington Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg will make another Triple-A start on Saturday Friday before getting ready for his MLB debut. As of now, he’s on schedule for June 4th. “The #Nats announced Stephen #Strasburg’s next start will be Saturday against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,” Kilgore tweets. Strasburg is absolutely ripping up the Minors. [...]
The State of Colorado got some good news today, Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Jayson Werth will be visiting for three days. Happy hour will be extended, autograph sessions will be scheduled at The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, and his bat will be displayed at the Denver Art Museum from 1 to 4 pm on [...]
Well that didn’t take long. Washington Nationals hard-throwing phenom Stephen Strasburg is going to head to Triple-A after his next start against Altoona, a source tells Bill Ladson of MLB.com. This of course is assuming that he goes out and dominates again. The move would make perfect sense since he’s already shown that he can [...]
A source tell Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com that Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has a Grade 2 calf strain and could miss some time. Usually an injury like this will require a stint on the Mark Prior List, but we’ll see what happens. Rollins was running wind sprints before Monday’s game and must have tweaked [...]
Despite being the #1-overall pick in last year’s draft and having a ton of hype surrounding him, it looks like Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg will start the year in the minors. Manager Jim Riggleman was asked about Strasburg competing for a spot in the starting rotation. “I wouldn’t really want to say that he’s [...]
According to William Ladson (who?) on Twitter, the Washington Nationals (that’s a baseball team) have agreed to terms with former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang. “The #Nats have agreed to terms with right-hander Chien-Ming Wang. The #Nats have not confirmed the agreement,” he tweets with appropriate use of hashtags. We like this signing for [...]
Washington Nationals pitcher John Lannan said that he’s in great shape and even got eye surgery recently, according to some dude’s Washington Nationals Twitter page. “#Nats RHP John Lannan said he is in the best shape of his career. He also had lasik surgery this offseason,” he tweets while getting his throwing arm incorrect. Lannan [...]
According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Washington Nationals have inked starting pitcher Jason Marquis to a two-year, $15 million deal. “Confirmed: Washington has agreed to a two-year, $15 million deal with Jason Marquis, pending a physical,” he tweets. He was 15-13 with a 4.04 ERA last year for the Colorado Rockies and he will most [...]
At the recent Winter Meetings, it surfaced that the Washington Nationals had interest in Colorado pitcher Jason Marquis. Now, it seem that the interest is mutual. “I want to play for a team that is headed in the right direction and making the moves that is necessary to get themselves back to being a winning [...]
A source tells MLBlogs.com that the Washington Nationals are interested in the services of free-agent John Lackey. Supposedly, they would be competing with the Angels, Red Sox, Yankees and Mets…all teams with more money than them. We aren’t sure what kind of dough Washington would have to throw at Lackey in order for him to [...]
Washington Nationals center fielder Nyjer Morgan broke his hand while sliding and will miss the remainder of the season. Morgan sustained the injury when he slid headfirst into third base during the first inning. He would later score on a double by Christian Guzman, and then leave the game for replacement Willie Harris. Morgan was [...]
Monday night is the deadline for the Washington Nationals to get a deal done with #1-overall pick Stephen Strasburg. Sources say that the Nationals currently have a $17 million deal on the table with easily attainable incentives that could push it north of $20 million. The problem though is that Strasburg and total prick his [...]
