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Your latest Drew Storen update (plus Lidge, DeRosa tidbits)

Your latest Drew Storen update (plus Lidge, DeRosa tidbits)
With the Nationals back in town for another few days before shipping up to Boston, reliever Drew Storen has rejoined the team to check in with team doctors and continue his throwing program. And believe me when I tell you, he's thrilled to be back in D.C. and away from the heat he was dealing with while rehabbing at the Nats' extended spring training complex in Viera, Fla. "I can't explain to you (how hot it is)," Storen said. "Actually, I can. Go to the steam room, and go play catch in...
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Mets-Nats lineups (plus fifth-, sixth-round picks)

Mets-Nats lineups (plus fifth-, sixth-round picks)
The Nationals welcome the Mets to town for a three-game set starting today, and they'll face starter Chris Young, making his season debut. Here are the lineups for both teams: For the Nationals LF Steve Lombardozzi CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche RF Michael Morse SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa C Jesus Flores P Jordan Zimmermann For the Mets LF Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF Andres Torres 3B David Wright RF Lucas Duda 2B Daniel Murphy 1B Ike Davis C Josh Thole SS Omar Quintanilla P...
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Clippard quietly grabbing hold of closer's job (Mooneyham, Miller go to Nats)

Clippard quietly grabbing hold of closer's job (Mooneyham, Miller go to Nats)
Since Davey Johnson announced that he was going with a closer-by-committee approach following Henry Rodriguez's struggles in the ninth inning, the Nationals have had four save opportunities. Tyler Clippard has gotten all four of them. And he's converted all four times. Johnson's closer-by-committee has been more of a closer-by-Clippard so far, and it's not hard to see why the Nationals skipper keeps going back to the 27-year-old right-hander when Washington has a slim lead in the ninth...
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Giolito pick draws rave reviews

Giolito pick draws rave reviews
After being selected by the Nationals in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft, I'm told Lucas Giolito received a congratulatory text message. That text was from none other than Bryce Harper. Quite a classy, veteran-like move by the 19-year-old former first-round pick, if you ask me, welcoming the 17-year-old Giolito to the organization. At right is a picture of Giolito taken last night and passed along by the right-hander's high school coach, Matthew LaCour. Apparently when...
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Rizzo on Giolito: "We felt the reward outweighed the risk"

Rizzo on Giolito: "We felt the reward outweighed the risk"
Asked about an hour ago which major leaguer
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Nats take RHP Lucas Giolito at No. 16 overall

Nats take RHP Lucas Giolito at No. 16 overall
With the 16th pick in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Nationals went the pitching route, selecting right-hander
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Rizzo: Nats not necessarily focused on pitching in draft

Rizzo: Nats not necessarily focused on pitching in draft
In each of the last five years, the Nationals have owned a top-10 pick in the First-Year Player Draft. In 2009 and 2010, they held the top overall selection, and everyone and their mother knew that Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper would be the Nats' picks in those two respective drafts. This year, there's much less certainty when it comes to what the Nats might do with their first-round selection. Holding the No. 16 pick, general manager Mike Rizzo and the Nats will rank their top 16...
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Nats preparing for a different type of draft

Nats preparing for a different type of draft
The Nationals have an off-day on the schedule today, but for nearly everyone in the organization with the exception of the players, today is no day off. The First-Year Player Draft is tonight, making today Nats general manager Mike Rizzo's favorite day of the year. He calls it his Super Bowl Sunday. This draft is very different for the Nationals than ones in seasons past, largely because, due to their improved record last season, they will no longer be picking within the top 10. It will also...
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Postgame thoughts from LaRoche, Zimmerman and Harper

Postgame thoughts from LaRoche, Zimmerman and Harper
Two rookies - Steve Lombardozzi and Bryce Harper - went a combined 3-for-6 with two home runs and two walks today out of the top two spots in the Nationals' lineup. The four guys behind them went a combined 0-for-16 with no walks and five strikeouts. Those issues eat at Adam LaRoche, one of the veterans who helped accumulate those poor numbers, especially given the way Lombardozzi and Harper started the game by smacking back-to-back homers off Braves starter Tommy Hanson. "(It's) pretty...
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Johnson talks Harper's baserunning, Zimmerman's struggles

Johnson talks Harper's baserunning, Zimmerman's struggles
Up with the Nationals trailing by a run in the fifth inning today, Bryce Harper smoked a ball high off the wall in right-center field. He could've come to a stop on second base, giving Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche a crack at bringing in the game-tying run. Instead, Harper made a turn for third and was gunned out on a strong relay throw from shortstop Andrelton Simmons. What say you, Davey Johnson? Was going for third the right play in that situation? "No," Johnson said, "and I talked...
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Early hook for Gonzalez (Nats lose 3-2)

Early hook for Gonzalez (Nats lose 3-2)
The National League Pitcher of the Month for May couldn't get the job done in his first start of June. Gio Gonzalez wasn't able to get out of the fifth inning today, getting pulled after allowing a two-run single to Jason Heyward with two outs in the fifth. Heyward's knock put the Braves up 3-2 and forced manager Davey Johnson from the dugout. Craig Stammen came on and got the Nats out of a jam after walking catcher David Ross to load the bases. Gonzalez's day is done after 4 2/3...
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Lombardozzi, Harper get this thing started right

Lombardozzi, Harper get this thing started right
The first home run of Steve Lombardozzi's major league career was a bomb. Lombardozzi, a wiry 23-year-old, crushed a Tommy Hanson fastball off the back of the wall in the Nationals' bullpen in right field, giving the Nats a 1-0 lead. It was a cool moment for Lombardozzi, who came into the Nats' dugout to a host of smiles and pats on the back from teammates and coaches. Then Bryce Harper had to go and top it. Harper absolutely demolished the first pitch he saw from Hanson, sending it at...
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G. Gonzalez, Harper earn NL honors

G. Gonzalez, Harper earn NL honors
The Nationals keep piling up the hardware. Gio Gonzalez has been named the National League Pitcher of the Month for May, after going 5-0 with a 2.25 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 32 innings last month. Bryce Harper joins Gonzalez on the MLB press release, as the 19-year-old was named NL Rookie of the Month. Harper hit .271 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in May, and led National League rookies with 21 runs scored and four triples. These honors come after Stephen Strasburg was named National...
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Nationals activate reliever Michael Gonzalez (updated with Rizzo comments)

Nationals activate reliever Michael Gonzalez (updated with Rizzo comments)
The Nationals have selected the contract of left-handed reliever
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Nats, Braves Sunday lineups

Nats, Braves Sunday lineups
Davey Johnson's Sunday lineup looks exactly same as Saturday's. Except Stephen Strasburg isn't pitching again. That'd just be weird and uncalled for. Gio Gonzalez takes the hill for the Nationals, looking to improve on his 7-1 record. Gonzalez went 5-0 in May. He'll try and carry that success into a new month and give the Nats a mini two-game sweep over the Braves. Here are the lineups for the two teams: For the Nationals LF Steve Lombardozzi CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B...
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Morse appreciative of fans' support in his return

Morse appreciative of fans' support in his return
When Michael Morse stepped to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the first inning today, he was focused on his approach in what would be his first at-bat of the 2012 season. The Nats were threatening, with two runners on base, and Morse was facing Braves starter Brandon Beachy, who came into today with a 1.77 ERA this season. This was not the time for Morse to let his mind drift elsewhere or start reflecting on the long road he took to battle through a lat injury and rejoin the...
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Strasburg back on track after dominant effort against Braves

Strasburg back on track after dominant effort against Braves
Notoriously hard on himself after a poor performance - or at least what he considers a poor performance - Stephen Strasburg has nothing to complain about today. Strasburg went seven scoreless innings, marking the first time in his career that he has worked seven shutout frames, allowing just four hits, striking out nine and earning his sixth win in the Nationals' 2-0 victory over the Braves. This comes after three straight starts where Strasburg failed to work into the sixth inning and...
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Nats roll over Braves - again

Nats roll over Braves - again
I feel like we've seen this type of win once or twice this season. A Nationals starter goes deep into the game, delivering a dominating outing, the offense provides just enough run support and the bullpen closes it down. All the familiar pieces were there in the Nats' 2-0 win over the Braves this afternoon. Stephen Strasburg bounced back off three consecutive subpar outings (by his lofty standards) and tossed seven shutout frames, allowing just four hits without a walk and striking out...
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Locked in a pitchers' duel (Strasburg done after seven)

Locked in a pitchers' duel (Strasburg done after seven)
We've got a fantastic pitchers' duel here at Nats Park, with Stephen Strasburg and Brandon Beachy trading zeros and strikeouts. Beachy was the first to blink, allowing a solo home run to Jesus Flores leading off the fifth inning. It was the second homer of the season for Flores, and it gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead. Runs will be precious in this one, as both starting pitchers have been in a zone. Strasburg has needed just 70 pitches to get through his five innings, which is remarkable...
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Why aren't the Nats saving Strasburg's innings for later this season?

Why aren't the Nats saving Strasburg's innings for later this season?
Twice already this season, rainouts have allowed manager Davey Johnson the opportunity to skip Stephen Strasburg in the rotation. With Strasburg's innings adding up and his team-imposed limit of somewhere around 160 innings this season looming, Johnson could choose to jump Strasburg in these situations and throw Gio Gonzalez on normal rest. That would allow him to save Strasburg's innings for later in the season, when the Nationals will hopefully be fighting for a playoff spot. Both times...
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