Perhaps not surprisingly, the reactions inside the clubhouses to today's sweeping suspensions handed down by Major League Baseball for players' involvement with Biogenesis were very wide-ranging. Some, like Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche and the Braves' B.J. Upton, had no interest in discussing the 13 suspensions and the fallout from players getting caught using performance-enhancers. "I'm so over it. I don't even care anymore," LaRoche said. "Literally don't care." Others...

Nationals teammates and manager Davey Johnson all are glad that left-hander Gio Gonzalez finally gets the recognition from Major League Baseball that he was not a part of the Biogenesis scandal. Today's announcement by Commissioner Bud Selig suspended thirteen more players, including Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, for their admitted use of performance enhancing drugs. The last paragraph of the statement released by Major League Baseball today read: "Major League Baseball's...

Jayson Werth has been named the National League Player of the Month. He'll celebrate with an unplanned day of rest. Werth has been scratched from the Nationals' lineup for tonight's series opener against the Braves. Manager Davey Johnson said this afternoon that Werth's bruised right hand isn't really much of an issue, but the strained groin that Werth aggravated this weekend in Milwaukee is still bothering him. The Nationals had originally written Werth into today's lineup, but he...

Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth was named National League Player of the Month for July. Major League Baseball made the announcement this afternoon. Werth hit .367 (33-for-90) in July with two doubles, seven home runs, 22 RBI, 17 runs scored, 15 walks and two stolen bases to earn the first monthly citation of his 12-year big league career. The 34 year-old Werth led the National League in OPS (1.072), on-base percentage (.450) and RBI in July, while also ranking among the...

"I am very pleased that Major League Baseball has cleared my name. With this process now complete, I have no lingering sense of animosity, as I quickly realized that the objective of this investigation was to clean up our game. This is an ideal that I share with both Major League Baseball and the MLBPA. I would also like to acknowledge the unwavering support of my teammates, the Lerner Family, Mike Rizzo, Davey Johnson, our coaching staff and Nationals fans everywhere."

After months of waiting, we finally have the official list of players suspended by Major League Baseball for their involvement in the purchase of performance-enhancing drugs from Biogenesis, a now-shuttered anti-aging clinic in the Miami area. And Gio Gonzalez isn't on it. MLB formally announced that they have found "no violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program" by Gonzalez. As a result, he will not be suspended. Gonzalez's name had appeared in the personal notebooks...

As expected, Orioles infielder Danny Valencia was not listed among the players receiving 50-game suspensions for their roles in the Biogenesis scandal. Major League Baseball released the names this afternoon and noted that the investigation "found no violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by either Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez or Baltimore Orioles infielder Danny Valencia." The names of the violators began to surface today, and some fans remained...

When Chris Davis made his latest comments on Saturday at Camden Yards about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, I asked him some questions I have been wondering about. With more PED-related suspensions coming today, why don't more players in baseball speak out against the cheaters? Why aren't the clean players outraged that they are under suspicion because of others? "I don't expect guys to be who they are not," Davis said. "If guys don't feel comfortable saying anything, it's...

The Washington Nationals are 12 1/2 games out of first place at 54-57, three games below .500, with a three-game series against the division-leading Atlanta Braves looming this week. The Nats and Braves have nine such games to play before the end of the season, so each of these games count doubly in the standings. But with the Braves playing as well as they have lately, the Nationals lost three games in the standings in the past week. But a division title, at this point, is all but...

This past weekend, we saw something that we see every year (generally in August), as the Orioles had their annual Hall of Fame induction. Every team has a Hall of Fame in some manner, and while getting elected to your team's hall might not be as prestigious as Cooperstown, it's quite an honor. Some people seemed to question the election of second baseman Roberto Alomar this year. For sure, he barely slid in under the main qualification (three years of service to the team). However, my...