Against the first left-hander the Nationals have faced since June 26, the Nationals lineup gets a shakeup: Published July 19 2011
Injury updates on Jerry Hairston Jr., Tom Gorzelanny and Ivan Rodriguez. Published July 18 2011
With the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline now just two weeks away, the Nationals are "moderately busy," Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said today. They've been getting a lot of calls on their bullpen, their veteran starting pitchers and catcher Ivan Rodriguez, despite his current disabled list status. Published July 18 2011
Stephen Strasburg reached a big milestone in his recovery from Tommy John surgery last week when he began to throw live batting practice. He took that one step further Monday when he threw a simulated game in Viera, Fla. Published July 18 2011
A few notes as the Nationals try to recover from Sunday's 9-8 walk-off loss to the Braves and head to Houston, where the team with the worst record in the major league awaits them... Published July 18 2011
With veteran utility man Jerry Hairston Jr. healthy and ready to come off the 15-day disabled list Monday, the Nationals cleared space for him on the active roster by optioning Brian Bixler to Triple-A Syracuse following Sunday's game. Published July 17 2011
The Nationals send Tom Gorzelanny to the mound in the rubber match with the Atlanta Braves. Here are the lineups behind him: Published July 17 2011
I focused most of my game story on the fact that the Nationals were able to put two bad memories to bed tonight with their 5-2 win over the Braves: 1. Friday's ugly 11-1 loss and 2. John Lannan's last start, which ended with him heading to the hospital after getting hit in the face with a comebacker. But there were plenty of other things that went on tonight in the Nationals' first win since the All-Star break as they pulled to .500 yet again this season. Let's take a look: Published July 17 2011
The injury updates from Atlanta today are as follows: Laynce Nix and his sore right Achilles are going to need managing for a while and catcher Ivan Rodriguez took some swings in the cage today. Plus, Chien-Ming Wang will pitch for Syracuse on Tuesday. Published July 16 2011
The grounds crew here at Turner Field is currently painting a giant 10,000 into the outfield grass -- signifying that last night's Braves' victory over the Nationals was the 10,000th major league win for the franchise. They're doing so behind a stage set up on top of second base for the B-52s to rehearse for their postgame concert tonight. Published July 16 2011
A few notes from a night to forget for the Nationals as they earned the distinction of being the 10,000 team to lose a major league game to the Braves franchise: Published July 16 2011
Despite plans to do otherwise, Nationals manager Davey Johnson clarified today that the Nationals will not be treating right-hander Jordan Zimmermann as a fifth starter in the second half and they will not stretch out his remaining 45 innings to get them to the September 1 roster expansion date. Published July 15 2011
Ivan Rodriguez was in the outfield early Friday afternoon at Turner Field, playing long toss with infielder Alex Cora. Then he headed inside and did something he hasn't done since he went down with a strained right oblique one week ago: he swung a bat. Published July 15 2011
Stephen Strasburg reached another milestone in his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery when he threw 45 pitches in live batting practice Wednesday in Viera, Fla. At this point, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said that having their ace right-hander back on a major league mound sometime this season is still very much in play. Published July 15 2011
Davey Johnson took over managing the Nationals on June 27 in Anaheim, Calif. and he led them to a 6-8 record into the All-Star break. But for all intents and purposes, Davey's stewardship -- and the Nationals -- get a fresh start tonight when they open the second half in Atlanta. Published July 15 2011
According to a report by Andrew Baggarly, the San Francisco Giants reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, the Giants have officially hired former Nationals manager Jim Riggleman to be a special assignment scout. Published July 14 2011
The Potomac Nationals were rained out for the second straight day Thursday, washing away a doubleheader after heavy rains Wednesday night made the field conditions unplayable and they were deemed unsafe an entire day later as well. Published July 14 2011
With his July 15th opt-out clause looming if not promoted, the Nationals granted left-hander J.C. Romero, who had been at Triple-A Syracuse, his unconditional release. Moments later, Romero agreed to a minor league deal with the New York Yankees. Published July 14 2011
When Bruce Bochy summoned Tyler Clippard with two outs in the top of the fourth inning trailing by a run, he had one job: to get Adrian Beltre out. He didn't even do that, and still he walked away as the winning pitcher in the National League's 5-1 victory over the American League Tuesday night in the 2011 All-Star Game. "It was the definition of a vulture," Clippard said. "I'll take it." Published July 13 2011
It's no secret that the NBA and the NFL are in lockouts. With baseball's collective bargaining agreement set to expire this offseason, they're already in negotiations to avoid a similar fate. In their annual meetings with the Baseball Writers Association, commissioner Bud Selig and Players Union executive director Michael Wiener addressed that, and some of the other issues facing baseball. Here's a brief recap of what was discussed: Published July 12 2011
'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
