Nationals manager Dusty Baker went out to watch Joe Ross (right shoulder inflammation, July 3) and Reynaldo Lopez through their bullpen sessions. While out there, he got to see right-hander Stephen Strasburg (right elbow soreness, August 21) throw the baseball, too.
"It was coming out pretty easy," Baker noted. "I asked him how he felt afterwards. He said he felt pretty good. I had seen his spin rate was different or less, and he sort of laughed about it. As long as it's spinning in the...
