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Goodwin trying to build on breakout campaign, cement roster spot

Goodwin trying to build on breakout campaign, cement roster spot
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Brian Goodwin's status in the Nationals organization has changed since this time last year, when he was still viewed a somewhat raw prospect yet to realize his potential. That's what a seven-week cup of coffee at the end of the season does for a player's standing, especially when the player holds his own offensively, displays good defensive tendencies and turns on the jets when he reaches base. The 26-year-old Goodwin, a former first-round pick (34th overall) in the...
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Joe Nathan's new goal: "Give them confidence to give you the ball"

Joe Nathan's new goal: "Give them confidence to give you the ball"
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Baseball's circle of life has brought Joe Nathan - whose 377 career saves are the second-most among active major leaguers - to a curious corner of the Nationals clubhouse at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. The number on his locker stall nameplate and uniform jersey - 74 - matches the year he was born, and he's grouped with other guys wearing the digits of football offensive linemen who are bold enough to dream of a chance to make a ballclub even though the odds may...
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Latecomer Lind happy for shot at Nationals bench role

Latecomer Lind happy for shot at Nationals bench role
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When the call finally came after a long offseason of waiting and wondering, Adam Lind was only too happy to join Nationals spring training with an opportunity to carve out a new niche as a productive bench player. "To sign this late with this quality of a team, you couldn't ask for anything else," Lind said Friday. "I'm real excited to watch these guys play every day. I've had the opportunity to watch some really good hitters and I'll have that opportunity again...
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Turner on returning to short, Murphy on his new double play partner

Turner on returning to short, Murphy on his new double play partner
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals will have a new double play combination this season, with Trea Turner moving from center field to shortstop to team with second baseman Daniel Murphy. Murphy is as eager to play alongside Turner, who returns to his natural position. "Trea and I will do some work together," Murphy said Friday as position players reported to Nationals camp at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. "We worked together already. We worked together last spring training early. And...
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Harper and Zimmerman report, plus notes on Kieboom's kitchen

Harper and Zimmerman report, plus notes on Kieboom's kitchen
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Position players are required to report to Nationals camp at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches today, and a few newcomers have been trickling into the clubhouse this morning. The room became a beehive of activity, with players searching out and moving into their locker stalls, shaking hands and hugging teammates. Ryan Zimmerman, fresh off a family trip to Disney World, arrived today and spent the better part of an hour unpacking boxes and chatting with reporters. A little...
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Norris on learning a new staff and pitch framing metrics

Norris on learning a new staff and pitch framing metrics
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - With a new staff to learn about and only a few weeks to forge those relationships, you'd expect catcher Derek Norris to be working the Nationals clubhouse like a lobbyist works a D.C. fundraiser, making sure he spends a few minutes with every pitcher in camp to get a read on who they are, how they approach the game and how he can mesh his talents with theirs. But Norris, reacquired by the Nationals in December to be the starting catcher, isn't daunted by the 34...
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Strasburg on first workout, offseason training regimen and slider

Strasburg on first workout, offseason training regimen and slider
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The 10 minutes that Stephen Strasburg reared back and fired a baseball at catcher Derek Norris on Thursday morning will quickly be forgotten. There's just too much baseball left between now and October to focus too heavily on however many pitches the right-hander could cram into 600 seconds. But for a pitcher whose 2016 season ended prematurely in early September because of a torn pronator tendon in his pitching arm, cutting loose under warm but cloudy Florida skies had...
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Slow-healing knuckle puts Scherzer's opening day start at risk

Slow-healing knuckle puts Scherzer's opening day start at risk
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - While some of his Nationals mound mates threw bullpen sessions on the first day of spring training workouts for pitchers and catchers on Thursday, right-hander Max Scherzer played catch. Scherzer is still dealing with the aftermath of a stress fracture in the knuckle on his right ring finger, and the injury that has confounded hand specialists and frustrated the Nationals ace and reigning National League Cy Young Award winner may have an even longer lasting...
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Early notes from the first workout day (with video)

Early notes from the first workout day (with video)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Nationals pitchers and catchers will go through drills for the first time today at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. But there's a notable absence among the 32 pitchers scheduled to participate in the first spring training workout. Right-hander Max Scherzer, recovering from a stress fracture on the knuckle of his right ring finger, is not listed among the pitchers who will throw bullpen sessions and take part in drills covering first base, and fielding popups,...
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Lind agrees to one-year deal with Nationals

Lind agrees to one-year deal with Nationals
The Nationals have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with a mutual 2018 option with first baseman/outfielder Adam Lind. Lind, 33, will receive a base salary of $1 million, with a $500,000 buyout on the option. By adding Lind, the Nationals beef up their bench and add a left-handed hitting complement to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who is coming off the worst offensive season of his career. The move also sets up a spring training competition between Lind and incumbent southpaw swinging...
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Workmanlike Fedde not taking his first major league camp for granted

Workmanlike Fedde not taking his first major league camp for granted
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When Erick Fedde's 2016 season ended, the right-hander was no better than the third man in the Nationals' prospect pecking order. Splitting time between Single-A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg, Fedde logged 23 games, including 22 starts, in his first full season coming off Tommy John ligament replacement surgery performed three days before the Nats snagged him with the 18th overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The...
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Treinen's thoughts on closing (and a peek at Nats' new digs)

Treinen's thoughts on closing (and a peek at Nats' new digs)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - At first blush, the Nationals' new spring training facility is, in a word, impressive. The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the $148 million complex they share with the Astros, will have that new-car smell for a while, especially considering the hoards of workers clad in reflective neon vests that lurk around every corner and move in packs throughout the place. It's big enough that you barely even notice that another major league team inhabits the other side of the...
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Nationals announce 2017 spring training broadcast schedule

Nationals announce 2017 spring training broadcast schedule
Tickets are still available for Opening Day, February 28, as well as other games of the inaugural season of Nationals Spring Training in West Palm Beach, Fl. For fans that are not able to make it to Spring Training, the Washington Nationals broadcast partners, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) and 106.7 The Fan, will broadcast a total of 16 Nationals Spring Training matchups in 2017. The Nationals' spring schedule features seven games televised by MASN and a combined 12 games airing on...
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Relive "National Classics": Celebrate start of camp with heroic past efforts

Relive "National Classics": Celebrate start of camp with heroic past efforts
With spring training starting in a few days, it's nearly time for the annual utterance of the four most glorious words in the English language: Pitchers and catchers report. This week's "Nationals Classics" on MASN offer a smattering of game-winning walk-offs, heroic homers and clutch deliveries. It's only a couple of weeks before actual Nationals baseball action begins on MASN, so let these games whet your baseball appetites. Monday, Feb. 13, 1 p.m. - Adam Dunn slugged 76 homers in his...
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Orioles announce 2017 promotions and special events

Orioles announce 2017 promotions and special events
The Orioles today released their 2017 promotional schedule highlighted by several new items, including an Orioles Maryland flag script replica jersey, a Manny Machado Starting Lineup figure, Zach Britton and Jonathan Schoop bobbleheads, a new design for the popular hooded sweatshirt, and a 25th Anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards replica ballpark, as well as the return of several fan-favorite events including Kids' Opening Day and Friday Fireworks Nights. The Maryland flag script...
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Nats to play Red Sox at Naval Academy on April 1, Nationals Park on March 31

Nats to play Red Sox at Naval Academy on April 1, Nationals Park on March 31
The Washington Nationals are excited to announce they will play the Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game on Saturday, April 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. As part of a new three-year agreement, the Nationals will hold one exhibition game at the Naval Academy through 2019. The Nationals' opponent for the games in 2018 and 2019 will be determined at a future date. Tickets for this special game are not available to the public. The Nationals and Red Sox will distribute...
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"Orioles Classics" rewind: Oriole Park Classics Game No. 9

"Orioles Classics" rewind: Oriole Park Classics Game No. 9
OK, so it's the last football Sunday in the season, which is a pretty good indicator that baseball isn't far behind. And if you really don't want to watch the Super Bowl tonight, there's at least some alternate programming that should warm your baseball heart. The No. 9 game in our countdown of the top contests in Oriole Park's history airs at 7 p.m. on MASN. And while we can't divulge exactly which game will be broadcast tonight, we feel certain that we can tell you it was worth the...
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Kolko/Werth bobblehead gets nod in P-Nats fan vote

Kolko/Werth bobblehead gets nod in P-Nats fan vote
Well, the people have spoken. The Single-A Potomac Nationals announced at their Hot Stove Banquet last weekend that the winner of the Loyal Hygiene Solutions Fans' Choice Bobblehead is the duo of MASN on-field reporter Dan Kolko and Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth. The winning entry was submitted by Chris Jackson. The dual bobblehead will be handed out to the first 1,250 fans through the turnstiles at Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 26 before the P-Nats host the...
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Nats ink swingman Vance Worley to minor league deal

Nats ink swingman Vance Worley to minor league deal
The Nationals on Saturday announced the signing of veteran right-hander Vance Worley to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training, snatching a player the Orioles hoped would return to their bullpen after they cut ties with him last month. Worley, 29, is capable of filling multiple roles on a pitching staff and could inherit the swingman role vacated when the Nats chose not to bring back righty Yusmeiro Petit. According to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation, the pact...
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Nationals re-sign Stephen Drew

Nationals re-sign Stephen Drew
The Nationals bolstered their bench on Thursday, reportedly re-signing veteran infielder Stephen Drew to a one-year contract that could net him up to $4.7 million if he reaches certain incentives. Drew revived his career in 2015, becoming an integral bench piece in Dusty Baker's first year at the Nationals' helm, slashing .266/.339/.524 with eight homers and 21 RBIs in 70 games during a season interrupted by a bout with vertigo that sent him to the disabled list. He played second base,...
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