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Seeking his rhythm, Strasburg sees fine-tuning producing results

Seeking his rhythm, Strasburg sees fine-tuning producing results
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Stephen Strasburg wants to embrace the notion of using spring training to get his arm in shape and try some new things in games that really don't matter a lick. He really does. He comes to camp in that mode, but when you're a veteran who relies heavily on a comfort zone provided by pattern and routine, even the smallest deviations can seem like huge changes. "I would say I don't give myself too long a leash," Strasburg said this afternoon after working 3 1/3 innings...
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Voth among first wave of Nats cuts (Nationals win 8-5)

Voth among first wave of Nats cuts (Nationals win 8-5)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Nationals have made their first cuts of spring training, optioning right-hander Austin Voth to Triple-A Syracuse and reassigning seven players to their minor league camp. Voth, who went 4-12 with a 5.94 ERA at three minor league stops last season, appeared in three Grapefruit League games, and posted a 6.00 ERA in three innings of relief work. He allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts. Right-handers Jimmy Cordero, Brady Dragmire, David Goforth, Román...
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Despite numbers crunch, Solís believes he belongs in Nats bullpen

Despite numbers crunch, Solís believes he belongs in Nats bullpen
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Sammy Solís understands why people discount him when configuring their versions of the bullpen the Nationals will take north for their March 29 season opener in Cincinnati. After the way the left-hander pitched last season - taking steps back in games pitched, innings, ERA and WHIP as he battled injury and inconsistency from the get-go - Solís knows he has to both prove himself and earn the trust of new manager Davey Martinez. "Last season was ups and downs, a lot...
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Clubhouse visitors, monitoring workloads and injury updates

Clubhouse visitors, monitoring workloads and injury updates
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There were plenty of visitors to Nationals camp today. Former Expos first baseman Andres Galarraga dropped by at the invitation of manager Davey Martinez. Galarraga, who had a 19-year career in the big leagues and twice beat Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lives in the city the Nats now call their spring home. Martinez hopes he can get Galarraga back for another visit later in camp, maybe even in uniform as an instructor. The two were teammates on the Expos from 1988-91. This...
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Starting lineups: Mets vs. Nats in West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Mets vs. Nats in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Stephen Strasburg makes his second start of spring training this afternoon when the Nationals host the Mets. He'll face right-hander Noah Syndergaard. In his first start on March 3, Strasburg worked two innings against the Astros, allowing a run on three hits with two strikeouts. Manager Davey Martinez has been extending his starters in recent games and hopes to get Strasburg up up to 60-65 pitches today. There are few hitters this spring hotter than Moisés Sierra,...
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For versatile Difo, helping Nats is his top priority

For versatile Difo, helping Nats is his top priority
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As far as Wilmer Difo is concerned, the more work, the better. If microfracture surgery delays the start to Daniel Murphy's season, Difo is happy to play second base for the Nationals as long as he's needed. If shortstop Trea Turner or third baseman Anthony Rendon need a day off, Difo's ready to fill in. He'll grab a bat and pinch-hit or use his legs to make a difference as a pinch-runner. "I'm a player that likes to work hard, and the more work I get, the better I...
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Cerebral Scherzer trying to stay a step ahead of hitters

Cerebral Scherzer trying to stay a step ahead of hitters
JUPITER, Fla. - Max Scherzer often makes his craft look so effortless that it's easy to forget that he's part of a perpetual thinking man's exercise that requires a pitcher to constantly adjust and readjust both plan of attack and expectations. So, after winning back-to-back Cy Young Awards, here was the Nationals ace using an innocuous spring training start to try to integrate a few new wrinkles into his repertoire, just in case the hitters have caught up to him and think they've figured...
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Robles plates a run, Scherzer strong through three (Nats lose 4-3)

Robles plates a run, Scherzer strong through three (Nats lose 4-3)
JUPITER, Fla. - Through three innings at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, rookie Victor Robles continues to handle major league pitching and right-hander Max Scherzer is dealing in midseason form. Robles, who will likely start the season at Triple-A unless an injury opens an opportunity in the Nationals outfield, doubled off the base of the wall in left-center off Adam Wainwright in his first at-bat to score Trea Turner for a 1-0 lead. Turner slashed a leadoff single that third baseman Greg Garcia...
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Zimmerman nearing game at-bats, Martinez says

Zimmerman nearing game at-bats, Martinez says
JUPITER, Fla. - Ryan Zimmerman got dressed and headed out to take batting practice this morning in West Palm Beach, still attired in long pants even though most of the rest of the Nationals had switched into shorts and t-shirts, the uniform of the day for their morning workout. Another day passed without Zimmerman in the lineup for a Grapefruit League game - he's played only once, doubling in one of his two at-bats on March 3, and his Grapefruit League average has been stuck on .500 for since...
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Starting lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals in Jupiter

Starting lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals in Jupiter
JUPITER, Fla. - Coming off three spotless innings with five strikeouts in his last start against the Mets in Port St. Lucie on March 2, what does Max Scherzer do for an encore? We'll find out this afternoon when the right-hander makes his third Grapefruit League start against the Cardinals. So far this spring, Scherzer is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA, and has allowed one hit - a home run by the Braves' Dansby Swanson on Feb. 25 - with no walks and eight strikeouts through five innings. The last two...
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Eager Goodwin prepares to be ready when called upon

Eager Goodwin prepares to be ready when called upon
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - If there's one guy in the Nationals clubhouse who can empathize with Brian Goodwin's dilemma, it's new manager Davey Martinez. Long before he spent a decade as Joe Maddon's right-hand man in Tampa Bay and Chicago, Martinez was a major league outfielder fighting for playing time. In his 16 seasons in the bigs, Martinez played in more than 120 games only nine times. Like most ballplayers, he had to fight to carve out his niche as a regular. Sometimes he was more...
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Martinez critiques Cole, Fedde and Marmolejos

Martinez critiques Cole, Fedde and Marmolejos
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The results may not have been particularly pleasing, but Nationals manager Davey Martinez liked the approach taken by right-hander A.J. Cole in his three-inning start in Tuesday's 10-5 Grapefruit League loss to the Astros. Cole wasn't able to consistently throw first-pitch strikes, had some success getting his curveball over and never got into any kind of rhythm in his second spring start. He was saddled with the loss after allowing three runs on five hits, but didn't...
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Cole uneven through three frames (Nats lose 10-5)

Cole uneven through three frames (Nats lose 10-5)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There's been both good and bad from A.J. Cole today against the Astros. But enough bad to outweigh the good and put the Nationals in a 3-0 hole after three innings. The good? Cole has been very aggressive, challenging hitters and moving the ball around the plate, resulting in a pair of strikeouts each against Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa, two of the more dangerous hitters in the Astros lineup. After yielding a solo homer to Marwin Gonzalez with one out in the first,...
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Martinez updates Taylor injury, plus notes on versatility and Cole

Martinez updates Taylor injury, plus notes on versatility and Cole
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Nationals manager Davey Martinez had no significant update on the status of center fielder Michael A. Taylor, who was scratched from Monday's Grapefruit League game in Jupiter with tightness in his right side. But for now, it doesn't appear as if the Nationals view Taylor's injury as anything major. "Same as yesterday," Martinez said this morning. "He's stiff (on the) right side. They're going to treat him and he's going to be day-to-day." The Nationals don't...
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Romero sent home from Nats camp for rules violation

Romero sent home from Nats camp for rules violation
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Seth Romero, the Nationals' first-round pick in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft, was sent home from spring training on Monday for violating an unspecified team rule, a Nationals spokesman confirmed. It is unclear exactly what rule Romero, a 21-year-old left-hander who was taken with the 25th overall selection in the draft, may have violated and how long he will be absent from camp. Yahoo Sports was first to report that Romero had been sent home from spring training....
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Starting lineups: Astros vs. Nats at West Palm Beach

Starting lineups: Astros vs. Nats at West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Amid persistent rumors that the Nationals may still be trying to boost their rotation with a late free agent signing, right-hander A.J. Cole gets another opportunity to show the Washington brass that he's capable of holding down the fifth spot in the rotation. Cole makes his second Grapefruit League start this afternoon when the Nationals host an Astros split squad in a game that will be televised live on MASN (and replayed twice this evening). In his first spring...
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Grace focused on better defining his role in Nats bullpen

Grace focused on better defining his role in Nats bullpen
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When the Nationals traded for Ryan Madson, Sean Doolittle and Brandon Kintzler in a pair of deals last July, the moves did more than fortify a struggling bullpen. Because Doolittle and Madson were under team control through 2018, and after Kintzler was re-signed this offseason, it ensured that the Nats would return the back end of their bullpen intact. But the trio's return has a ripple effect, keeping other holdover relievers in familiar roles and giving them another...
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Martinez on Taylor's injury, Roark's effort and Benoit's debut

Martinez on Taylor's injury, Roark's effort and Benoit's debut
JUPITER, Fla. - Manager Davey Martinez didn't think twice about scratching Michael A. Taylor from Monday's lineup when the center fielder reported some tightness in his right side before the Nationals boarded the bus in West Palm Beach for the 15-minute drive to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. "He had a little bit of tightness in his right side," Martinez said after the Nats' 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. "I know he had an issue with it last year, so we're not going to take any chances right...
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Roark finds modified delivery to his liking (Nats lose 2-1)

Roark finds modified delivery to his liking (Nats lose 2-1)
JUPITER, Fla. - Having seen teammate Stephen Strasburg succeed by pitching only from the stretch, Tanner Roark decided this offseason to start tinkering with a similar approach. Roark has continued working on his modified windup - mostly from the stretch, with a little side-to-side action to get some momentum - this spring and the results were immediately positive. The right-hander threw four scoreless innings against the Cardinals on Monday, allowing just one hit, walking none and striking out...
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Stevenson goes deep, Roark confounds Cardinals (Nats up 1-0)

Stevenson goes deep, Roark confounds Cardinals (Nats up 1-0)
JUPITER, Fla. - Andrew Stevenson, who wasn't even in the starting lineup until Michael A. Taylor was scratched with mild tightness in his right side about a half-hour before first pitch, homered in the third to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead over the Cardinals. The wind has been knocking balls down in the outfield early on, but Stevenson's opposite-field poke off Luke Weaver had enough on it to carry over the wall in left. It was his first homer of the spring. Tanner Roark, making his third...
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