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Carter Kieboom, Luis Garcia named to SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game

July 06, 2018, 8:26am

Washington Nationals prospects Carter Kieboom and Luis Garcia have been selected to participate in the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game as a part of Major League Baseball's All-Star Sunday. Major League Baseball made the announcement. Kieboom, 20, is hitting .314 with 20 doubles, 13 home runs, 53 RBI, 42 walks, seven stolen bases and 57 runs scored in 77 games between Single-A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg. His .314 batting average ranks second among full-season Nationals farmhands, while...

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Ryan Sullivan: Hey, now, (I hope) you're an All-Star

July 06, 2018, 5:33am

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Ryan Sullivan: Hey, now, (I hope) you're an All-Star

After years of hype and anticipation, the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., is only 11 days away. The fan vote concluded Thursday and on Sunday, the American and National League will announce 31 of the 32 members of the 2018 All-Star Game rosters. It would be a travesty if Trea Turner is not selected. Somewhat lost amid this peculiar season for the Nationals has been Turner's development as perhaps the best shortstop in the NL and one of the best in the majors. The...

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Pitching ill, Hellickson rocked by Marlins (Nats win 14-12)

July 05, 2018, 4:33pm

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Pitching ill, Hellickson rocked by Marlins (Nats win 14-12)

For all the attention lavished upon Wednesday's postgame players meeting, the only thing that really matters for the Nationals is that they start hitting, pitching and catching the ball significantly better than they have been in weeks. They haven't been doing any of those things well so far tonight in what felt like a must-win game at the outset. One day after players held a 15-minute meeting following a series sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, the Nationals put themselves in a nine-run...

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Rodriguez could pitch tonight; Wieters, Zimmerman near rehab

July 05, 2018, 2:15pm

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Rodriguez could pitch tonight; Wieters, Zimmerman near rehab

The Nationals wasted no time placing Erick Fedde on the disabled list, even though they don't expect the right-hander to miss significant time with his shoulder injury. And they wasted no time calling up Jefry Rodriguez to replace Fedde in the rotation ... unless the rookie is needed in emergency relief of Jeremy Hellickson tonight. Fedde, who departed Wednesday morning's game after only 25 pitches when his shoulder was "having trouble getting loose," underwent an MRI afterward that...

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Game 86 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins (Fedde to DL)

July 05, 2018, 11:28am

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Game 86 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins (Fedde to DL)

The Nationals are in a tough spot, we all know that. Here's what else we know: Their final 11 games before the All-Star break come against the Marlins, Pirates and Mets. If they've got a major turnaround in them, now would be an opportune time to get started. The Nats have faced the Marlins only three times this season, and they won all three of those games in Miami. So these guys are going to be seeing a whole lot of each other over the next 2 1/2 months, beginning tonight with Jeremy...

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On Fedde's shoulder, Eaton's throw and Adams' non-usage

July 04, 2018, 8:19pm

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On Fedde's shoulder, Eaton's throw and Adams' non-usage

The headlines Wednesday at Nationals Park focused on what happened after the home team's 3-0 loss to the Red Sox, when players spent 15 minutes airing their grievances to each other and deciding it's time to quit assuming they're going to coast to another division title and start actually scratching and clawing to try to get back to the postseason. Lost in the shuffle were some important details and reactions to the events that actually took place on the field during that 3-0 loss, the...

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Players gather, demand more from each other after latest loss

July 04, 2018, 12:18pm

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Players gather, demand more from each other after latest loss

It took their 17th loss in 22 games (the club's worst stretch since 2009), their eighth shutout in 30 games (more times than they were shut out in all of 2017) and a sub-.500 record in July (the first time that's been the case since 2015) for someone inside the Nationals clubhouse to decide it was time to gather everyone together and let the emotions flow. That someone, as you might expect, was Max Scherzer. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and staff ace wasn't the only one who spoke out...

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Opposite Dugout: Marlins travel to nation's capital for four-game series against struggling Nationals

July 04, 2018, 11:31am

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Manager: Don Mattingly (3rd season) Record: 36-52 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: C J.T. Realmuto (.306), 1B Justin Bour (13 HR, 37 RBIs), RF Brian Anderson (41 RBIs), 2B Starlin Castro (.292, .340, .397) RHP Kyle Barraclough (8 saves, 1.17 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 0-3 Pitching probables: July 5: RHP Pablo LÃ³pez (1-0) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (2-1), 7:05 p.m., MASNJuly 6: RHP Dan Straily (3-4) vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-5), 7:05 p.m., MASNJuly 7: LHP Wei-Yin Chen (2-5) vs. RHP Max...

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Nats lose Fedde early, lose another game late

July 04, 2018, 10:30am

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Nats lose Fedde early, lose another game late

No matter what happened the previous night, or any other night during this agonizing stretch of baseball, the Nationals reported for work early this morning trying to feel optimistic for a change. They had Matt Adams back on the active roster only 19 days after he fractured his index finger trying to bunt. They had a full house for an 11:05 a.m. game on Independence Day in the nation's capital. And then, one inning in, optimism was quashed at the sight of another player (starter Erick Fedde)...

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Fedde departs with injury in second inning (Nats down 2-0)

July 04, 2018, 8:17am

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Fedde departs with injury in second inning (Nats down 2-0)

Whatever good vibes the Nationals hoped to get from their annual Independence Day morning game quickly dissipated in the top of the second inning when Erick Fedde walked off the mound with an apparent injury and left this reeling pitching staff in a major bind as it tries to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Red Sox. Fedde threw only 25 total pitches, four of them to Rafael Devers to lead off the top of the second. His fastball velocity, which topped out at 95 mph in the first inning, dropped...

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Adams activated, Collins designated for assignment

July 04, 2018, 6:30am

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Adams activated, Collins designated for assignment

When he learned he had fractured his left index finger June 15 in Toronto, Matt Adams assumed he'd be forced to miss a considerable amount of time, certainly more than a month. Only 19 days later, though, Adams is back on the Nationals' active roster, available off the bench for today's series finale against the Red Sox and set to rejoin the lineup this weekend against the Marlins. "From everything that was being told to me, I think it's a little sooner than we expected," the left-handed...

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Scott Boras on why it has been a tough season so far for Bryce Harper

July 03, 2018, 4:14pm

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Scott Boras on why it has been a tough season so far for Bryce Harper

A visit with Bryce Harper's agent, Scott Boras, illuminates his take on why his client has had struggles at the plate this season. Boras said it boils down to a couple of major issues: the fear factor and the effect of shifts on left-handed power hitters. Boras said pitchers get more amped up to strike out the Nationals slugger than they do other players because he is who he is. "I just believe there's an intimidation factor that comes with Bryce and it may have to do with lineup dynamics,...

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Game 85 lineups: Nats vs. Red Sox

July 04, 2018, 4:57am

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The Nationals have lost 14 of their last 18 games. They're seven games out of first place, 4 1/2 games out of second place. They're a .500 club right now that can't seem to do anything right. But you know what? It's Independence Day in the District of Columbia, and there's a ballgame being played today in town. It could be worse, a lot worse. It would be better, of course, if the Nationals could pull off a win today against the Red Sox and avoid a series sweep (not to mention a sub-.500...

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Martinez needs club to "scratch and claw" after 11-4 loss to Red Sox

July 03, 2018, 6:17pm

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Martinez needs club to "scratch and claw" after 11-4 loss to Red Sox

This time it wasn't close. The Red Sox used a six-run fifth inning to run away from the Nationals 11-4 before a sellout crowd of 42,531 at Nationals Park. Suddenly, a Nats team that was riding high at 33-22 is back to .500 at 42-42. They are 4-14 since June 14. Similar to Monday, Boston raced out to a 3-0 lead. This time it was a three-run homer by Eduardo NÃºÃ±ez. The turning point arrived halfway through when the Nats had scored two runs to cut the deficit to 3-2. Tanner Roark was unable...

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Game 84 lineups: Red Sox at Nats

July 03, 2018, 11:16am

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After homering twice in the last four games, Bryce Harper returns to the cleanup spot for tonight's Nationals game against the Red Sox. Harper is still mired in a slump, batting .183 in his past 27 games, but he's slashing .300/.419/.577 in 123 career games in the four-hole. Harper previously hit cleanup this year on June 19 and 20 against the Orioles at Nationals Park. Left fielder Juan Soto is hitting second and second baseman Daniel Murphy is batting fifth, one night after his first home...

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First-round pick Mason Denaburg agrees to terms with Nats

July 03, 2018, 1:00pm

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First-round pick Mason Denaburg agrees to terms with Nats

The Nationals have agreed to terms with their first round selection, right-hander Mason Denaburg, along with their 10th round selection, second baseman Carson Shaddy, and the 15th round selection, left-hander Evan Lee. Denaburg said he is thrilled to be a member of the Nationals organization. "It's a dream come true, really," he said. "As a kid, I've always grown up wanting to play professional baseball and today I finally met that goal." Agent Scott Boras said Denaburg reminds him of...

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Promising updates for Strasburg, Zimmerman (Red Sox win 11-4)

July 03, 2018, 1:47pm

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Promising updates for Strasburg, Zimmerman (Red Sox win 11-4)

Nationals manager Davey Martinez said right-hander Stephen Strasburg had a solid bullpen session before today's game against the Red Sox. Strasburg is rehabbing from right shoulder inflammation that landed him on the disabled list. "He threw really well, around 60 pitches," Martinez said. "I think the next step will be to get him a sim game, sometime maybe this weekend. But we will see how he feels tomorrow." First baseman Ryan Zimmerman, also on the DL, continues rehab and core exercises...

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To make playoffs, Nats have to do something they've never done

July 02, 2018, 8:35pm

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To make playoffs, Nats have to do something they've never done

Davey Martinez praised the Nationals for the effort they displayed during Monday night's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox, right down to Anthony Rendon's scorched line out to left field for the final out in the bottom of the ninth. "If they keep playing with that kind of intensity, we'll start winning games," the rookie manager said. "Things will turn around for us. Think about it, the last ball hit was smoked. I think it was 111 mph off the bat (actually 105 mph). So I got no problem with the way...

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Liz Barr: Finding the positives during a rough stretch for Nationals

July 04, 2018, 5:33am

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The last month or so of Nationals baseball has been a little bit rough. It's been tough for the team and tough for fans, and at times it's been hard to watch. They keep finding new ways to lose, and it seems like there are never enough runs scored, they can't get that big hit and there are always runners left on base. It's frustrating. But we can't wallow in misery. If we only talk about failures and what the team isn't doing right, we're going to drive ourselves crazy. Yeah, things...

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Nationals reinstate Matt Adams

July 04, 2018, 5:33am

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The Washington Nationals returned from rehab and reinstated infielder/outfielder Matt Adams from the 10-day disabled list and designated left-handed pitcher Tim Collins for assignment on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Adams, 31, returns to the active roster after missing 16 games with a fractured left index finger. Prior to being placed on the disabled list, Adams hit .275 with seven doubles, 13 home runs, 36 RBI, 16...