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After more October heroics, what's Taylor's future with Nats?

November 15, 2019, 8:21pm

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Michael A. Taylor, who spent most of the year in the minors but wound up a significant contributor in the postseason. PLAYER REVIEW: MICHAEL A. TAYLOR Age on opening day 2020: 29 How acquired: Sixth-round pick, 2009 draft MLB service time: 4 years, 129 days 2019 salary: $3.25 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible in 2020, free agent in 2022 2019...

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Healthy all year, Eaton finally showed his true value to Nats

November 15, 2019, 7:38pm

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Healthy all year, Eaton finally showed his true value to Nats

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Adam Eaton, who in his third season with the Nats finally showed what a healthy version of himself can do to help a team win. PLAYER REVIEW: ADAM EATON Age on opening day 2020: 31 How acquired: Traded from White Sox for Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and Dane Dunning, December 2016 MLB service time: 7 years, 30 days 2019 salary: $8.4 million Contract...

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Robles flashed plenty of potential during eventful rookie year

November 14, 2019, 7:59pm

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Robles flashed plenty of potential during eventful rookie year

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Victor Robles, who in his first full big league season delivered some big moments at the plate along with consistently stellar play in center field. PLAYER REVIEW: VICTOR ROBLES Age on opening day 2020: 22 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2013 MLB service time: 1 year, 52 days 2019 salary: $557,800 Contract status: Under club...

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Rendon finishes a distant third in NL MVP vote

November 14, 2019, 1:41pm

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Rendon finishes a distant third in NL MVP vote

The best season of Anthony Rendon's career was good enough for a third-place finish in a hotly contested MVP race. Rendon was revealed tonight as the third-place finisher, behind winner Cody Bellinger and runner-up Christian Yelich, in this year's National League MVP balloting. Bellinger won the award, receiving 19 first-place votes and 362 total points. Yelich finished right behind him with 10 first-place votes and 317 total points. Rendon received 242 points and one first-place vote among...

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Nats ensure draft pick compensation if Strasburg, Rendon leave

November 14, 2019, 12:13pm

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Nats ensure draft pick compensation if Strasburg, Rendon leave

Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon, to no one's surprise, turned down qualifying offers from the Nationals before today's deadline, leaving both free agents open to sign with any of Major League Baseball's 30 clubs while ensuring the Nats would receive draft pick compensation if either of them plays elsewhere in 2020. The one-year, $17.8 million qualifying offer was extended to 10 major league free agents, including Strasburg and Rendon, on Nov. 4. The players could have accepted the offer...

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In only two years, Soto has proven he's one of MLB's best hitters

November 13, 2019, 7:03pm

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In only two years, Soto has proven he's one of MLB's best hitters

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Juan Soto, whose second big league season was even more impressive than his historic rookie campaign. PLAYER REVIEW: JUAN SOTO Age on opening day 2020: 21 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2015 MLB service time: 1 year, 134 days 2019 salary: $578,300 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2022, free agent in...

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Scherzer finishes third, Strasburg fifth in NL Cy Young vote

November 13, 2019, 1:28pm

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Scherzer finishes third, Strasburg fifth in NL Cy Young vote

Jacob deGrom won his second straight National League Cy Young Award this evening, the Mets ace honored again for a season that while short on wins was dominant in every other capacity. In receiving 29 of 30 first place votes and 202 total points, deGrom easily bested Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu (one first-place vote, 88 points) and Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer (72 points). Scherzer's third place finish means he's been in the top five in Cy Young Award voting for the seventh...

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Perfectly timed career year sets Rendon up for huge payday

November 12, 2019, 7:22pm

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Perfectly timed career year sets Rendon up for huge payday

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Anthony Rendon, who picked the perfect time to put together an MVP-caliber regular season and postseason. PLAYER REVIEW: ANTHONY RENDON Age on opening day 2020: 29 How acquired: First-round pick, 2011 draft MLB service time: 6 years, 130 days 2019 salary: $18.8 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats: 146 G, 646 PA, 545 AB, 117 R, 174 H, 44 2B, 3...

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Martinez finishes fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting

November 12, 2019, 2:00pm

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Martinez finishes fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting

At this point, two weeks into November, nobody would dare suggest Davey Martinez didn't play a major role in leading the Nationals to their first World Series title and didn't deserve to be honored for it. But all ballots for National League Manager of the Year were submitted before the start of the postseason, and on the final day of September, Martinez's work hadn't yet been fully appreciated. Which explains why the Nats skipper finished a distant fifth in voting that was revealed...

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Despite broken finger, Turner put up big numbers this year

November 11, 2019, 7:43pm

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Despite broken finger, Turner put up big numbers this year

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Trea Turner, who after missing six weeks with a broken finger returned to play every day and produced despite lingering effects. PLAYER REVIEW: TREA TURNER Age on opening day 2020: 26 How acquired: Traded from Padres with Joe Ross for Steven Souza Jr. and Travis Ott, who went to Rays in three-team deal, December 2014 MLB service time: 3 years, 135...

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Robles finishes sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting

November 11, 2019, 2:00pm

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Robles finishes sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting

In a normal year, Victor Robles' performance might have been enough to warrant serious consideration for Rookie of the Year honors. This, however, was no normal year, which meant the Nationals center fielder wound up well down the list in voting among his fellow first-year players. Robles finished sixth in the race for 2019 National League Rookie of the Year, an award that went to Mets first baseman Pete Alonso in overwhelming fashion. Alonso, who set a new major league record for home runs by...

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Forever etched into Nats lore, what's next for Kendrick?

November 10, 2019, 8:21am

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Forever etched into Nats lore, what's next for Kendrick?

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Howie Kendrick, who as a part-time player in the regular season put up some of the best numbers of his career and then became a postseason legend. PLAYER REVIEW: HOWIE KENDRICK Age on opening day 2020: 36 How acquired: Signed as free agent, January 2018 MLB service time: 13 years, 91 days 2019 salary: $4 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats:...

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Zimmerman got healthy just in time, now hopes to return in '20

November 09, 2019, 7:07pm

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Zimmerman got healthy just in time, now hopes to return in '20

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Ryan Zimmerman, who after an injury-plagued regular season came up big in the postseason to win his first World Series title. PLAYER REVIEW: RYAN ZIMMERMAN Age on opening day 2020: 35 How acquired: First-round pick, 2005 draft MLB service time: 14 years, 32 days 2019 salary: $18 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats: 52 G, 190 PA, 171 AB, 20 R,...

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Despite late struggles, Suzuki was critical to Nats' success

November 08, 2019, 10:07am

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Despite late struggles, Suzuki was critical to Nats' success

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We begin today with Kurt Suzuki, who at 35 enjoyed one of the best offensive seasons of his career and became a trusted batterymate for the team's two aces. PLAYER REVIEW: KURT SUZUKI Age on opening day 2020: 36 How acquired: Signed as free agent, November 2018 MLB service time: 12 years, 113 days 2019 salary: $4 million Contract status: Signed for $6 million in 2020. Free...

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Friday morning Nats Q&A

November 07, 2019, 6:23pm

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So anything interesting happen around here recently? It was quite an October for the Nationals, the most memorable October in franchise history. And November has been pretty interesting so far, as well, with some awfully significant players responsible for winning the World Series now free agents, and a couple of others making some headlines off the field. So there's no shortage of topics to discuss today. You've got questions. We've (hopefully) got answers. Submit them in the comments...

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Rendon wins second career Silver Slugger Award

November 07, 2019, 9:51am

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Rendon wins second career Silver Slugger Award

The Nationals' first (and potentially only) individual award from the 2019 regular season went to Anthony Rendon, who tonight was named the Silver Slugger Award winner as the National League's best offensive third baseman. Rendon led the league's third basemen in batting average (.319), runs (117), doubles (44), RBIs (126), on-base percentage (.412), slugging percentage (.598) and OPS (1.010). His 34 homers trailed only Eugenio SuÃ¡rez, Nolan Arenado and Josh Donaldson at his...

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Keep the band together or try to build a new champion?

November 06, 2019, 7:29pm

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Keep the band together or try to build a new champion?

For 15 years - but especially for the last eight years - they tried to find the right combination of talent, character and toughness to win a championship. And when they finally found it this season, the Nationals enjoyed one of the greatest October runs in baseball history. So it's only natural to now wonder how they might best try to put themselves right back in the same position next October in search of back-to-back titles. And the easiest answer is: Just keep the band together. Why...

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What are the Nationals' positions of need this winter?

November 05, 2019, 11:38am

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As stated over the last couple of days, the fun is now over and it's time to start looking ahead to 2020. Not that the Nationals wouldn't love to just freeze time for a while and keep celebrating their championship. Unfortunately, the rest of the baseball world doesn't care about that and has already proceeded into the hot stove league. Thus, the Nats have no choice but to start making plans for next season. Which means we have no choice but to start looking at what they need for next...

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With free agency underway, Nats extend two qualifying offers

November 04, 2019, 7:51pm

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With free agency underway, Nats extend two qualifying offers

Five full days have passed since the Nationals won the World Series, and a lot has a lot happened in those five days. The celebration phase of the post-Game 7 victory time period, alas, is over. And now it's time to get down to serious business. Free agency is now fully underway, with all unsigned players free to negotiate with anybody they want. That doesn't mean there's going to be a sudden flurry of moves in the next 48 hours. Baseball, lest you forget, doesn't act that way. It's a...

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Nationals wrap up title celebration with White House visit

November 04, 2019, 11:31am

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One by one, they walked out, players and coaches filling the steps on both sides of the South Portico, where they were greeted by a crowd of several thousand that included team employees, administration employees and fans with connections who were given the opportunity to fill out the South Lawn and watch as the Nationals wrapped up their three-day World Series victory celebration with a White House visit. These events, offered to most professional and major college teams that win...