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"Antsy" Gio Gonzalez will make initial 2016 start Monday

"Antsy" Gio Gonzalez will make initial 2016 start Monday
Left-hander Gio Gonzalez confirmed he will make his first start of 2016 on Monday night as the Nationals play host to the Braves. "I'm looking forward to getting that ball and finally attacking that strike zone," Gonzalez said. "I haven't felt so excited like this in awhile. Hopefully here it goes." Gonzalez said pitching coach Mike Maddux put forward the scenario of holding him until the April 11 game. One schedule for the starters manager Dusty Baker said that might work is a...
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Nats game blog: Strasburg looks to turn tables on previous visits to Atlanta

Nats game blog: Strasburg looks to turn tables on previous visits to Atlanta
The Nationals look to start the season 2-0 as they wrap up a series in Atlanta against the Braves. Right-hander Stephen Strasburg has gone just 3-3 with a 4.79 ERA in nine career starts at Turner Field. His 19 walks there are the most he has surrendered in any visiting ballpark. But last season, Strasburg finished strong, going 6-2 with a 1.90 ERA in his final 10 starts of the season. He battled injury in the first half, going just 5-5 with a 5.16 ERA in 13 starts. Right-hander Bud Norris split...
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Double-A Harrisburg roster features Giolito and Lopez; Syracuse postpones opening series (updated)

Double-A Harrisburg roster features Giolito and Lopez; Syracuse postpones opening series (updated)
The Double-A Harrisburg Senators announced their 2016 roster highlighted by No. 1 Nationals prospect right-hander Lucas Giolito. The starting rotation to begin the season is all right-handers: Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Tyler Mapes, John Simms and Austen Williams. The roster also includes seven top 30 prospects according to Baseball America: Giolito, Lopez, Rafael Bautista, Williams, Abel de los Santos, Chris Bostick and Nick Lee. Here is the roster: PitchersDakota Bacus Abel De Los Santos Robert...
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Keister intrigued by team speed as Potomac introduces 2016 roster

Keister intrigued by team speed as Potomac introduces 2016 roster
WOODBRIDGE - High Single-A Potomac manager Tripp Keister introduced his 2016 P-Nats roster Tuesday at media day and is looking forward to working with the talent the club has assembled again this season. Keister believes they can be aggressive with some speed on basepaths and on defense. "It's exciting. I think the group of position players, there's some depth to the group, there's some length to the lineup," Keister said. "We're going to have some pretty good hitters one through nine....
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Nats game blog: Nationals start off well thanks to the MVP

Nats game blog: Nationals start off well thanks to the MVP
The Braves took their time coming out of the dugout to take the field on defense on opening day. First pitch was delayed by three minutes from its scheduled 4:10 p.m. ET start time. Maybe they just didn't want to face the Nationals offense right out of the gate. The Nationals opened the 2016 season with the National League MVP crushing a homer off of the Braves' Julio Teheran in the top of the first inning, putting his team up 1-0. And it could have been a much bigger inning. Anthony Rendon...
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Scherzer excited to open another season with Nationals

Scherzer excited to open another season with Nationals
Right-hander Max Scherzer makes his second opening day start for the Nationals today at Atlanta and said he's not intimidated by taking the ball for the season's first game. Instead, he relishes the moment. "It's an honor," Scherzer said Friday. "It's a really cool thing to be the opening day starter because the opening day is kind of a celebration of baseball. It's a kick start to the year. So to be a part of that and be on the mound for game one it's really cool." Scherzer will be...
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Revere hoping to "bring the noise" at top of potent Nationals lineup

Revere hoping to "bring the noise" at top of potent Nationals lineup
Center fielder Ben Revere once again gave Nats fans a preview of what he can do Friday night with a triple, a double and two runs scored in his first two at-bats at Nationals Park, albeit in an exhibition game. Revere, 27, is replacing Denard Span, who was solid in center field when he was healthy. Revere should be an outstanding replacement, with the combination of speed and contact ability to set the table for the Nationals' formidable hitters. "I'll do anything I can to get on base for...
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Roark "felt good" in last spring start, but knows he can do better

Roark "felt good" in last spring start, but knows he can do better
Right-hander Tanner Roark pitched four innings Friday night in his final tune-up before the regular season begins Monday. The Nationals topped the Twins 4-3 in an exhibition at Nationals Park. Roark allowed three runs on seven hits, with four of those being doubles. He walked none and struck out four. He tossed 69 pitches, 44 for strikes. Roark said the start "felt good," but he also saw some things he could refine before his first scheduled regular season start. "Just didn't stick to my...
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Nats get quick lead over Twins (Nats win 4-3)

Nats get quick lead over Twins (Nats win 4-3)
The Nationals kept their hot hitting from spring training in Florida going with a quick start against the Twins in an exhibition game Friday night at Nationals Park. Ben Revere led off against Twins right-hander Phil Hughes with a triple into the right field corner. Last season, the Nationals were dead last in the major leagues with only 13 triples. After Anthony Rendon walked, Bryce Harper's sacrifice fly made it 1-0. Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI double to make it 2-0. Tanner Roark...
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Baker says decision on relievers coming after the game

Baker says decision on relievers coming after the game
Nationals manager Dusty Baker and he and his staff's biggest roster decisions before opening day involve who they will keep in the bullpen. Baker said before Friday's exhibition game versus the Twins that the Nats will decide on which relievers they will keep at the conclusion of tonight's contest. "We're going to notify the guys after the game," Baker said. "We would've done it before, but (GM) Mike (Rizzo) is suffering with kind of a bad back. He had to go see the doctor. So we'll do...
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Bautista and Agustin add to impressive outfield depth in early camp

Bautista and Agustin add to impressive outfield depth in early camp
Some notes on Rafael Bautista and Telmito Agustin as we wrap up our outfield previews from the early camp in Florida. All of these players will be getting their assignments in the next few days as the 2016 season gets rolling. You might have caught outfielder Bautista, 23, getting an at-bat at the end of the Nationals game against the Braves on March 27. It was an infield popup, so it did not demonstrate what he is capable of in the long term. Bautista is still a top 10 prospect and he has made...
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More insight on left-hander Taylor Hearn and outfielder Victor Robles

More insight on left-hander Taylor Hearn and outfielder Victor Robles
Left-hander Taylor Hearn has freakish athleticism that you might usually see in a tall and lanky basketball prospect. I have already told you about his long arms, hands and fingers: the tale of when you shake his hand, his fingers almost touch your elbow. So you can imagine how he can manipulate a baseball to move around the strike zone to befuddle a hitter. Low Single-A Hagerstown Suns manager Patrick Anderson said Hearn reminded him of right-hander Ira Brown, a 6-foot-4, 215-lbs., pitcher...
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Stevenson and Wiseman bring experience in big games to help boost Nats outfield depth

Stevenson and Wiseman bring experience in big games to help boost Nats outfield depth
Continuing our focus on the early camp outfielders, Andrew Stevenson out of LSU and Rhett Wiseman out of Vanderbilt are unique in this group because they come from very good Southeastern Conference baseball programs. Both have played in the College World Series with Vanderbilt winning the title in 2014. "(Stevenson) and Rhett Wiseman both played in college and both played games," said Nationals outfield coordinator Gary Thurman. "So the crowds with those guys is not going to be a...
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Outfielder Blake Perkins making good progress in switch-hitting

Outfielder Blake Perkins making good progress in switch-hitting
Building off of what Nationals director of player development Mark Scialabba told me about the early camp outfielders, I reached out to Nationals outfielder coordinator Gary Thurman to get more insight on this group and the progress they have made this spring. The group includes six outfielders, three teenagers and four players who can Hit from the left side. The teenagers are Telmito Agustin, Blake Perkins and Victor Robles. The others include Rafael Bautista, Andrew Stevenson and Rhett...
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Third baseman Drew Ward focuses on hand position and swing path

Third baseman Drew Ward focuses on hand position and swing path
Third baseman Drew Ward could be fixing to have a Tyler Moore-, Steven Souza Jr.-, Matt Skole-type of offensive year in the minors. The 21-year-old has a big bat, the ability to hit for power. If he begins in high Single-A Potomac, he will get a chance to dominate at the plate and practice his fielding skills every day. He would love to cut down on the 118 strikeouts in 115 games. He had 19 doubles, two triples, seven homers and 49 RBIs. "He did really well at GCL and Hagerstown (in 2013 and...
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More early camp updates on Sagdal and young outfielders

More early camp updates on Sagdal and young outfielders
The early camp invitees take on the Mets in two games of a home-and-home series this week. Low Single-A Hagerstown manager Patrick Anderson is working with this roster all camp and had an update on infielder Ian Sagdal, a lefty-hitting 23-year-old second baseman out of Washington State. "He really can swing the bat from the left side," Anderson said. "Defensively, (infield instructor Jeff) Garber is really putting his hands on him to get him going defensively so he can maximize as much as he...
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More early camp updates on Fedde, Marmolejos, Abreu and others

More early camp updates on Fedde, Marmolejos, Abreu and others
More early camp updates, including the progress of right-hander Erick Fedde. The UNLV standout was a first-round selection by the Nationals in 2014 and immediately had Tommy John surgery. Low Single-A Hagerstown manager Patrick Anderson said Fedde looks like he's ready to log some heavier innings this season. Fedde tossed 64 innings in 14 games last season. "He looks really fresh," Anderson said. "His arm looks really good. He's got life back to him, you know what I mean? It usually takes...
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Glover's curveball adds to already lethal repertoire

Glover's curveball adds to already lethal repertoire
Early camp continues with the Nationals' first games coming up March 14 and 15. Right-hander Koda Glover is picking up where he left off from last season. The 22-year-old is 6-foot-5, 195 lbs., out of Monroe, Okla., and pitched last season at short-season Single-A Auburn and low Single-A Hagerstown. Hagerstown manager Patrick Anderson has seen him during the season, at instructional league and now in early camp. "He had Tommy John a few years ago," Anderson said. "He didn't pitch a lot the...
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Catchers making good progress in early camp work

Catchers making good progress in early camp work
Nationals catchers are making good progress in early camp, according to Single-A Hagerstown manager Patrick Anderson. Raudy Read has been working in major league camp while Wilson Ramos recovered from LASIK eye surgery. Jakson Reetz has battled through a wrist injury from last year and got hit in the jaw with a ball during instructional league in October. Matt Reistetter and Jorge Tillero have worked a lot in early camp. Tillero has done a nice job calling pitches, while Reistetter is a lefty...
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Hoping Zimmerman foot issue does not linger

Hoping Zimmerman foot issue does not linger
Manager Dusty Baker's Sunday update that Ryan Zimmerman may be another two weeks from playing in a spring training game is not the news the Nationals needed to hear. Zimmerman has been bothered by plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Various injuries have prevented the first baseman/third baseman from playing more than 95 games in each of the last two seasons. He has combined for only 156 games over the past two campaigns. The Nationals are continuing to monitor and treat Zimmerman's foot...
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