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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Red Sox in Annapolis

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Red Sox in Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS - They say anytime you come to the ballpark, you have a chance to see something you've never seen before. Well, that's definitely going to be true today. Hello from Max Bishop Stadium at the United States Naval Academy, where this afternoon the Nationals and Red Sox are going to play a truly unique exhibition game. This is the first time a service academy has hosted anything like this, and the scene at this quant, 1,500-seat ballpark is going to be unlike anything we've ever...
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With closer named, Nats bullpen has chance to be exceptional

With closer named, Nats bullpen has chance to be exceptional
While everyone spent the last seven weeks - or, actually, the last 5 1/2 months - worrying about who was going to be the Nationals closer in 2017, a slightly more important fact might well have been glossed over: This team could have a really good bullpen in 2017. And that's not just touting the company line. Stop for a moment and consider the seven men most likely to comprise the Nats' relief corps come Monday afternoon ... Blake Treinen Shawn Kelley Koda Glover Joe Blanton Sammy Solís...
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Nationals head home healthy, with most questions answered

Nationals head home healthy, with most questions answered
FORT MYERS, Fla. - They arrived in Florida nearly seven weeks ago, knowing this would be a longer than normal spring because of the World Baseball Classic. And when they walked out of JetBlue Park late this afternoon and boarded a bus for Southwest Florida International Airport, they knew they were heading north at long last. There are still things to be done before they can take the field for opening day - Friday's exhibition (weather permitting) against the Red Sox at Nationals Park, then...
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Updates on Murphy, Werth and Rendon (Nats fall 8-1)

Updates on Murphy, Werth and Rendon (Nats fall 8-1)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Red Sox 8, Nats 1 Recap: In their final Grapefruit League game of the year - but only their first of three straight exhibition games against the Red Sox - the Nationals watched as Joe Ross got his work in. Ross went five prolonged innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, two walks and a hit batter but did strike out seven. Five regulars (Trea Turner, Daniel Murphy, Bryce Harper, Adam Eaton, Matt Wieters) were in the lineup but managed only one run off Red Sox...
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Nationals tab Treinen as closer over Kelley, Glover

Nationals tab Treinen as closer over Kelley, Glover
FORT MYERS, Fla. - For more than six weeks, they considered their options, going back and forth in their minds, weighing the positives and the negatives for each of the candidates they had to open the season as their closer. And when the time finally came to make the call this morning, the Nationals made it with conviction. Shawn Kelley has experience. Koda Glover has the stuff. But Blake Treinen has both, not to mention a track record of good health. Thus, if Dusty Baker is fortunate enough to...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Red Sox in Fort Myers

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Red Sox in Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Hello from JetBlue Park, aka "Fenway South," spring training home of the Red Sox. This is my first time here, and I believe that means I've now hit for the Grapefruit League ballpark cycle. (Not sure if that's something I should be proud of or embarrassed by.) Anyways, the Nationals are here for their final Florida game of the spring, the first of three straight games they're playing the Red Sox, with tomorrow's exhibition at Nationals Park and Saturday's exhibition in...
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Nationals reaped benefits of first spring in West Palm Beach

Nationals reaped benefits of first spring in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals will gather at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches one last time this morning, pack up all their remaining gear and head out as one team on a bus ride across the Florida swamp for their Grapefruit League finale against the Red Sox in Fort Myers. It's a long trip, 126 miles across mostly two-lane highways, consuming 2 1/2 hours. It's not going to be all that pleasant. Except for the fact this is one of the few times all spring the Nationals have needed to...
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Nats reach final day in Florida with few remaining concerns

Nats reach final day in Florida with few remaining concerns
JUPITER, Fla. - These are among the toughest days of spring training. For manager Dusty Baker, because it's when he has to pull players into his office and inform them they didn't make the team, affecting their lives in ways the public never sees. For players on the bubble, because they literally don't know whether they're getting on a plane Thursday bound for Washington or for somewhere else. And for everyone else, because the monotony and lack of significance of Grapefruit League games...
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Strasburg completes final tune-up before opener (Nats fall)

Strasburg completes final tune-up before opener (Nats fall)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Cardinals 6, Nats 2 Recap: In his final spring start before taking the mound opening day, Stephen Strasburg got his requisite work in. The right-hander allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits in four innings, throwing 61 pitches. The Nationals scored two runs off Michael Wacha, with Matt Wieters doubling and scoring on Stephen Drew's single in the second, and then Ryan Zimmerman homering to right-center in the third. Koda Glover faced three batters in the...
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Worley among flurry of cuts that bring Nats roster to 27

Worley among flurry of cuts that bring Nats roster to 27
JUPITER, Fla. - The Nationals moved significantly closer to finalizing their opening day roster this morning, cutting six players to bring the total number of players left in big league camp to 27 on the penultimate day of spring training. Most significant among the moves was the unconditional release of right-hander Vance Worley, who was competing for a spot in the bullpen as a long reliever. The Nationals also optioned right-handers A.J. Cole and Trevor Gott to Triple-A Syracuse and...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals in Jupiter

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals in Jupiter
JUPITER, Fla. - It's looking like a newsy day at Nationals camp, the penultimate day of spring training. The team announced a flurry of cuts this morning: Vance Worley was granted his unconditional release; A.J. Cole and Trevor Gott were optioned to Triple-A Syracuse; Jacob Turner, Neal Cotts and Jhonatan Solano were reassigned to minor league camp. That leaves Jeremy Guthrie as the only non-roster player still here. Meanwhile, we may finally get our long-awaited answer about the identity of...
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Nats have three final decisions to make before opening day

Nats have three final decisions to make before opening day
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals have wrapped up the home portion of their spring training schedule, with only two road games left on the docket before they leave Florida: Today against the Cardinals in Jupiter (note the early 12:05 p.m. start) and Thursday against the Red Sox in Fort Myers. They still have some things to sort out, though, before heading north for good. So let's run through those final decisions ... WHO'S THE CLOSER? You've heard everything you need to hear about this...
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Turner, Guthrie make final cases to make pitching staff

Turner, Guthrie make final cases to make pitching staff
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - While bigger names came and went this spring, Jacob Turner remained in the Nationals clubhouse, a quiet-but-constant presence that didn't draw much attention. Here we are, though, with the club breaking camp and heading north in fewer than 48 hours, and the tall right-hander remains a member of the spring training roster, still theoretically battling for a spot on the opening day roster. The odds remain long; his only hope at this point, beyond injury to a member of the...
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Still no closer, plus an update on Murphy (Nats lose 4-2)

Still no closer, plus an update on Murphy (Nats lose 4-2)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Marlins 4, Nats 2 Recap: In their lone night game of the spring, the Nationals turned to Jacob Turner for the start, giving the non-roster right-hander one more chance to make a case for himself to make the club. Turner's night got off to a rocky start, though, with two hits, a walk, a stolen base and an error leading to three first-inning runs. He settled down after that and retired 11 in a row before departing after the fourth. The Nationals got a two-run homer...
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Robinson placed on waivers, heads home to mull future

Robinson placed on waivers, heads home to mull future
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Clint Robinson had six weeks to prepare for the news he didn't make the Nationals opening day roster. He all but knew it when the team signed Adam Lind - a carbon-copy of himself as a player, just with more of a track record of success, not to mention a guaranteed contract - on the eve of spring training reporting day. That didn't lessen the sting this afternoon, though, when Robinson officially got the word. He has been placed on waivers, and is now en route with his...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals are playing their lone night game of the spring, their first (of course) at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Time to see how the lights work here, and time to see how these guys deal with playing under the lights for a change. It'll be Jacob Turner, still fighting for a spot as the long man in the bullpen, getting the start as the Nationals finish lining up their rotation for the season's first week. This should be Joe Ross' slot, but he just threw in a...
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After another big spring at the plate, Harper is ready to go

After another big spring at the plate, Harper is ready to go
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - While Max Scherzer scrambles to build his arm up over the final week of spring training and Daniel Murphy scrambles to get as many at-bats as he can and Matt Wieters tries to get his body ready for the rigors of a full season behind the plate, there's at least one player in Nationals camp who clearly doesn't need any more prep time before the regular season. Bryce Harper is good to go. "He told me three or four days ago he was ready," manager Dusty Baker said. Harper...
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Despite mechanical glitches, Scherzer dominates Mets

Despite mechanical glitches, Scherzer dominates Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Max Scherzer felt like his mechanics were out of whack today, his fastball command off, his fatigue level coming sooner than he'd normally like. The result of all those problems: five innings of scoreless ball, with the only two hits he allowed coming in his final inning. "That's a pretty good outing for a guy who didn't really have it all together," manager Dusty Baker noted. Yes, indeed. If this is how Scherzer looked when he wasn't in top form, imagine how he...
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Decision-makers meeting tonight to pick closer (Nats win 6-0)

Decision-makers meeting tonight to pick closer (Nats win 6-0)
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Nats 6, Mets 0 Recap: Max Scherzer cruised through the Mets lineup, carrying a no-hitter into the fifth before he allowed two singles. The right-hander did walk three batters and drove up his pitch count to 85 before departing after five scoreless innings. He got plenty of offensive support from Bryce Harper and Trea Turner. Each young star homered twice, with three of the bombs coming off Mets starter Seth Lugo. Enny Romero continued his dominant spring with two...
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Nathan on unconditional release: "I get it"

Nathan on unconditional release: "I get it"
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Joe Nathan and Matt Albers did just about everything within their power to convince the Nationals to make them part of their opening day roster. In the end, the club simply didn't have space for either veteran in its deep bullpen. The Nationals granted both Nathan and Albers their unconditional releases this morning, beating a noon Eastern time deadline that required the pitchers either to be told they had made the club or else be paid a $100,000 retention bonus to...
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