By now, we've all had time to digest last night's trade that brought right-hander Doug Fister to the Nationals and sent infielder Steve Lombardozzi, and left-handers Ian Krol and Robbie Ray to the Tigers.
Now let's break it down a bit more.
There are certainly some Nationals fans who are sad to see Lombardozzi go, given that he's a local kid who has made an impact for the last few seasons and has done everything that's been asked of him, including learning new positions, without a single...
The Nationals announced tonight that they've agreed to terms with right-hander Ross Ohlendorf on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration, and have tendered contracts to all eight of their remaining arbitration-eligible players.
Ohlendorf posted a 3.28 ERA in 60 1/3 innings last season, pitching both out of the bullpen and in a starting role. He will serve as valuable rotation depth and, in theory, could compete for the fifth spot in the Nationals rotation, if Ross Detwiler isn't healthy in...
In search of another starter, the Nationals have been linked to Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer for months.
Turns out, it's another Tigers right-hander that the Nats have brought on in a trade.
The Nats have acquired 29-year-old righty Doug Fister from Detroit tonight in exchange for infielder Steve Lombardozzi, left-handed reliever Ian Krol and left-handed pitching prospect Robbie Ray.
"This is an exciting day for the Washington Nationals," general manager Mike Rizzo said in a...
The Nationals have added another bullpen option, signing right-handed reliever Manny Delcarmen to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league spring training, a source confirmed.
Delcarmen was a second-round pick of the Red Sox in 2000, and he played a fairly large role in Boston's 2007 World Series champion team, posting a 2.05 ERA in 44 games.
The 30-year-old right-hander last appeared in the majors in 2010, posting a 4.99 ERA and 1.471 WHIP in 57 games between the Red Sox and...
We're a week away from the official start of the baseball Winter Meetings, an event that will take place in Orlando this year, but will prevent me from seeing more than three minutes of sunlight a day.
That's typically how it works, regardless of which warm-weather location holds the meetings in that particular year. You make your way from your hotel room to the media work room, from the media work room to the lobby, from the lobby to the work room, and so on. The only exploring I'll be...
In Tyler Moore's two years in a Nationals jersey, we've seen very different levels of production.
In 2012, his first time making an appearance in the big leagues, Moore put up a .263/.327/.513 slash line, slugged 10 home runs in 156 at-bats and posted an OPS+ of 123.
That average of a home run every 15.6 at-bats was on par with Chris Davis that season, for what it's worth.
In 2013, Moore suffered a big dropoff. He hit to a .222/.260/.347 slash line, belted four home runs in 167 at-bats...
By now, it's no secret that the Nationals are looking into ways to bolster their starting rotation by adding another arm.
It might be via free agency. It might be through a trade. Regardless, the chances of the Nats bringing in another hurler at some point prior to the date for pitchers and catchers to report to spring training appear to be pretty good.
We've already seen some movement on the free agent market, with a number of starters inking deals before we even get to the Winter...
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving complete with some mix of family, food and football. If you're anything like me, you'll be munching away on turkey and stuffing for the next dozen meals or so, thanks to bags upon bags of leftovers that are now jammed into my fridge.
Not that I'm in any way complaining. I think I could eat stuffing all day, every day.
The market for left-handed relievers was fairly deep when free agency began a little less than a month ago, but over the last few...
A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there, from those around here in the DMV, to those a bit further from the district, to those checking in from abroad looking to get their Nationals fix on this holiday morning.
Hope your day is filled with lots of great food, quality time with family and friends, and tryptophan-induced naps. A Cowboys loss wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, either.
Also, Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate. The festivities came a bit early this year, but that...
It was really interesting reading everyone's thoughts on the Nationals' reported desire to put a roof over Nationals Park, and while it sure doesn't seem like anything that will be happening anytime soon, it led to a solid discussion.
If we can manage to ignore the $300 million figure that's been tossed around (and it's tough to do that, especially when that amount would come from public funding), I'll say I can see aspects of the argument from both sides. Adding the roof would protect...
Mark Segraves of NBC4 has fired off an interesting tweet tonight, reporting that the Nationals are interested in installing a roof over Nats Park.
In order to fund the roof, Segraves is reporting that the Nationals are asking taxpayers to put up around $300 million.
The discussions are reportedly in the preliminary stages, but Segraves cites multiple sources who say that executives with the team approached several District officials, including Mayor Vincent Gray's office, to propose the...
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, which is by far my favorite holiday of the year and is now just a couple days away, I figured I'd start off a string of blog entries listing what various people affiliated with the Nationals have to be thankful for during this holiday season.
These few days tend to be fairly quiet ones on the baseball calendar, as the closer we get to Thanksgiving, the more front office execs start to table trade negotiations or talks with agents until after the holiday has...
The Nationals and Athletics have collaborated on a trade yet again.
This time, the Nats are sending left-handed reliever Fernando Abad to Oakland for minor league outfielder John Wooten, a source confirms.
MLB Network's Peter Gammons was first to report the trade.
Abad was designated for assignment by the Nationals last week, giving the team 10 days to trade or release Abad, or assign him to the minor leagues if he cleared waivers.
By sending Abad to the A's, the Nats got back Wooten, a...
Dan Haren is heading back west.
After a roller-coaster 2013 season with the Nationals, the 33-year-old California native reportedly has agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Dodgers that includes an option for 2015 that vests if Haren pitches 180 innings.
The deal, first reported by FOXSports.com, is obviously contingent on Haren passing a physical.
Haren went 10-14 with a 4.67 ERA with the Nats this season, allowing 28 home runs in 169 2/3 innings, but after coming off the...
The Nationals officially cut ties with Yunesky Maya this weekend, releasing the right-hander who general manager Mike Rizzo viewed as a top-of-the-rotation type of starter when he signed the Cuban defector to a four-year, $6 million deal in 2010.
Maya's release was first reported by Baseball America's Matt Eddy.
This move ends the Nationals' experiment with the 32-year-old righty, a guy who the Nats trumpeted as a major international signing a little more than three years ago.
Maya had...
Want a look into Matt Williams' house in Arizona?
Interested in taking a peek at his closet, where he's started to run out of room for all his shoes? Want to know how (or why) Matt and his wife Erika can call or text message their oven?
Sure you do.
Erika gave a tour of the Williams home, which took three years to build and design, to Channel 3 in Arizona, and if you care to know how the Nationals' new manager lives when out in Paradise Valley, you'll enjoy this video tour.
For what...
We're all aware of how good Tyler Clippard has been since joining the Nationals in the trade that sent Clippard to D.C. and Jonathan Albaladejo to the Yankees.
Fairly lopsided deal there, huh? Wonder how the Yanks are feeling about that one.
In his five years with the Nats, Clippard has appeared in 337 games (an average of 67 per season) and pitched to a 2.72 ERA with a 1.036 WHIP and 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
Yeah, decent numbers.
This season, however, Clippard was so good that...
Mike Rizzo has reunited with another former Diamondbacks connection, as the Nationals have signed right-handed reliever Daniel Stange to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league spring training.
In 2006, his final year as the Diamondbacks' scouting director, Rizzo selected Stange with Arizona's seventh-round pick in the First-Year Player Draft.
Now Rizzo has given Stange a deal that will bring him to Viera, Fla., where he'll compete for a job in a few months.
Stange, a UC...
In the wake of former assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel Roy Clark leaving the Nationals to join the Dodgers, the Nats announced a host of front office promotions today, highlighted by Doug Harris and Kris Kline both being named assistant general managers.
Harris, who has spent the last four seasons overseeing the Nats' farm system, will now have the official title of assistant general manager and vice president of player development. Harris was a fourth-round...
Yesterday turned interesting in a hurry, huh?
At first, we just had a run-of-the-mill offseason day, with teams quietly making tweaks to their 40-man rosters ahead of the midnight deadline to do so.
The Nationals added Sammy Solis, Michael Taylor and Aaron Barrett to their 40-man roster and designated left-handers Fernando Abad and Tyler Robertson for assignment, leaving them with a full 40-man roster.
Then, minutes later, I had a bunch of people in my Twitter timeline talking about how...
