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Nationals GM updates Juan Soto trade talks with 'bad contract' rumors
After offering the 23-year-old superstar a massive 15-year $440 million contract offer which was rejected, the Nationals are now fielding trade offers.
Nationals have to make leadership decision by 2023 All-Star Game
Nationals manager Davey Martinez and baseball president Mike Rizzo have options for 2023 due by the All-Star Game break.
Nationals general manager high on Mets' lead GM candidate
Mike Rizzo hadn’t heard Adam Cromie’s name much in recent years — until recently, when Rizzo heard from Cormie himself.
Former Yankees All-Star suspended for domestic violence violation
Starlin Castro has been suspended for 30 games without pay for violating the MLB's policy on domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse.
Joe Girardi slammed as 'con artist' after sticky fight
Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi was playing mind games with the Washington Nationals Tuesday night, but Nationals' general manager Mike Rizzo is having none of it. “It’s embarrassing for Girardi....
Mets' Opening Day opponent in sudden COVID crisis
After a quiet spring on the COVID-19 front for MLB, the Washington Nationals now have significant roster issues ahead of Opening Day against the Mets. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo...
MLB camps in chaos as coronavirus testing frustrations grow
The most important aspect of Major League Baseball’s return — testing for the novel coronavirus — is not going smoothly. In fact, it could threaten the abbreviated 60-game season, as...
Nationals GM hints at how much baseball world despises Astros
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Nationals GM Mike Rizzo loved beating Houston in the World Series last October. On Friday he offered up his own St. Valentine’s Day massacre of...
Stephen Strasburg path: From innings limit to World Series MVP
HOUSTON — The shutdown that shook baseball paid off for Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. It just took seven seasons. Strasburg was voted MVP of the World Series following...
Nationals manager's year of adversity ending on a high
WASHINGTON — Dave Martinez is a survivor. He managed to survive the Nationals’ 19-31 start and a heart procedure in mid-September. After the Nationals came away with a 7-4 win...
Nationals in first World Series because of starting pitching
WASHINGTON — Starting pitching gets you to the World Series. Even if you start 19-31. A team from Washington is going to the World Series for the first time since...
Why Max Scherzer should be centerpiece in Nationals' firesale
In the days leading up to the 2016 trade deadline, Yankees officials believed they were going to deal Aroldis Chapman to the Nationals and Andrew Miller to the Cubs. A...
Nationals are in shambles, and the scapegoating seems near
Tuesday night ended with Bryce Harper's first Phillies grand slam. Wednesday began with the Nationals boss blaming everyone -- manager included -- for the team's turtle-like start. And their Wednesday...
Nationals pitching coach fired on night Strasburg hits K milestone
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have fired pitching coach Derek Lilliquist. Minor league pitching coordinator Paul Menhart has been promoted to replace Lilliquist. General manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement...
Exiled former Nationals reliever had to be separated from GM
It seems there is more than meets the eye to former Nationals reliever Shawn Kelley’s meltdown against the Mets and subsequent designation for assignment and trade. With a 25-1 lead...
Nationals still not sure if they will be sellers at trade deadline
The 2018 Nationals are beginning to resemble the 2015 Tigers. Those Tigers had won the previous four AL Central titles (all with current Nationals ace Max Schezer). But they could...
Would the Nationals actually trade Bryce Harper?
Teams were on red alert from the outset of the season that Manny Machado could be traded, and that heightened quickly when the Orioles proved far worse than anticipated. There...
Nationals' worries are vanishing — and Mets' are growing
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Down in Fort Myers, the Red Sox face enough questions to fill a Supreme Court confirmation hearing. A glass-half-full Yankees fan can dream on such...
GM banter doesn't reveal true state of Yankees-Red Sox
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Rule 5 draft concludes the Winter Meetings and attracts pretty much every scout, executive and media member on assignment to a large ballroom for one...
Nationals poised to blow up baseball's hot stove
The Astros and Braves have been the early aggressors this offseason, and neither is done: Both are now concentrating on the high-end starting pitcher market (think: Chris Sale, Jose Quintana...