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Brevard County making push to retain Nationals

August 23, 2013, 3:28pm

The decision by Osceola County commissioners to reject plans for a new $98 million spring training complex for the Nationals may have opened the door for Brevard County to retain its status as the team's Grapefruit League home. According to this story in Florida Today, Brevard County commissioner Robin Fisher says the county will go "all in" in its attempts to keep the Nationals at Space Coast Stadium for spring training. Fisher has proposed that the county make $29 million in improvements...

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Looking back on a wacky week (Suzuki trade official)

August 23, 2013, 7:59am

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Looking back on a wacky week (Suzuki trade official)

The Kurt Suzuki trade is now official. The Nationals announce they've sent Suzuki to the Athletics for right-handed pitching prospect Dakota Bacus, who will report to low Single-A Hagerstown. Jhonatan Solano will join the Nats in Kansas City and become the new backup catcher to Wilson Ramos. What a wacky road trip this has already been for the Nationals. Three rain delays in seven days, including one that lasted a full two hours yesterday. Two games in a span of six days that lasted at...

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Rays acquire DeJesus from Nats (Solano, Cedeno officially recalled)

August 23, 2013, 9:17am

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Rays acquire DeJesus from Nats (Solano, Cedeno officially recalled)

David DeJesus has another new team. Just days after joining the Nationals, DeJesus has been acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays. DeJesus joined the Nationals on Monday, only to be put on revocable trade waivers just hours later. The Rays put in a claim and the teams were able to work out a deal before Friday's 1 p.m. Eastern time deadline. The Tampa Bay Times was the first to report the acquisition. DeJesus played in three games with the Nats, and went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice in four plate...

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Nationals recall catcher Jhonatan Solano and left-hander Xavier Cedeno from Syracuse

August 23, 2013, 12:55pm

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The Washington Nationals today recalled catcher Jhonatan Solano and left-handed pitcher Xavier Cedeno from Syracuse of the Triple-A International League. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Solano is a career .239 (17-for-71) big league hitter with five doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in 28 games for the Nationals. He debuted with Washington last season and impressed both offensively (five extra-base hits in 12 games) and...

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Strasburg: "Kind of the story of the year, to be honest"

August 22, 2013, 6:09pm

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Strasburg: "Kind of the story of the year, to be honest"

CHICAGO - Eight stellar innings, one disastrous inning, given the circumstances. Stephen Strasburg saw both ends of the spectrum tonight, as the Nationals' right-hander had dominated the Cubs going into the ninth only to see Chicago put up three runs to tie the game, with Donnie Murphy's two-run shot pushing the game into extra innings. "I feel like I can look at it two ways: I can look at that last inning or I can look at all the other innings where I was pitching really well," Strasburg...

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Nationals acquire right-hander Dakota Bacus from Athletics in exchange for catcher Kurt Suzuki

August 23, 2013, 7:51am

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The Washington Nationals today acquired right-handed pitcher Dakota Bacus from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for catcher Kurt Suzuki. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Bacus, who will report to Hagerstown of the Single-A South Atlantic League, joins the Nationals after going 9-5 with a 3.56 ERA (48 ER/121.1 IP) in 26 games/21 starts for Beloit of the Single-A Midwest League. Bacus ranked among Athletics farmhands in ERA...

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Johnson discusses Nats' 5-4, 13-inning win

August 22, 2013, 5:49pm

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Johnson discusses Nats' 5-4, 13-inning win

CHICAGO - Chad Tracy joined MASN's Julie Alexandria for a walk-off interview on the field at Wrigley after today's 5-4, 13-inning win. Tracy's 50-foot swinging bunt RBI groundout ended up bringing in the game-winning run, so he was tabbed as the guy to get the questions on the field. "I know he was on the after-game show as the hero. But we gotta do better than that!" manager Davey Johnson said with a laugh. It was yet another wild win for the Nationals today, the second straight day...

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To the 11th (Nats win 5-4 in 13 innings)

August 22, 2013, 3:39pm

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To the 11th (Nats win 5-4 in 13 innings)

CHICAGO - I feel like we've been down this road before. Fairly recently. Maybe, say, five days ago. Let's hope this one doesn't go 15 innings. The Nationals and Cubs are still playing as we go to the 11th inning. The Nats left Kurt Suzuki stranded in scoring position in the top of the 10th, with Denard Span striking out and Steve Lombardozzi flying out after Suzuki had been bunted to second by Tyler Moore. It's fair to question Moore - a power hitter who is going pretty well right now -...

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Updates on Desmond, Haren and a funny clip from last night (we're under way)

August 22, 2013, 10:08am

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Updates on Desmond, Haren and a funny clip from last night (we're under way)

CHICAGO - After three straight gorgeous days in Chicago, the rain has hit Wrigley Field this afternoon. The tarp is on the field with about a half-hour to go until the scheduled time for first-pitch, and the radar isn't looking good for the next couple hours. We might be here for a while. Ian Desmond is out of the Nationals' starting lineup today due to a tight back that he first felt during batting practice yesterday. Desmond said last night that he hoped to be in the lineup for this...

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Strasburg back on track (Cubs tie it in the 9th, we go to extras)

August 22, 2013, 1:30pm

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Strasburg back on track (Cubs tie it in the 9th, we go to extras)

CHICAGO - One start after completely losing his control against the Braves and getting ejected following seven straight balls to begin the second inning (the final two of which were behind Andrelton Simmons), Stephen Strasburg has been totally locked in against the Cubs. Through three innings, Strasburg has struck out five, allowed one hit and two walks and thrown just 42 pitches, 27 for strikes. The fastball has touched 97 mph and the curveball has been dazzling. On a third-inning strikeout...

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DeJesus claimed off revocable trade waivers

August 22, 2013, 9:32am

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DeJesus claimed off revocable trade waivers

CHICAGO - David DeJesus' wild week continues. Hours after being acquired by the Nationals in a trade with the Cubs on Monday, DeJesus was placed back on revocable trade waivers by the Nats. Today, DeJesus heard multiple reports that he'd been claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays. The Nationals have three options when it comes to DeJesus now that he's been claimed: They can pull him back off waivers and keep him, which would leave them on the hook for the $2.5 million still owed to...

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Johnson recaps Nats' 11-6 win

August 21, 2013, 8:51pm

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CHICAGO - The self-deprecating one-liners from Davey Johnson in relation to the Nationals' offense keep on coming. "Eleven runs? You'd think it's Christmas!" Johnson quipped after tonight's 11-6 Nats win over the Cubs. The Nationals jumped out on top of the Cubs 6-1 tonight, only to see their hosts even things up with a five-run fifth inning. Ross Ohlendorf - making his first start back off the disabled list - gave up a two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo, and Illinois native Tanner Roark...

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Hearing from Roark, Hairston and Ohlendorf

August 21, 2013, 9:20pm

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Hearing from Roark, Hairston and Ohlendorf

CHICAGO - If you were walking the streets of Chicago tonight between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10:25 p.m. local time, you probably heard Tanner Roark's personal fan club cheering him on from the right field bleachers of Wrigley Field. Roark, who hails from nearby Wilmington, Ill., made his first ever appearance at Wrigley tonight, and it just so happened to come on the night that two party buses packed with his friends and family members rolled into Wrigleyville to catch the action. They made...

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For Hairston, a step in the right direction

August 21, 2013, 11:32pm

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For Hairston, a step in the right direction

CHICAGO - In the three days before he was shipped from the Cubs to the Nationals in a July 8 trade, Scott Hairston hit two home runs over just five at-bats. Then, the power disappeared for a little while. Hairston got off to a slow start with the Nats, hitting just .200 with a .529 OPS over 37 plate appearances entering last night. He wasn't showing any frustration outwardly, keeping his cheerful, joking demeanor in the clubhouse, but he was getting a bit annoyed with his inability to...

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Desmond, LaRoche, Span out of Nats lineup

August 22, 2013, 8:01am

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Desmond, LaRoche, Span out of Nats lineup

CHICAGO - The Nationals' lineup for this afternoon's series finale in Chicago is without three regulars - Ian Desmond, Adam LaRoche and Denard Span. Desmond felt his back tighten up on him during batting practice yesterday and was pulled from last night's game as a precaution as part of a double-switch in the fifth inning. He said after the game last night that he was fine and that on a scale of 1-to-10 of injuries that he's played through, this was a one. Still, Desmond is out of the...

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Rachel Levitin: Acquiring DeJesus an example of Nats trying to maintain first-place roster

August 22, 2013, 5:48am

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Rachel Levitin: Acquiring DeJesus an example of Nats trying to maintain first-place roster

When I got a text message from a Cubs fan friend of mine on Monday night, I can't say I was surprised by the what he had to say: "Look for me at the game. And David DeJesus is a good pickup." While I didn't see that friend on my television set, I did shoot him a message back in agreement. It's this move - a veteran pickup for the Washington bench - that continues to demonstrate that the Nationals organization is willing to make changes when changes need to be made. They showed that when...

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The lead is gone, Desmond leaves (Nats win 11-6)

August 21, 2013, 6:20pm

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The lead is gone, Desmond leaves (Nats win 11-6)

CHICAGO - What was a five-run lead is now gone. And we have a tie ballgame. The Nationals had a comfortable 6-1 advantage going to the bottom of the fifth, and just like that, the Cubs have come back to knot this game 6-6. The Cubs batted around in the fifth, sending 10 hitters to the plate and notching seven hits. Ross Ohlendorf surrendered a two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo (Rizzo's second longball of the night) that made it 6-3, and then the Cubs ran off five straight singles. The final...

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Squeezing out some runs (Werth keeps on crushing)

August 21, 2013, 5:04pm

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Squeezing out some runs (Werth keeps on crushing)

CHICAGO - Last night, the Nationals put 21 runners on base and just four of them came around to score. Through two innings tonight, they've put four runners on and plated three of them. That's a much better ratio there, fellas. The Nats have a 3-1 lead going to the third thanks to a couple hard-fought at-bats, a hot-shot Kurt Suzuki groundball that got under the glove of Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and a well-executed squeeze by Ross Ohlendorf. With one out in the inning, Ian Desmond...

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On Espinosa and a possible September call-up (plus Roark note)

August 21, 2013, 3:19pm

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On Espinosa and a possible September call-up (plus Roark note)

CHICAGO - When the Nationals optioned Danny Espinosa to Triple-A Syracuse in mid-June, they certainly hoped that the struggling second baseman would be able to get on track in the minors and then come back up to help the big league club in some capacity this season. At this point, however, it's not looking likely that we'll see Espinosa in the majors the rest of this year. Manager Davey Johnson seemed to indicate today that Espinosa's chances of being among the Nats' September call-ups...

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Bernadina signs with Phillies, Ohlendorf returns (plus Nats lineup)

August 21, 2013, 12:25pm

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Bernadina signs with Phillies, Ohlendorf returns (plus Nats lineup)

CHICAGO - Roger Bernadina was released by the Nationals on Monday, but he won't be going too far, either geographically or within the realm of Major League Baseball. Bernadina has signed with the Phillies, the team announced today, meaning the Nats will see the speedy outfielder in about a week and a half when they head to Philadelphia for a three-game set against their division rivals. After clearing waivers, Bernadina - who had been the longest-tenured Nats player prior to Monday - was...