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Soto still feeling his way back in return from IL

Soto still feeling his way back in return from IL
Juan Soto didn't quite know what to expect when he stepped up to bat in the bottom of the eighth Tuesday night at Nationals Park. In his first game appearance in 15 days, the young slugger was about to find out just how difficult it is to pinch-hit in the major leagues. But first, he was about to find out just how much Nationals fans missed him while he was on the injured list with a strained left shoulder. "I didn't know the crowd was going to get me so pumped, that they were going to get...
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Nats can't deal with Braves starter's arm or bat in loss (updated)

Nats can't deal with Braves starter's arm or bat in loss (updated)
Baseball folks don't like to talk about momentum, because they've been doing this long enough to understand that what happened in recent days doesn't necessarily portend what will happen tonight. The Nationals had every reason to enter their series opener with the Braves feeling like they held the upper hand, based on their four-game winning streak, Atlanta's four-game losing streak and everything that transpired to make both events possible. Of course, it doesn't actually work like that....
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Soto back, but limited to pinch-hitting; Harris ready to pitch

Soto back, but limited to pinch-hitting; Harris ready to pitch
Juan Soto is back on the Nationals roster, just not in their lineup. Will Harris is back in their bullpen, and hoping he will remain available as much as he's needed. With a pair of mid-afternoon transactions today, the Nats moved closer to full strength. They're still missing Stephen Strasburg and Wander Suero, but for now, this is a significant step in the right direction. Soto, of course, is the biggest addition. The star slugger was activated off the 10-day injured list in time for...
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Game 25 lineups: Nats vs. Braves (Soto, Harris activated)

Game 25 lineups: Nats vs. Braves (Soto, Harris activated)
The Nationals have clawed their way back to the .500 mark, sweeping the Marlins over the weekend. Their next challenge is climbing over that mark and staying there, against some stiffer competition: the Braves. The three-time defending National League East champs are back in town for their second visit of the season already. They took two of three in the season-opening series on South Capitol Street, sweeping a 14-inning doubleheader after the Nats won in dramatic fashion on opening day. Things...
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How call-ups and rehab assignments will work in 2021

How call-ups and rehab assignments will work in 2021
Throughout their 60-game season last summer and the first month of this season, when the Nationals needed to add a player to their big league roster they simply sent word to their alternate training site in Fredericksburg and waited for the player to make the short drive up Interstate 95 to Nationals Park. It was, under the circumstances, the safest way to make transactions while playing through a pandemic. No more. Beginning today, all major league clubs will have the ability to call players...
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Minor league rosters set on eve of long-awaited opening day

Minor league rosters set on eve of long-awaited opening day
It's been an astounding 20 months since official Minor League Baseball games were last played, an interminable length of time for prospects, staff members, and fans in communities large and small across America to wait since the end of the 2019 season. Suffice it to say, there are a lot of eager folks right now on the eve of a long-awaited 2021 opening day. "It's going to be an exciting day tomorrow for everyone involved," Mark Scialabba, the Nationals' assistant general manager for player...
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Diminished role hasn't dulled Zimmerman's production

Diminished role hasn't dulled Zimmerman's production
For nearly two weeks, Ryan Zimmerman mostly sat on the Nationals bench, readying himself for pinch-hitting opportunities that often didn't come. Yes, he started back-to-back games last week against the Blue Jays, but that was possible only because the Nats were facing an American League opponent and needed a designated hitter. So when Zimmerman found himself in Sunday's lineup against the Marlins, it represented his first start in a National League game since April 18. And given his lack of...
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Dad-to-be Scherzer goes the distance, Nats sweep Marlins (updated)

Dad-to-be Scherzer goes the distance, Nats sweep Marlins (updated)
There is, believe it or not, a scenario more imposing for a lineup than facing Max Scherzer. Daunting as that is, it's nothing compared to the challenge of facing Scherzer five days after he was roughed up by another club. Or, apparently, facing the longtime Nationals ace hours before his wife is due to give birth. Every pitcher insists he wants to bounce back from a rough outing, but nobody actually does it better than Scherzer, who was battered around by the Blue Jays on Tuesday night and...
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Could Soto be ready to return Tuesday vs. Braves?

Could Soto be ready to return Tuesday vs. Braves?
Juan Soto isn't in the Nationals lineup for today's series finale against the Marlins, but there's a chance he could be back for Tuesday's series opener against the Braves. Soto, on the 10-day injured list since April 20 with a strained left shoulder, continued to ramp up his throwing program before today's game at Nationals Park, throwing from 120 feet. "We'll see how he gets through today, and then we'll go from there. Hopefully it won't be that much longer," manager Davey Martinez...
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Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins
The Nationals have already secured their first three-game winning streak of the season. Now they've got a chance to secure their first three-game sweep of the season. Having taken the first two games of the weekend against the Marlins, the Nats will look to finish the job this afternoon, with Max Scherzer on the mound looking to rebound from a ragged start against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. How often has he struggled in back-to-back starts? Hardly ever. Eight times since he signed with the...
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April by the numbers

April by the numbers
April has come and gone for the Nationals, and nobody can say they saw the season's first month playing out the way it did. A COVID-19 outbreak sidelining nine players? Injuries to Juan Soto and Stephen Strasburg? An implosion by Patrick Corbin? A complete lack of production from Josh Bell and Kyle Schwarber? There were, of course, surprisingly positive developments as well. Who expected Joe Ross and Erick Fedde to become consistently dominant pitchers? Josh Harrison and Yadiel Hernandez to...
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Corbin's arm, Bell's bat lift Nats to third straight win (updated)

Corbin's arm, Bell's bat lift Nats to third straight win (updated)
The Nationals don't need Patrick Corbin to be elite right now. They would happily settle for solid. Which is precisely what he was today during a 7-2 victory over the Marlins. With seven innings of two-run ball, Corbin turned in the exact kind of performance the Nationals have been seeking from their erratic left-hander since the season began one month ago. He wasn't in peak form, but he displayed improved command of his fastball and slider and provided length to help take pressure off the...
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Strasburg throws off mound, Soto throws in outfield

Strasburg throws off mound, Soto throws in outfield
Stephen Strasburg and Juan Soto each took another step toward returning to the Nationals roster prior to today's game, Strasburg throwing off the bullpen mound for the first time since he landed on the 10-day injured list and Soto continuing to throw in right field to test out his strained left shoulder. Both players are now eligible to be activated off the IL, but both still have additional steps they need to take before the club makes the move, especially in Strasburg's case. Strasburg, who...
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Game 23 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

Game 23 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins
A quick turnaround from a night game to a day game is never easy, but when it comes on the heels of a walk-off win, it does at least brighten everyone's mood a little bit. So the Nationals have to be feeling pretty good about themselves after Friday night's 2-1, 10-inning victory over the Marlins, capped by Kyle Schwarber's 454-foot blast to right-center. In order to keep the good vibes going, they'll need Patrick Corbin to give themselves a chance to win today. Once this season, the...
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Nats ready to transition from alternate site to minor leagues

Nats ready to transition from alternate site to minor leagues
When they needed to make a transaction prior to Friday's game to open up a spot on the active roster for Jon Lester, the Nationals elected to option right-hander Steven Fuentes. That wasn't terribly surprising; the 23-year-old prospect hadn't appeared in a game after getting called up 10 days earlier, and the organization wants to make sure he gets back into a typical, five-day routine as a starter who may have a bright future here. The more notable aspect of the transaction was the location...
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Another Schwarber walk-off blast lifts Nats to victory (updated)

Another Schwarber walk-off blast lifts Nats to victory (updated)
The Nationals have gotten used to this by now, looking up at the scoreboard and staring at a string of zeros, not only in their column but next to the opponent's name as well. They'd already been involved in four games that were scoreless entering the sixth, not to mention three games that finished 1-0. (They won two of those, against the Diamondbacks and Cardinals, and lost the other, to the Dodgers.) So tonight's series opener against the Marlins on a blustery night on South Capitol Street...
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Soto, Strasburg still need to pass throwing tests before return

Soto, Strasburg still need to pass throwing tests before return
The Nationals are getting Jon Lester back from the injured list tonight. They'll have to wait a while longer to get Juan Soto and Stephen Strasburg. Though both superstars are now eligible to come off the 10-day IL, neither has been able to pass the throwing tests necessary to be activated. Soto, out since April 20 with a left shoulder strain, did begin some light tossing Thursday for the first time, manager Davey Martinez said in today's pregame Zoom session with reporters. He was due to...
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Game 22 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins (Lester to start)

Game 22 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins (Lester to start)
The Nationals signed Jon Lester over the winter to be a big part of their rotation, counting on the veteran left-hander to make 30 starts and win big games for them. Tonight, he finally makes his D.C. debut. Lester, the last of nine Nats players still on the COVID-19 injured list, has been activated and will start tonight's series opener against the Marlins. It took longer than expected, but after three rehab outings at the alternate training site in Fredericksburg, the 37-year-old is ready to...
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Should the Nats rotation positives outweigh the negatives?

Should the Nats rotation positives outweigh the negatives?
What are we to make of the Nationals rotation as the season's first month comes to a close? There's ample reason for serious concern, yet there's also not-so-insignificant reason to be encouraged. The bad: Nationals starters currently own a 5.18 ERA, which ranks 28th out of 30 major league clubs. Their 1.323 WHIP is slightly better but still ranks a mere 22nd. Four times this season their starter has been charged with six or more earned runs, tied for the most in the major leagues. The good:...
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Thursday morning Nats Q&A

Thursday morning Nats Q&A
Well, it's been an eventful April for the Nationals, has it not? A COVID-19 outbreak. Injuries to Stephen Strasburg and Juan Soto. Some truly awful starts by a supposedly elite rotation. Some really ugly swings by Josh Bell and Kyle Schwarber. But then there have been some spectacular starts by Max Scherzer, Joe Ross and Erick Fedde. Six homers from Trea Turner. A Ryan Zimmerman resurrection. Quality work from the bullpen. What should we make of all this? At 9-12, are the Nats in major...
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