Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ season-opening loss to the Reds...
SENZEL INJURED BEFORE OPENER:Nick Senzel talked in a Zoom call with reporters after signing on in Washington this winter about returning to Cincinnati, where he played five seasons for the Reds who drafted him 2nd overall in 2016, for his first series with his new team.
“I have nothing but love there,” the Nationals’ 28-year-old infielder said of his time in Cincy.
“It’s going to be fun going back...
The Nationals are planning to select infielder Trey Lipscomb, reports Andrew Golden of The Washington Post. Lipscomb would replace Nick Senzel on the active roster; the third baseman broke his thumb in practice before Washington’s Opening Day game.
Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel fractured his right thumb prior to Thursday's season-opening game and will miss approximately three to four weeks.
It’s unclear how long the injury will keep him out, but it’s likely to be at least a few weeks.
The Nationals couldn’t even get to the first pitch of Opening Day without suffering some awful luck.
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It’s Opening Day for the Nationals, who take on the Reds in Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park at 4:10 PM ET...
Josiah Gray struggled in the second half of the 2023 campaign coming off of his first All-Star appearance, with a 5.79 ERA, a 5.40 FIP, and a .252/.372/.392 line against in 37 1?3 IP between July 16th-August 28th, but picked things up over the last month and finished a positive run overall.
Gray, now 26, posted a 2.95 ERA, a 4.94 FIP, and a .241/.322/.430 line against over...
It’s unknown if he triggered an opt-out or was simply let go, but the result is that he is now back on the open market.
With the current state of its revamped farm system, it seems that the next great Washington Nationals team will be led by a loaded outfield. Although the rebuild won’t fully come to fruition in 2024, Tuesday’s news shows that the new wave could start sooner rather than later.
One team with championship dreams meets one that is looking to continue its rebuild as the Cincinnati Reds host the Washington Nationals in their season opener Thursday.
This morning at Nationals Park the Nats played the first-ever “On Deck: Nationals Futures Game” for their final exhibition game before starting the regular season Thursday in Cincinnati.
The Nationals announced today that they have selected the contract of right-hander Derek Law. In a corresponding move, right-hander Cade Cavalli was placed on the 60-day injured list.
Notes and quotes as the Nationals take on the Nats’ top prospects this afternoon…
NATIONALS FUTURES GAME:
“We’re incredibly thankful for the continued support of our fans in D.C., and we can’t wait for them to get a look at some of the players who will make up our next championship-caliber roster,” President of Baseball Operations & GM Mike Rizzo said in a press release on today’s Nationals Futures game between the players still on the big league roster as of now, and...
Long gone are the stalwarts from the 2019 Washington Nationals World Series championship team. Stephen Strasburg, Anthony Rendon, Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, Howie Kendrick, Juan Soto, etc.
Notes and quotes on Patrick Corbin’s final Grapefruit League start on Sunday...
CORBIN WRAPS UP SPRING:Davey Martinez’s message for Patrick Corbin coming out of the left-hander’s fourth start of the spring was one he has been repeating throughout the past few seasons as the now-34-year-old starter has struggled to find his form from 2018, which earned him a 6-year/$140M contract with the Nationals, or 2019, when he helped Washington win the first World Series title by a D.C.-based...
The Nationals announced this morning that they’ve selected the contracts of right-hander Matt Barnes, outfielder Eddie Rosario, and outfielder Jesse Winker.
Notes and quotes from a split-squad Saturday in West Palm Beach...
OPENING DAY GRAY:Josiah Gray’s seven-walk outing last week was not ideal, but he did manage to limit the Houston Astros to a run on five hits in five innings.
Gray told reporters after the start he was aware he should not be putting himself in those situations, although he had wriggled his way out of them in the past.
“I think every outing when I’m toeing that line … it’s kind of like: Here we go again,” Gray...
Things seemed to be going swimmingly for him in his first four spring outings, but his fortunes then turned for the worse.
Thursday was a glimpse of things to come in the future for the Washington Nationals as they scrapped their way back in a 9-8 walk-off spring training win against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon.
Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ top prospects in West Palm Beach…
Whether or not they made the Opening Day roster (and we know now they have not), top prospects Dylan Crews (No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s rankings) and James Wood (No. 2) had an opportunity, and made a strong impression this spring, long before they combined for an impressive ninth inning rally in the Nationals’ 9-8 win over the Minnesota Twins this week.
Wood opened the bottom of the ninth with a game-tying home run,...