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Tough bullpen decisions looming for Nationals

Tough bullpen decisions looming for Nationals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - We're just about getting to that point when the Nationals have to start making some tough roster decisions. And none they face over the final two weeks of spring training may be tougher than how to divvy up the last few spots in their bullpen. Forget the competition for closer. That's an issue itself, but the more complicated competition is for the sixth and seventh jobs in what no matter what looks like a deep relief corps. Barring some unforeseen development, five...
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Previously flawless defense falters in loss to Astros

Previously flawless defense falters in loss to Astros
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals have played exceptional defense all spring, entering the day with a major league-low 11 errors through 20 exhibition games. So Dusty Baker isn't about to start worrying just because things got sloppy during today's 5-4 loss to the Astros. "Our defense has been good all spring," the Nationals manager said. "We work on it every day tirelessly. I mean, you're going to have those (days like today)." What exactly happened today? Well, officially there...
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Werth scratched with sore knee (Nats lose 5-4)

Werth scratched with sore knee (Nats lose 5-4)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Astros 5, Nats 4 Recap: Defense was not on display early in this game. The two teams combined to commit five errors in the first 4 1/2 innings, including three by the Astros on one batted ball. Yes, three errors on one batted ball, which turned Trea Turner's third-inning single to right into a Little League homer. Joe Ross wasn't helped out by the shaky glove work behind him, and two of the four runs he allowed were unearned thanks to gaffes by Turner (who...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Astros in West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Astros in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - We haven't quite reached the home stretch of spring training, but we're getting closer. Starters are beginning to play more regularly and play more innings on a given day. Pitchers are being stretched out, cleared to go five innings and 75 pitches if they can get there. Beginning tomorrow, the Nationals won't even be using a designated hitter anymore, finally letting their pitchers hit. That's a shame for Joe Ross, though, because he probably enjoys hitting more than...
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With new arm angle and new attitude, Lannan attempts comeback

With new arm angle and new attitude, Lannan attempts comeback
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - His face looks a bit older, his body a bit thinner, his stilted Long Island accent same as it ever was. Once he put the red curly W cap on his head, it was like John Lannan had never left. Even though he did. Four years and four different organizations since he last wore a Nationals uniform, Lannan is back with the franchise that made him part of its original 2005 draft class, the franchise that called him up to make his major league debut only two years later, the...
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In spite of difficult day, Fedde hopes experience pays off later

In spite of difficult day, Fedde hopes experience pays off later
JUPITER, Fla. - When Erick Fedde makes his major league debut - a development that could occur sometime this summer - he might well harken back to this afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium and the lessons he learned during an otherwise dreadful performance against the Marlins. Fedde, in his own words, "let the game speed up" on him. Put another way, he let the game control him instead of vice versa. The end result - five runs allowed in only 1 2/3 innings - was unsightly, but the Nationals' top...
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Fedde roughed up by Marlins (game ends in a 5-5 tie)

Fedde roughed up by Marlins (game ends in a 5-5 tie)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Marlins 5, Nats 5 Recap: Erick Fedde, getting perhaps his last chance to start in a Grapefruit League game this spring, lasted only 1 2/3 innings. The 24-year-old prospect was battered around for five runs on four hits, three walks and a hit batter while throwing 51 pitches during a disappointing performance. A Nationals lineup made up mostly of backups was shut out for four innings before finally springing to life. Wilmer Difo drove in a run with a fifth-inning...
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Baker concerned about Murphy's lack of action in WBC

Baker concerned about Murphy's lack of action in WBC
JUPITER, Fla. - Managers always have concerns when one of their players leaves camp for several weeks to play in the World Baseball Classic. Those concerns only grow when one of their players leaves camp for several weeks and then barely plays in the WBC. Such is the case right now with Daniel Murphy, who in the 12 days since he left the Nationals to go play for Team USA has taken a total of 11 game at-bats, none in the last week. Murphy, who finished second in National League MVP voting last...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in Jupiter

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in Jupiter
JUPITER, Fla. - Hello from Roger Dean Stadium, where the Nationals seem to play every couple of days. Today they're facing the Marlins, and sending their top pitching prospect to the mound. Erick Fedde isn't going to make the opening day rotation, but because Tanner Roark is pitching in the World Baseball Classic and Max Scherzer has yet to pitch in Grapefruit League games - that will change the next turn around the rotation, by the way - the Nationals have been able to get a good look at...
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More on González and Glover's dominant spring numbers

More on González and Glover's dominant spring numbers
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There are any number of ways to evaluate Gio González's performance so far this spring, and all of them are positive. Start with an 0.75 ERA in four outings. Then consider he has allowed only eight batters to reach base in 12 innings of work. Opponents are hitting a scant .135 against him. And he has issued only three walks. All of that is great, especially for a left-hander was a model of inconsistency last season, often maddeningly so. Here, though, is perhaps the...
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Scherzer feels "back," ready to face major league opponent

Scherzer feels "back," ready to face major league opponent
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Max Scherzer didn't need to say much this afternoon. His smile and upbeat mood said enough about his state of mind after an encouraging start in a minor league game. "Now I feel back," he said. The venue - Field 4 outside The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in front of a few dozen fans - might not have suggested a full return to normalcy, but that was less important to Scherzer and the Nationals than the manner in which he pitched against the Mets' Triple-A squad. Using...
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Scherzer takes key step, González dominates Mets (Nats win 3-1)

Scherzer takes key step, González dominates Mets (Nats win 3-1)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Nationals 3, Mets 1 Recap: Gio González authored the best start of an already strong spring, holding the Mets without a hit over five innings. The left-hander put only one man on base (via walk) and quickly erased him with a double play. In four Grapefruit League starts now, González has surrendered only one run and five hits in 12 innings, walking three while striking out seven. Vance Worley took over and retired the side in the sixth, but Jacob Turner...
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With better balance, Harper's swing looking more like 2015

With better balance, Harper's swing looking more like 2015
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It's only been three weeks of games, spring training games at that, so no one should draw any dramatic conclusions about its long-term implications. But those who have been watching Bryce Harper at the plate in the Grapefruit League can't help but notice a significant improvement in his swing. Harper enters today's game against the Mets sporting a .308 batting average and .438 on-base percentage with five homers. Among the notable differences from last season, when...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Mets in West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Mets in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals host the Mets this afternoon inside The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, but there will be an interesting development taking place at the same time outside the ballpark. Max Scherzer is scheduled to start a minor league game, the first time he's facing another team this spring and trying out his three-fingered fastball grip. All things considered, Scherzer's outcome may be more important than anything that takes place in the big league game. As for that...
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Pérez, Solano return to Nats after high drama in WBC

Pérez, Solano return to Nats after high drama in WBC
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Oliver Pérez and Jhonatan Solano would rather not have been in the clubhouse at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches yesterday morning, rejoining the Nationals teammates they said goodbye to 10 days earlier en route to the World Baseball Classic. And each player nearly had reason not to return to West Palm Beach just yet, each having seen his home country's team come within a whisker of advancing past the first round of the international tournament over the weekend. For...
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Cole still struggling to find consistency from start to start

Cole still struggling to find consistency from start to start
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - If everything goes according to the Nationals' plan, A.J. Cole won't be in their opening day rotation. But with Tanner Roark still pitching in the World Baseball Classic and Max Scherzer still avoiding Grapefruit League games while testing his new three-fingered fastball grip, Cole is going to continue getting starts against big league opponents. And what would the Nationals like to see from the 25-year-old right-hander in however many more starts he gets this...
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Roark stays with USA; Zimmerman snaps skid (Nats lose 8-2)

Roark stays with USA; Zimmerman snaps skid (Nats lose 8-2)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Astros 8, Nationals 2 Recap: A.J. Cole was roughed up by the Houston lineup, allowing seven runs on six hits and three walks over 3 2/3 innings. Cole allowed a pair of homers (to Brian McCann and Jon Kemmer) and also walked in a run while throwing 73 total pitches. ... The Nationals scored two runs in the top of the second thanks to Ryan Zimmerman's infield single, Michael A. Taylor's triple to right-center and Stephen Drew's RBI single to left. Need to know:...
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Nats release Norris, responsible only for $688,000 of salary

Nats release Norris, responsible only for $688,000 of salary
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - From the day they signed Matt Wieters, Derek Norris knew his time with the Nationals would be short-lived. The end finally came this morning, when the club granted the 28-year-old catcher his unconditional release. Norris, who had been acquired from the Padres in early December presumably to be the Nationals' starting catcher, now becomes a free agent hoping to sign with another club before opening day. "With two weeks left in spring training, I feel like I've done...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Astros in West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Astros in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Hello again from The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. It's good to be back after a little mid-spring trip home (complete with some unexpected snow shoveling). Thanks as always to Pete Kerzel for helping out in my absence. I'll be here through the remainder of camp, and things should start ramping up soon as the big decisions have to be made and the regulars start playing a lot more. Speaking of the regulars ... almost all of them are in the lineup for today's "road"...
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Roark, Murphy ready for intensity of World Baseball Classic

Roark, Murphy ready for intensity of World Baseball Classic
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There is no way to adequately prepare in only two spring training starts for pitching in a high-level international competition at the end of the week. Tanner Roark knows this. He also knows he has done everything he can so far this spring to prepare himself as best he can for his next assignment: the powerhouse Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. "I feel like I'm well prepared," the Nationals right-hander said. "Body feels good, arm feels good, mind...
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