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Perfectly timed career year sets Rendon up for huge payday

November 12, 2019, 7:22pm

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Anthony Rendon, who picked the perfect time to put together an MVP-caliber regular season and postseason. PLAYER REVIEW: ANTHONY RENDON Age on opening day 2020: 29 How acquired: First-round pick, 2011 draft MLB service time: 6 years, 130 days 2019 salary: $18.8 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats: 146 G, 646 PA, 545 AB, 117 R, 174 H, 44 2B, 3...

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Martinez finishes fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting

November 12, 2019, 2:00pm

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Martinez finishes fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting

At this point, two weeks into November, nobody would dare suggest Davey Martinez didn't play a major role in leading the Nationals to their first World Series title and didn't deserve to be honored for it. But all ballots for National League Manager of the Year were submitted before the start of the postseason, and on the final day of September, Martinez's work hadn't yet been fully appreciated. Which explains why the Nats skipper finished a distant fifth in voting that was revealed...

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Despite broken finger, Turner put up big numbers this year

November 11, 2019, 7:43pm

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Despite broken finger, Turner put up big numbers this year

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Trea Turner, who after missing six weeks with a broken finger returned to play every day and produced despite lingering effects. PLAYER REVIEW: TREA TURNER Age on opening day 2020: 26 How acquired: Traded from Padres with Joe Ross for Steven Souza Jr. and Travis Ott, who went to Rays in three-team deal, December 2014 MLB service time: 3 years, 135...

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Robles finishes sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting

November 11, 2019, 2:00pm

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Robles finishes sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting

In a normal year, Victor Robles' performance might have been enough to warrant serious consideration for Rookie of the Year honors. This, however, was no normal year, which meant the Nationals center fielder wound up well down the list in voting among his fellow first-year players. Robles finished sixth in the race for 2019 National League Rookie of the Year, an award that went to Mets first baseman Pete Alonso in overwhelming fashion. Alonso, who set a new major league record for home runs by...

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Forever etched into Nats lore, what's next for Kendrick?

November 10, 2019, 8:21am

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Forever etched into Nats lore, what's next for Kendrick?

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Howie Kendrick, who as a part-time player in the regular season put up some of the best numbers of his career and then became a postseason legend. PLAYER REVIEW: HOWIE KENDRICK Age on opening day 2020: 36 How acquired: Signed as free agent, January 2018 MLB service time: 13 years, 91 days 2019 salary: $4 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats:...

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Zimmerman got healthy just in time, now hopes to return in '20

November 09, 2019, 7:07pm

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Zimmerman got healthy just in time, now hopes to return in '20

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We continue today with Ryan Zimmerman, who after an injury-plagued regular season came up big in the postseason to win his first World Series title. PLAYER REVIEW: RYAN ZIMMERMAN Age on opening day 2020: 35 How acquired: First-round pick, 2005 draft MLB service time: 14 years, 32 days 2019 salary: $18 million Contract status: Free agent 2019 stats: 52 G, 190 PA, 171 AB, 20 R,...

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Despite late struggles, Suzuki was critical to Nats' success

November 08, 2019, 10:07am

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Despite late struggles, Suzuki was critical to Nats' success

As our offseason coverage kicks into high gear, we're going to review each significant player on the Nationals roster. We begin today with Kurt Suzuki, who at 35 enjoyed one of the best offensive seasons of his career and became a trusted batterymate for the team's two aces. PLAYER REVIEW: KURT SUZUKI Age on opening day 2020: 36 How acquired: Signed as free agent, November 2018 MLB service time: 12 years, 113 days 2019 salary: $4 million Contract status: Signed for $6 million in 2020. Free...

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Friday morning Nats Q&A

November 07, 2019, 6:23pm

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So anything interesting happen around here recently? It was quite an October for the Nationals, the most memorable October in franchise history. And November has been pretty interesting so far, as well, with some awfully significant players responsible for winning the World Series now free agents, and a couple of others making some headlines off the field. So there's no shortage of topics to discuss today. You've got questions. We've (hopefully) got answers. Submit them in the comments...

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Rendon wins second career Silver Slugger Award

November 07, 2019, 9:51am

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Rendon wins second career Silver Slugger Award

The Nationals' first (and potentially only) individual award from the 2019 regular season went to Anthony Rendon, who tonight was named the Silver Slugger Award winner as the National League's best offensive third baseman. Rendon led the league's third basemen in batting average (.319), runs (117), doubles (44), RBIs (126), on-base percentage (.412), slugging percentage (.598) and OPS (1.010). His 34 homers trailed only Eugenio SuÃ¡rez, Nolan Arenado and Josh Donaldson at his...

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Keep the band together or try to build a new champion?

November 06, 2019, 7:29pm

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Keep the band together or try to build a new champion?

For 15 years - but especially for the last eight years - they tried to find the right combination of talent, character and toughness to win a championship. And when they finally found it this season, the Nationals enjoyed one of the greatest October runs in baseball history. So it's only natural to now wonder how they might best try to put themselves right back in the same position next October in search of back-to-back titles. And the easiest answer is: Just keep the band together. Why...

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What are the Nationals' positions of need this winter?

November 05, 2019, 11:38am

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As stated over the last couple of days, the fun is now over and it's time to start looking ahead to 2020. Not that the Nationals wouldn't love to just freeze time for a while and keep celebrating their championship. Unfortunately, the rest of the baseball world doesn't care about that and has already proceeded into the hot stove league. Thus, the Nats have no choice but to start making plans for next season. Which means we have no choice but to start looking at what they need for next...

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With free agency underway, Nats extend two qualifying offers

November 04, 2019, 7:51pm

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With free agency underway, Nats extend two qualifying offers

Five full days have passed since the Nationals won the World Series, and a lot has a lot happened in those five days. The celebration phase of the post-Game 7 victory time period, alas, is over. And now it's time to get down to serious business. Free agency is now fully underway, with all unsigned players free to negotiate with anybody they want. That doesn't mean there's going to be a sudden flurry of moves in the next 48 hours. Baseball, lest you forget, doesn't act that way. It's a...

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Nationals wrap up title celebration with White House visit

November 04, 2019, 11:31am

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One by one, they walked out, players and coaches filling the steps on both sides of the South Portico, where they were greeted by a crowd of several thousand that included team employees, administration employees and fans with connections who were given the opportunity to fill out the South Lawn and watch as the Nationals wrapped up their three-day World Series victory celebration with a White House visit. These events, offered to most professional and major college teams that win...

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A look at every player's contract status entering the offseason

November 03, 2019, 7:13pm

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A look at every player's contract status entering the offseason

As you may have already realized, the offseason came quick this year. Not because it began any earlier than any previous one. Because the Nationals' season lasted longer than any previous one. So even though the Nats are still in the midst of a World Series championship celebration that continues this afternoon with a trip to the White House, they're already in the process of figuring out who's going to be on the roster in 2020. Stephen Strasburg opted out of the remaining four years of his...

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Strasburg opts out; Nats decline options on Zimmerman, Gomes

November 02, 2019, 7:28pm

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Strasburg opts out; Nats decline options on Zimmerman, Gomes

Only hours after riding through a sea of red-clad fans and then speaking from his heart during the club's World Series celebration parade and rally, Stephen Strasburg opted out of the remainder of his contract with the Nationals and officially became a free agent. The opt-out, first reported by MLB.com and confirmed by a source familiar with the move, had been expected for some time. Strasburg had four years and $100 million ($40 million of which was deferred through 2030) remaining on the...

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A wild, funny, emotional celebration for champs

November 02, 2019, 2:57pm

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A wild, funny, emotional celebration for champs

It began at 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue, where more than a dozen buses filled with Nationals players and coaches embarked on a mile-long parade along with plenty of marchers, including front office employees, local Little Leaguers, students from the team's Youth Baseball Academy and more. The final bus held (among others) Ryan Zimmerman, Davey Martinez and Mike Rizzo. Oh, and the Commissioner's Trophy, which was hoisted high in the air to the delight of the tens of thousands who...

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Three-day celebration begins with parade and rally

November 01, 2019, 7:46pm

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Three-day celebration begins with parade and rally

To the victors go the spoils, and the Nationals are about to be very spoiled over the next three days. After enjoying one day off at home to recover from their World Series-clinching victory (and subsequent celebration) in Houston, the Nats are about to go into full-scale party mode over the next 72 hours, with a parade, a stop at a Capitals game and then a trip to the White House. It begins today with a parade so many people have waited so long to experience. Here are the pertinent details: *...

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Nationals decline $4 million mutual option on Adams

November 01, 2019, 2:16pm

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The offseason waits for no one, not even the World Series champions. So even as they finalize plans for Saturday's parade and Monday's White House visit, the Nationals still had to make the first of many key baseball decisions that loom this winter. The club declined its portion of a $4 million mutual option for the 2020 season on first baseman Matt Adams, electing instead to pay the veteran slugger a $1 million buyout and thus making him a free agent. The Nationals could still re-sign Adams...

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Memories from the greatest month in Nationals history

November 01, 2019, 4:32am

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It's been roughly 32 hours now since the Nationals won the World Series, and I'm not sure it's really sunk in to anyone yet that it actually happened. Everything remains such a blur, the tension of the first six innings of Game 7, the shock of the three-batter sequence that flipped the game in the Nats' favor in the top of the seventh, the nervous energy of waiting for those final nine outs to be recorded and then the celebration that ensued. Really, the entire postseason remains a blur....

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Star-studded, resilient Nationals earned this title

October 31, 2019, 2:13am

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HOUSTON - It would be easy to look at the 2019 Washington Nationals as a good team that went on a great October run to win the World Series. Really, it's one of the great October runs (12-5 to topple the Brewers, Dodgers, Cardinals and Astros) in baseball's wild card era. But that's still not entirely fair to this team. It seems to minimize the big picture and label the Nats as a team that simply got red-hot at the right time and rode the wave all the way to a championship. Here's how they...