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Hellickson goes on DL, Grace and Collins return to bullpen

June 05, 2018, 2:05pm

Jeremy Hellickson's hamstring strain was deemed to be "mild" by those looking at his MRI, but the veteran right-hander will need to miss at least a couple of starts and thus was placed on the 10-day disabled list today by the Nationals. The Nats also sent right-hander Jefry Rodriguez (who impressively threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings in emergency relief of Hellickson on Sunday) back to Double-A Harrisburg and put relievers Tim Collins and Matt Grace back on the active roster for tonight's...

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Game 59 lineups: Nats vs. Rays

June 05, 2018, 11:12am

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The Nationals are back in town, albeit only for five games this week, beginning with a quick two-game interleague series against the Rays. Who, yes, are featuring cleanup-hitting catcher Wilson Ramos in The Buffalo's return to D.C. for the first time as a visiting player. Here's hoping he gets a nice ovation from the crowd. Matt Adams is back in the Nationals' lineup, batting cleanup, after missing one game from a bruised right foot. For everyone who has seen those things take much longer to...

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Kline on Nationals draft picks Denaburg and Cate

June 05, 2018, 7:02am

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Nationals assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations Kris Kline had more details today about the selection of prep right-hander Mason Denaburg and Connecticut left-hander Tim Cate in the first two rounds of the First-Year Player Draft. "It was two guys we really wanted the first day," he said. "It was a great first day for us." Kline said Denaburg, taken with the 27th overall selection in the first round out of Merritt Island (Fla.) High School, impressed Nationals...

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Nationals reinstate left-handed pitcher Matt Grace and left-handed pitcher Tim Collins

June 05, 2018, 12:21pm

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The Washington Nationals returned from rehab and reinstated left-handed pitcher Matt Grace from the 10-day disabled list and reinstated left-handed pitcher Tim Collins from the paternity list on Tuesday. Additionally, the Nationals placed right-handed pitcher Jeremy Hellickson on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain and optioned right-handed pitcher Jefry Rodriguez to Double-A Harrisburg. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the...

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A lot to watch for before and during tonight's Nats game

June 04, 2018, 8:59pm

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A lot to watch for before and during tonight's Nats game

If your attention has been diverted from baseball to hockey in recent days, you are forgiven. Hey, this kind of thing hasn't happened in these parts for 26 years. It's OK to get swept up in it. But if you need something to keep you occupied for the next 48 hours until they carry the Stanley Cup into the building in Las Vegas, you should know this could be an eventful week for the Nationals. After a tough weekend in Atlanta to cap an otherwise excellent 7-3 road trip, the Nats are back home...

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Opposite Dugout: Skidding Rays hoping to get back to .500

June 04, 2018, 4:57pm

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Opposite Dugout: Skidding Rays hoping to get back to .500

Manager: Kevin Cash (4th season) Record: 28-30 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: 1B C.J. Cron (12 HR, 32 RBIs), SS Daniel Robertson (.272), C Wilson Ramos (.301 with 7 HR, 29 RBIs), 3B Matt Duffy (.308), RHP Sergio Romo (5.96 ERA), RHP Ryne Stanek (3.97 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (2-1 in 2015) Pitching probables: June 5: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (9-1), 7:05 p.m., MASN2June 6: TBA vs. RHP Tanner Roark (2-6), 1:05 p.m., MASN2 Inside the Rays: The Rays...

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Nats select prep hurler Mason Denaburg in first round (updated)

June 04, 2018, 6:21pm

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Nats select prep hurler Mason Denaburg in first round (updated)

The Nationals went with pitching again in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft, selecting high school right-hander Mason Denaburg from Merritt Island, Fla., with the 27th overall pick. Denaburg is a multi-sport athlete, having already committed to the University of Florida to play baseball, and projects as a right-hander in the majors. But the 18-year-old has also played as a punter/kicker in football and has shown his power as an outfielder and catcher in baseball. "We are very...

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Nationals select left-hander Tim Cate

June 04, 2018, 7:51pm

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The Washington Nationals selected collegiate left-handed pitcher Tim Cate with their second-round selection (No. 65 overall) in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, and Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline made the joint announcement. Cate, a 6-foot-1, 186-pound junior went 5-4 with a 2.91 ERA (17 ER/52.2 IP) in 11 games (seven starts) for the University of Connecticut. He...

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Worst-case scenario plays out for Nats bullpen in loss to Braves

June 03, 2018, 1:56pm

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Worst-case scenario plays out for Nats bullpen in loss to Braves

ATLANTA - Davey Martinez and his staff prepare for every conceivable scenario before they take their positions in the dugout for any given ballgame. And so they had concocted a plan this morning for what truly amounted to a worst-case scenario in today's series finale against the Braves: an early departure by Jeremy Hellickson. That plan was going to include Jefry Rodriguez, summoned from Double-A Harrisburg this morning, providing maybe two or three innings of relief only three days after an...

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Nats suffering from depleted lineup of free swingers

June 03, 2018, 5:49pm

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Nats suffering from depleted lineup of free swingers

ATLANTA - It's easy to look at Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Braves and place blame at the arms of Shawn Kelley and Tanner Roark, who surrendered the two late home runs that turned a one-run lead into a two-run defeat. Not that those two right-handers don't deserve some criticism for their failure to keep the ball in the park at the most critical points of the game, but all of this would be moot if the Nationals did something seemingly simple during the game: score another run. Let's be honest...

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Nationals select right-hander Mason Denaburg

June 04, 2018, 6:12pm

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The Washington Nationals selected prep right-handed pitcher Mason Denaburg with the No. 27 selection in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, and Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline made the joint announcement. Denaburg, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound right-hander, went 5-1 with a 1.27 ERA (5 ER/35.1 IP) in eight starts during his senior season at Merritt Island (Fla.) High School. He...

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Marty Niland: Ken McMullen draws birthday love from D.C. fans

June 04, 2018, 4:49am

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Marty Niland: Ken McMullen draws birthday love from D.C. fans

Washington baseball fans still love Ken McMullen. The former Senators third baseman's 76th birthday was June 1, and there were dozens of likes and comments on a post recognizing the occasion on two D.C. Baseball History Facebook pages. The post included a photo of McMullen wearing a Senators uniform, in a fielding pose and wearing a batting helmet. McMullen came to the Senators in the same seven-player blockbuster that brought Frank Howard to the nation's capital, and McMullen flourished...

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Expect Nats to go for arms early in MLB's First-Year Player Draft

June 04, 2018, 2:37am

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Expect Nats to go for arms early in MLB's First-Year Player Draft

The Nationals look to stockpile their team for the future as the 2018 First-Year Player Draft gets underway tonight. The club has the No. 27 and No. 65 selections in the first two rounds. According to Baseball America, the Nationals will have a bonus pool of $5,603,800 to work with, which ranks 27th in allotted monies league-wide. Due to the team's on-field success in recent campaigns, they have selected in the lower half of each first round: Erick Fedde (18th, 2014), Carter Kieboom (28th,...

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Overtaxed pitching staff suffers 4-2 walk-off loss to Braves

June 03, 2018, 12:27pm

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Overtaxed pitching staff suffers 4-2 walk-off loss to Braves

ATLANTA - After going 14 innings on Saturday, after watching Jeremy Hellickson depart with an apparent hamstring injury in the first inning today and then after watching the Braves rally to tie the game late, the Nationals reached a point late this afternoon where the need for their series finale to end was about to become more important than the need to win. That point didn't quite arrive, but it came close. The Nationals were forced to send Tanner Roark to the mound for the bottom of the...

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Murphy not ready for season debut yet

June 03, 2018, 9:04am

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ATLANTA - The Nationals don't know yet when Daniel Murphy will make his season debut, but they seem to have conceded it won't come at the start of this week's homestand. Murphy, who has spent the last week playing six rehab games for Double-A Harrisburg, is scheduled to be back in Washington on Tuesday to be evaluated by doctors and meet with club officials. Despite some initial hope he might be ready to be activated by then, manager Davey Martinez suggested today that won't happen. "I...

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Hellickson out after two batters with hamstring injury (Nats lose 4-2)

June 03, 2018, 10:11am

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Hellickson out after two batters with hamstring injury (Nats lose 4-2)

ATLANTA - After watching their bullpen throw seven perfect innings during Saturday's 14-inning win, the last thing the Nationals needed was to have to turn to their relief corps early today. Which is exactly what happened after starter Jeremy Hellickson departed only two batters into the bottom of the first with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Hellickson hurt himself trying to make a leaping catch of Mark Reynolds' high toss on Ozzie Albies' grounder to first. The ball caromed off...

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On the dominant pitching that made Saturday's win possible

June 02, 2018, 9:37pm

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On the dominant pitching that made Saturday's win possible

ATLANTA - A lot happened during Saturday's 5-3 14-inning victory for the Nationals. Obviously, Max Scherzer's pinch-hit single and scamper around the bases to score the go-ahead run drew much of the attention and rightfully so. But this game also would not have been won by the Nationals if not for a brilliant pitching performance against a Braves lineup that has been among the most productive in the majors this season. Gio Gonzalez authored another quality start, allowing three runs in seven...

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Scherzer ignites 14th-inning rally to propel Nats over Braves

June 02, 2018, 4:11pm

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Scherzer ignites 14th-inning rally to propel Nats over Braves

ATLANTA - All afternoon and into the evening they were searching for somebody, anybody, to deliver the hit that would break their moribund lineup out of its slumber. Who knew the answer wasn't any of the Nationals' position players, but rather their ace? Max Scherzer - yes, Max Scherzer - delivered the one-out single that got a 14th-inning rally jumpstarted, then raced all the way around the bases to score on Wilmer Difo's triple to the gap in right-center, the run that ultimately propelled...

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Game 58 lineups: Nats at Braves

June 03, 2018, 6:57am

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ATLANTA - It's another scorching hot and humid day here at SunTrust Park, where the Nationals and Braves wrap up their four-game series, the Nats trying to salvage a split after yesterday's dramatic 14-inning victory. To do so, they're probably going to need some effective work from their bullpen again today, though that group was taxed yesterday and has a new face in it today. Tim Collins, who did not appear in the game, has been placed on the paternity leave list and has left town to be...

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Gonzalez cruising, Adams departs early (Nats win 5-3 in 14)

June 02, 2018, 1:21pm

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Gonzalez cruising, Adams departs early (Nats win 5-3 in 14)

ATLANTA - Gio Gonzalez is authoring another gem. Juan Soto and Michael A. Taylor have supplied some early offense, but the Nationals will have to play the rest of today's game without cleanup hitter Matt Adams. Adams departed in the middle of the fourth inning with an apparent injury. He fouled a ball off his foot in the top of the frame before flying out to left field. The Nationals do not provide in-game injury updates, so Adams' abrupt exit will be something of a mystery for a few more...