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For Hernández, difficult journey to majors was worth it

For Hernández, difficult journey to majors was worth it
Baseball clubs sign 29-year-old Cuban defectors with the intention of playing them in the major leagues as soon as possible. The Nationals, though, knew they weren't getting a sure thing when they signed Yadiel Hernández four years ago for the relatively benign sum of $200,000. The Nats liked the outfielder's left-handed swing and hoped he might make it someday. But they weren't touting him to be an immediate contributor the way other Cuban players who received millions of dollars were...
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Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Braves

Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Braves
After a difficult night at the ballpark, the Nationals return for the second game of this four-game weekend series against the Braves, hoping for better results this time. As always, they'll have to find a way to keep Ronald Acuña Jr. and Freddie Freeman in the yard. The good news: Erick Fedde managed to keep Freeman in the yard last week when he faced him in Atlanta. The bad news: Acuña led off the game with a homer off him, the first of three homers Fedde surrendered in 3 2/3...
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Doolittle's return halted by oblique injury

Doolittle's return halted by oblique injury
Sean Doolittle spent weeks trying to rediscover the form that made him one of the best relievers in baseball. And then just as he seemed to find it, the Nationals left-hander suffered an injury that could bring an abrupt end to his season. Doolittle injured his right oblique muscle throwing a pitch in the top of the ninth during Thursday's 7-6 loss to the Braves, manager Davey Martinez revealed after the game. Though the club didn't know the severity of it in the immediate aftermath,...
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Nats again can't keep Braves in the yard in 7-6 loss (updated)

Nats again can't keep Braves in the yard in 7-6 loss (updated)
There appear to be two ways to beat the Braves, neither simple. You can try to outslug one of the most powerful lineups in baseball. Or you can try to keep Ronald Acuña Jr. and Freddie Freeman in the ballpark. Again, neither of these is a simple task, as the Nationals have painfully learned over the last week. And because they once again couldn't keep Acuña and Freeman in the yard, and couldn't turn a good night at the plate into a great night at the plate, they suffered another loss to...
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Martinez, Nats coaches to wear No. 21 in honor of Clemente

Martinez, Nats coaches to wear No. 21 in honor of Clemente
During his 16 seasons as a major league player, Davey Martinez wore five different jersey numbers: 1, 3, 14, 17 and 30. And during his decade-plus as a coach and manager, Martinez has worn No. 4. Tonight, when he steps out of the dugout at Nationals Park and lines up for the national anthem before their series opener against the Braves, he'll finally have the No. 21 on his back. With Major League Baseball celebrating Roberto Clemente Day and granting permission for players and other uniformed...
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Game 42 lineups: Nats vs. Braves

Game 42 lineups: Nats vs. Braves
How do you stop a team that just scored 29 runs last night? By sending your winless No. 5 starter with an 8.26 ERA to the mound, obviously. On paper, tonight's matchup does not appear to favor the Nationals. Austin Voth is pitching, still seeking his first win in his eighth start of the season. And he's facing a Braves lineup that just set a modern National League record last night with 29 runs in a blowout win over the Marlins, a game in which they actually didn't score in either the first...
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What to make of the Nationals' sudden resurgence

What to make of the Nationals' sudden resurgence
They fell to 12 games under .500, their low point in what to date had been a dismal season that was slipping away before their eyes. And then something inexplicable flipped the switch and they started winning and started looking like they were actually enjoying themselves again for the first time all year. It happened in late May 2019, and we know how that turned out in the end. Now it's starting to happen in early September 2020, and the Nationals can't help but wonder how it will end this...
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Kendrick placed on IL with left hamstring strain

Kendrick placed on IL with left hamstring strain
The Nationals have placed Howie Kendrick on the 10-day injured with a left hamstring strain, a decision that seemed more and more likely in recent days as the veteran hitter struggled to get himself in the lineup. Kendrick did not play in either of the Nats' two wins over the Rays to begin the week after sitting out Sunday's series finale against the Braves. He missed a week in mid-August with what manager Davey Martinez described as "sore hamstrings," apparently debilitating enough that he...
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Doolittle tapping into former delivery to return to peak form

Doolittle tapping into former delivery to return to peak form
Step by step, Sean Doolittle is rediscovering the form that made him one of baseball's most effective relievers in recent seasons. And that's in part because of the near-step he's brought back to his delivery. After a summer of diminished velocity, gaudy stats and plenty of tinkering, Doolittle is finally starting to look like his old self again. He hasn't allowed an earned run in five appearances since returning from the injured list and a rehab stint at the Nationals' alternate training...
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Nats outplay Rays again for fourth win in five (updated)

Nats outplay Rays again for fourth win in five (updated)
These are not the 2019 Nationals. Not in name and not in style of play. Most likely, they won't finish the season like their 2019 version did, either. But for now, that's not worth stressing over. Instead, take a step back and just appreciate what this ever-changing 2020 Nationals club is now doing. They don't have the star power - or the offensive power - of their World Series champion predecessors. But over the last week, they're finally starting to play with some passion. They're...
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Injury updates on Soto, Kendrick, García, Bacus

Injury updates on Soto, Kendrick, García, Bacus
Juan Soto is back in the Nationals lineup tonight, a welcome relief from a group that missed its best hitter for five games. But the club is still being cautious with Soto, who will be restricted to designated hitter duties tonight against the Rays while recovering from a sore left elbow. "We kind of want to keep him from throwing right now," manager Davey Martinez said during his pregame Zoom session with reporters. "He swung yesterday. I told him: 'Just see if you can hit. We'll let you...
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Game 41 lineups: Nats vs. Rays

Game 41 lineups: Nats vs. Rays
The 2020 regular season, believe it or not, is now two-thirds complete. There are only 20 games left for the Nationals to try to climb their way back into the expanded postseason, and the odds remain awfully slim. At 15-25, they're currently five games behind the .500 Marlins and Giants for the eighth and final berth in the National League field. To get to .500, the Nats would need to go 15-5 the rest of the way. Maybe they'd get in a game or two under .500, but you get the idea. It's going...
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Despite taking a licking, Suzuki keeps on ticking

Despite taking a licking, Suzuki keeps on ticking
Kurt Suzuki has caught more than 1,400 games over 14 major league seasons, so he knows what he's getting himself into every time he squats behind the plate. It's going to be painful at times, and there's nothing he can do about that. But it does seem like the 2020 season has been exceptionally painful for the Nationals catcher, who on a nightly basis has been taking errant pitches and foul balls off every corner of his body, protected or unprotected. "I feel like as I've gotten older,...
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Scherzer, makeshift lineup come together to beat Rays (updated)

Scherzer, makeshift lineup come together to beat Rays (updated)
After a grueling, 11-game road trip that for all practical purposes quashed hopes of October baseball around here, the Nationals returned home this evening just needing to feel good about themselves for a change. A makeshift lineup that was missing four key regulars from recent weeks due to nagging injuries only made the task more challenging against a Rays club that came into the day with the American League's best record. But what that lineup lacked in name power made up for it with...
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Game 40 lineups: Nats vs. Rays (García scratched)

Game 40 lineups: Nats vs. Rays (García scratched)
After what felt like the longest road trip ever - but in reality was only 10 days and 11 games - the Nationals return home tonight to open a five-game homestand. And they're facing stiff competition right out of the gate in the exceptional Rays. Owners of the American League's best record at 28-13, Tampa Bay has quietly put together an outstanding team, even if many of the names don't jump right out at you. The Rays don't hit for a ton of power, but they get on base and they score runs. So...
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Rizzo is latest unusual ejection for Nats in unusual year

Rizzo is latest unusual ejection for Nats in unusual year
Twenty-four hours later, Nationals manager Davey Martinez still isn't entirely sure what happened between general manager Mike Rizzo and the umpiring crew during Sunday's series finale in Atlanta. "I'm actually still a little confused about the whole deal," Martinez said during his Zoom session with reporters before tonight's series opener against the Rays. "I didn't realize, honestly. I didn't realize he got thrown out." Rizzo did get thrown out by home plate Hunter Wendelstedt in...
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More on the Nationals' newsy Saturday

More on the Nationals' newsy Saturday
It turned into quite a newsy Saturday down in Atlanta. And that was before the Nationals went out and beat the Braves for the second night in a row, winning 10-4 despite the lack of Juan Soto in the lineup and a 3 2/3-inning start from Erick Fedde. Let's run back through some of the most important developments of the day ... * Mike Rizzo's contract extension There was nothing surprising about the announcement of Rizzo's new three-year deal that keeps him as the Nationals' president of...
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Nats find unconventional formula to beat Braves again

Nats find unconventional formula to beat Braves again
At this point, it's clear the Nationals aren't going to win ballgames in 2020 in the manner we've all been accustomed to for the better part of the last decade. This current team can't win on the broad shoulders of an elite rotation, nor does it currently have the power bats to outslug a lineup like the Braves possess. Tonight, the Nats proved they can do it differently. They can overcome another short and disappointing start. They can score 10 runs without benefit of a homer. And they can...
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Kieboom returns to play every day, Difo dropped from roster

Kieboom returns to play every day, Difo dropped from roster
Their lineup ravaged by a recent spate of injuries, the Nationals recalled Carter Kieboom from their alternate training camp today, plugged their struggling prospect into tonight's lineup against the Braves and declared him their starting third baseman for the rest of this abridged season. Kieboom, who had been optioned to the camp in Fredericksburg on Aug. 26, was already in Atlanta as part of the club's traveling taxi squad for this weekend's series at Truist Park. Team officials liked the...
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Game 38 lineups: Nats at Braves (Kieboom recalled)

Game 38 lineups: Nats at Braves (Kieboom recalled)
Friday's doubleheader took a lot out of the Nationals, who over the course of 14 innings of baseball used eight pitchers, gave up 16 runs on 18 hits and eight walks, allowed seven homers and threw 259 pitches. So, what do they have left in the tank for tonight's game in Atlanta? Well, they've got Erick Fedde starting, and they've got to hope he can provide some quality innings so Davey Martinez can hold off on his bullpen as long as possible. Fedde was pretty good in his first five starts,...
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