Pete Kerzel

A few thoughts on the Hall of Fame balloting

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A few thoughts on the Hall of Fame balloting
The Hall of Fame inductions are fuel for discussion and debate. The ballots from the Baseball Writers' Association were due on Dec. 31. The new inductees will be announced Jan. 18. Early vote totals say that Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are going to make huge jumps in voter percentage this year, and each could finish with more than 70 percent of the vote. It takes 75 percent to get into Cooperstown. Both Clemens and Bonds are connected to steroids, so I don't see the logic in a huge upturn...
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Orioles acquire Smith from Mariners for Gallardo, cash considerations

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Orioles acquire Smith from Mariners for Gallardo, cash considerations
The Orioles today announced that they have acquired outfielder Seth Smith from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-hander Yovani Gallardo and cash considerations. Smith, 34, hit .249/.342/.415 (94-for-378) with 16 home runs and a career-high 63 RBI over 137 games with the Mariners last season. He led Seattle hitters with a .326 batting average (28-for-86) with runners in scoring position (ranked 12th among American League hitters), including a .545 clip (6-for-11) with the bases loaded....
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"Orioles Classics" rewind: 1970, year of the Birds

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"Orioles Classics" rewind: 1970, year of the Birds
As we move closer to spring training - and, hopefully, toward storing the rock salt and snow shovels for the winter - it's time to throw back to some of the most memorable games in Orioles history: the 1970 World Series, where the Birds vanquished the vaunted Big Red Machine from Cincinnati in five games to win their second world championship. Future Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, along with eventual all-time hit king Pete Rose, were no match for Earl Weaver's Orioles. If you're...
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In the cards: Showalter shares memories, wheels and deals from 24-year-old Fleer pack

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In the cards: Showalter shares memories, wheels and deals from 24-year-old Fleer pack
Everyone knows Buck Showalter is a world-class manager who has led the Orioles to three playoff berths in the past five seasons. It's hard not to look at Showalter's arrival as the O's bench boss in 2010 as the time when the club's fortunes took an upward turn. Since then, the Orioles have ended a long playoff drought and posted a record of .500 or better for the past five seasons. It's been quite the renaissance. But Showalter is also an astute judge of talent. Did you know that he was...
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Bobblehead featuring MASN's Kolko, Werth among P-Nats' Fans' Choice finalists

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Bobblehead featuring MASN's Kolko, Werth among P-Nats' Fans' Choice finalists
The Single-A Potomac Nationals always put out one of the most impressive slates of giveaway items each baseball season, and we've got our eye on a possible 2017 bobblehead with a MASN connection. For a second consecutive season, the P-Nats are planning a bobblehead giveaway based on a fan vote, sponsored by Loyal Hygiene Solutions. Best of all, you don't even have to attend a game in Woodbridge, Va. (actually, the voting will be completed by the time the new season opens at Pfitzner Stadium)...
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Murphy reportedly agrees to join Team USA for WBC

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Murphy reportedly agrees to join Team USA for WBC
Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy has reportedly agreed to join Team USA for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, making him the first of the team's position players to commit to the international tournament. Murphy would join right-hander Max Scherzer, who previously accepted an invitation from Team USA manager Jim Leyland, who managed him with the Tigers. The only other Nationals player committed to play in the WBC is left-handed reliever Oliver Perez, who will pitch for his native...
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A few thoughts on the Nationals and the WBC

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A few thoughts on the Nationals and the WBC
Coming off of minor offseason elbow surgery, Luis Ayala was a key member of the Nationals bullpen heading into the 2006 season. He had gone 8-7 with a 2.66 ERA and a save in 68 appearances in the team's first season in D.C. since relocating from Montreal and had cemented himself in an important setup role in front of closer Chad Cordero. The Nationals wanted Ayala to spend all of spring training with them in Viera, Fla., gradually building up strength in his elbow under the watchful eyes of...
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Battle already brewing for Nats' final reserve outfield spot

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Battle already brewing for Nats' final reserve outfield spot
One of the more interesting positional battles to watch when spring training convenes in six weeks at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla., will be the second reserve outfielder's spot on the 25-man roster. Barring an injury, it's a pretty good bet that Chris Heisey will be on the roster as a pinch-hitter and a backup to left fielder Jayson Werth, center fielder Adam Eaton and right fielder Bryce Harper. The Nationals will also have shortstop Trea Turner available to play...
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When will Nationals extend Dusty Baker?

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When will Nationals extend Dusty Baker?
Dusty Baker has been the manager of the Nationals for roughly 14 months, so it's a little hard to fathom how he could already be a lame duck skipper. But he is. The two-year deal that he signed in November 2015 runs through 2017, meaning that Baker has now entered a period of limbo that's treated other Nationals managers rather poorly. Remember the end of the 2013 campaign, Davey Johnson's last at the helm? It was already prearranged that Johnson would manage through 2013 and then move into...
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Notes on Wieters, Barrett and draft position

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Notes on Wieters, Barrett and draft position
Rumors are both a blessing and a curse to baseball's offseason. A blessing because a good rumor can stoke the fires of the hot stove, keeping baseball talk alive during the coldest and longest days of the winter. A curse because a rumor, when unchecked, can take on a life of its own. Don't believe me? Then look at the interest the Nationals reportedly have in free agent catcher Matt Wieters, who is ready to take his career beyond Baltimore, which drafted, developed and was home to the...
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Relive "Nationals Classics": Some heroics to get you closer to spring training

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Relive "Nationals Classics": Some heroics to get you closer to spring training
OK, let's face it: Once New Year's Day passes, the want for a new baseball season really sets in. You're ready to pitch snow, cold and frigid wind chills for warm thoughts of pitchers and catchers reporting to West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Nationals will hold their first spring training at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Well, we're still about six weeks away from the day that hardcore baseball fans consider the starting point of a new season. In the interim, we've got some warm...
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Bulkier Cole hopes success late in season will be springboard

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Bulkier Cole hopes success late in season will be springboard
Like most young pitchers, all it took for right-hander A.J. Cole to feel a little more sure of himself at the major league level was a modicum of success. In the eight starts Cole made for the Nationals last season - all after Aug. 22 following the elbow injury that short-circuited Stephen Strasburg's season - the 24-year-old went at least five innings five times. Those were his first five starts of 2016, following an 8-8 record and 4.26 ERA in 22 starts at Triple-A Syracuse, and included his...
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"Orioles Classics" rewind: Reliving some of 2016's greatest hits

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"Orioles Classics" rewind: Reliving some of 2016's greatest hits
A new year is almost upon us, meaning it's a perfect time to reminisce about the 366 days (remember Feb. 29?) that comprised 2016. For the Orioles, it was a pretty good year, that finish in the American League wild card game notwithstanding. From Zach Britton's brilliant season to Manny Machado's sterling glovework to home runs that seemed to zoom out of Camden Yards at a frenetic pace, 2016 was truly a year to remember. Well, even before we wait for the big ball to drop in New York, how...
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Relive "Nationals Classics": Trio of no-hitters cap off memorable holiday week

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Relive "Nationals Classics": Trio of no-hitters cap off memorable holiday week
This week's games on "Nationals Classics" have a little of everything for the discerning Nationals fans. The perfect pre-Christmas gift, you might say. You want marathons? We've got games stretching long into the night before late-inning heroics. You like history? How about a 10th straight victory that tied a franchise record. Comebacks, walk-offs, sterling individual efforts? They're all represented in some of the best Nationals action to air on MASN. But since it's the holiday season -...
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Zimmerman on rebounding from poor year, new additions, Nats' window

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Zimmerman on rebounding from poor year, new additions, Nats' window
Ryan Zimmerman has been around baseball long enough to know that there's only one thing a player can do after a disappointing season: turn the page, committing himself to do better in the coming year. That's just what the Nationals first baseman is doing after posting a career-low slash line of .218/.272/.370 in 115 games during a season interrupted by stints on the disabled list for rib and wrist injuries. "I think I ended the season strong last year," Zimmerman said Sunday at Nats...
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Trade means Trea Turner finally has a defined position

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Trade means Trea Turner finally has a defined position
In a little more than a year, Trea Turner has gone from being a Padres prospect to a Nationals star, with an excruciating period of limbo in the middle as a player to be named. He went from a strong-armed shortstop to a center fielder learning the position on a fly, with a little time at second base in between. He went from a greenhorn at the bottom of the lineup for a non-playoff Nats team to an exciting leadoff hitter for a division champion that played in the postseason. Now, heading into...
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Nationals acquire pitchers Adams, McGowin from Angels in exchange for Espinosa

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Nationals acquire pitchers Adams, McGowin from Angels in exchange for Espinosa
The Washington Nationals acquired right-handed pitcher Austin Adams and Minor League right-handed pitcher Kyle McGowin from the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday in exchange for infielder Danny Espinosa. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Adams, 25, joins the Nationals after five seasons in the Angels Minor League system. The 6-foot-2 right-hander has pitched exclusively as a reliever, working to a 3.75 ERA in 166 career Minor League...
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Koda Glover battling back from torn labrum in hip

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Koda Glover battling back from torn labrum in hip
When hard-throwing Koda Glover burst onto the scene last summer, his unshakable demeanor and plus stuff immediately had people talking about him as a future Nationals closer. Never mind that he went from Single-A to the majors in less than a full season. Glover had a 2.63 ERA through his first 12 relief appearances before he hit a significant bump in the road. The eighth-round selection in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft struggled mightily in September, posting a 7.20 ERA in his final 10...
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Murphy aims to prevent recurrence of leg problems

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Murphy aims to prevent recurrence of leg problems
The slow-to-heal upper left leg injury that limited Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy to three regular season at-bats after Sept. 17 - often referred to as a glute strain and possibly traced to a hamstring problem earlier in the season - may have been more serious than Murphy let on. Though he slashed .438/.545/.438 in the National League Division Series loss to the Dodgers, Murphy said Saturday he has been focusing his early offseason workouts on glute exercises and stabilization drills...
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Orioles select Tavarez, Santander in Rule 5 draft

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Orioles select Tavarez, Santander in Rule 5 draft
The Orioles today announced that they have selected outfielder Aneury Tavarez from the Boston Red Sox organization and outfielder Anthony Santander from the Cleveland Indians organization in the Rule 5 Draft. Tavárez, 24, batted .330/.374/.495 (132-for-400) with 19 doubles, 13 triples, seven home runs, 47 RBI, and 20 stolen bases over 111 games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket in 2016. His 13 triples last season led all Red Sox minor league players and ranked second in the...
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