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The Nationals started to build something last year and their lineup is the reason. The breakout from the cellar last season was a charge led by Left Fielder Michael Morse who hit .303 with 31 home runs and 95 RBI’s in 2011. In Right Field it looks like the opening day starter will be Jayson [...]

First it was Albert Pujols.  Now, it’s Prince Fielder.  For the Arizona Diamondbacks part, they can now say goodbye to both, as both have spurned the National League for the American League.  With Pujols leaving for the Los Angeles Angels earlier in the off-season, now we have yesterday when Fielder left for the Detroit Tigers.  [...]

The Nationals are not messing around anymore. Finalizing the deal that began as just another rumor back in November, the Oakland Athletics have officially sent Gio Gonzalez to Washington in a six-player trade. The 26-year-old lefty will join an already promising rotation and pitch between talented young right-handers Jordan Zimmermann and Stephen Strasburg, both of [...]

Gio Gonzalez is only 26-years-old, considered one of the best left-handed pitchers in the game, and yet in 2012, he will be pitching for his fourth organization in six years. That’s amazing to me. Gonzalez was traded today to the Washington Nationals for four minor league prospects. RHP Robert Gilliam also went to the Nationals. [...]

Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his hometown of Valencia, Venezuela this evening. The 24-year-old Washington Nationals catcher traveled home for the offseason and was planning on participating in a few winter ball games with Tigres de Aragua beginning Thursday, until this horrific event took place. According to multiple news reports out of Venezuela, four [...]

Earlier today, the Washington Nationals acquired Jonny Gomes from the Cincinnati Reds for two minor leaguers, so let’s take a look at the fantasy impact of that trade.

Gomes: Unless Gomes is flipped, expect him to platoon with Laynce Nix in left for the Nationals. The right-handed Gomes has a .333/.439/.537 slash line with three HR’s versus left-handed pitching…

As first reported by ESPN.com, the Washington Nationals will name Davey Johnson as manager. John McLaren, who took over on an interim basis, will move into a roll in the front office. Johnson is expected to manage his first game on Monday.

Johnson has managed the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, [...]

The former Washington Nationals manager resigned out of the blue on Thursday, just as his team hit the .500 mark upon winning their 11th game in 12 opportunities.

According to general manager Mike Rizzo, Riggleman called it quits after he asked the team pick up the $600,000 option on his contract for 2012 and the club declined to do so. [...]

It wasn’t about winning a championship. Apparently, it wasn’t about winning anything. When Jayson Werth put his name on a contract from the Washington Nationals for seven years and $126 million ($18 million per season), it became painfully obvious what is important to Werth. Money. Money, money, and more money. Werth was out to make [...]

It’s become expected around Philadelphia over the past couple of seasons that the Phillies will win the NL East. Anything else is just not acceptable — to the team or the fans. But for Roy Halladay, it’s a brand new experience.

The pitcher that most consider the best in baseball will get his first opportunity to pitch in the postseason after pitching a two-hit shutout against the[...]