Mark Zuckerman

Winterfest returns to Nationals Park

Winterfest returns to Nationals Park
It's a couple weeks earlier than in previous years, and it's back on South Capitol Street for the first time in nearly a decade, but it's time again for Winterfest. The Nationals' annual offseason gathering will have a different look and feel this year, with the event being held the first weekend in December and at Nationals Park after a steady run later in the month at the Washington Convention Center. Among the new activities this year are opportunities for fans to hit in the Nationals'...
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Bobby Blanco

MASN kicking off season of giving at Nats Winterfest

MASN kicking off season of giving at Nats Winterfest
Just a few short days ago, we were sitting around a lovely Thanksgiving table setting with family and friends while shoveling turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and all sorts of food into our mouths. What a beautiful, American tradition. And now, with Thanksgiving come and gone, we are officially settling into the holiday season, which means only one thing for Nationals fans: Winterfest! The Nats' annual weekend-long celebration of baseball and the holidays is back and earlier than ever!...
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Byron Kerr

Wieters improves diet, still wants to play 130 games

Wieters improves diet, still wants to play 130 games
Matt Wieters would be the first to admit that his 2017 offensive numbers were not close to where he wanted them to be. Unfortunately, his first season outside of the American League was his worst with the bat in his nine big league seasons. Wieters hit .225 in 2017, a year after hitting .243 with the Orioles. In April, he started off hot, hitting .301. Steadily, though, he saw his average drop each month as the season progressed: .247, .202, .230, .213, .118. Wieters had seven homers before the...
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Mark Zuckerman

Lilliquist ready to lead top-flight pitching staff to new heights

Lilliquist ready to lead top-flight pitching staff to new heights
Fired by the Cardinals at the end of the regular season, Derek Lilliquist had to wonder if it would take a while to find another pitching coach job as good as the one he held the previous six seasons. That kind of job opening, for a perennial postseason contender, doesn't come around all that often. And then one did. When the Nationals came calling last month, needing a new pitching coach after Dusty Baker's departure led to Mike Maddux leaving (for St. Louis, of all places), Lilliquist...
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Pete Kerzel

Strasburg: All-Star Game interrupted routine, led to arm issue

Strasburg: All-Star Game interrupted routine, led to arm issue
Stephen Strasburg quieted his critics last season, his seven shutout innings in the Nationals' Game 4 of the National League Division Series victory capping a workmanlike season that saw the right-hander take the ball from opening day until final outing, the dominant start-to-finish season that had eluded him. Yes, there were some speed bumps along the way, just to test his mettle. His spot in the rotation changed when staff ace Max Scherzer's start of the season was delayed by a fractured...
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Mark Zuckerman

Rizzo on Kintzler, Glover and the state of the Nats bullpen

Rizzo on Kintzler, Glover and the state of the Nats bullpen
As much as he wanted to bring back Brandon Kintzler and keep the back end of his bullpen intact for the 2018 season, Mike Rizzo admittedly thought the Nationals would be at a disadvantage in negotiations. Kintzler, who recorded 29 saves this season (28 while with the Twins), figured to get offers to close somewhere else. And sure enough, he did. Only to decide to re-sign with the Nationals after all. "I think there were those offers to go pitch the ninth inning exclusively, to have more save...
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Byron Kerr

Roark "mentally stronger" after not getting call to pitch in NLDS

Roark "mentally stronger" after not getting call to pitch in NLDS
It is the moment every playoff team never wants to have happen. The smack of handshakes, bear hugs and pats on the back in any other situation would be a welcome sight, but the sounds of these gestures after a Game 5 loss are eerily hard to take. Harder to stomach than a loss in the playoffs might be the feeling of not being called on to contribute when you were set to start a pivotal season-saving game, then ended up not being used at all. Such was the plight of right-hander Tanner Roark as he...
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Mark Zuckerman

On Kintzler's return, pitchers batting eighth and Long's hiring

On Kintzler's return, pitchers batting eighth and Long's hiring
The Nationals' first major league signing of the offseason still isn't official because Brandon Kintzler still needs to pass his physical. But that didn't stop those who were at Nats Winterfest on Saturday from raving about the re-signing of the veteran reliever, which preserves the three-man unit that so effectively locked down games late this season. "That was awesome to see," said Sean Doolittle, who along with Ryan Madson joined Kintzler to form the so-called "Law Firm" bullpen over...
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Pete Kerzel

Results-oriented Taylor has focus on improving on last year's breakout

Results-oriented Taylor has focus on improving on last year's breakout
If you think Michael A. Taylor is resting on his laurels after a breakthrough season that catapulted him back into the long-range plans of the Nationals, think again. Taylor said yesterday at Nationals Winterfest that he isn't taking anything for granted, and that he's approaching spring training in February the way he's approached every one of the major league camps he's attended. "I take the same approach as I have in years past and every year: just come out, be ready to go and be in the...
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Pete Kerzel

Murphy unwilling to put timetable on recovery from microfracture surgery

Murphy unwilling to put timetable on recovery from microfracture surgery
Daniel Murphy hobbled into his scheduled interview session on crutches and said made sure everyone knew he's already begun walking. He's learned a lot about the microfracture surgery performed on his right knee on Oct. 20, eight days after the Nationals ended their season with another first-round playoff exit in the National League Division Series. He's not sure if the injury was the result of overuse or just an acute condition. And despite general manager Mike Rizzo's assurances at the...
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Mark Zuckerman

After "worst year of my life," Eaton itching to return from injury

After "worst year of my life," Eaton itching to return from injury
Injured time is hard time for ballplayers, never more so than injured time that overtakes nearly an entire season and leaves a player watching from the outside as his teammates lose in the postseason. Adam Eaton just experienced all of that in 2017, and it left him determined never to experience it again. "Oh, it was brutal," the outfielder said Saturday at Nationals Winterfest. "The worst year of my life, I think it's safe to say. The longest summer of my life. That's what I told all of...
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Pete Kerzel

Glover has begun throwing, vows to be ready for spring camp

Glover has begun throwing, vows to be ready for spring camp
Like many Nationals fans, right-hander Koda Glover keeps replaying the fateful fifth inning in Game 5 of the National League Division Series in his mind. Unlike most Nats fans, however, Glover isn't focusing on the fact that eventual National League Cy Young winner Max Scherzer failed to throttle the Cubs in a rare relief appearance when his team most needed him to. Glover thinks about Scherzer being undone by bloops and bleeders, bad luck and a debatable call by a home plate umpire and...
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Mark Zuckerman

Cy Young, fatherhood helping Scherzer move on from Game 5

Cy Young, fatherhood helping Scherzer move on from Game 5
He battled through a grind of a season that included a string of fluky, nagging ailments only to emerge with the third Cy Young Award of his career, an achievement that already creates talk of his Hall of Fame resume. For Max Scherzer, though, the greatest pleasure of this offseason so far has been the mundane task now required of him several times a day. What exactly is the right-hander up to at the moment? "Changing diapers," he said. "Wiping butts." Brooklyn, the first child of Max and...
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Plenty of player updates coming this weekend at Winterfest

Plenty of player updates coming this weekend at Winterfest
After a week's worth of rumors and a lot of time spent hearing from the Nationals general manager and manager, this weekend we'll get a chance to hear from a whole bunch of players who have come from all parts of the country (and beyond) to attend Nats Winterfest. Yes, it's time for the annual, two-day winter event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. It has turned into quite a major event over the years, going all the way back to the days when the team hosted a one-day gathering...
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Bobby Blanco

MASN bringing holiday spirit to Nats Winterfest

MASN bringing holiday spirit to Nats Winterfest
It's that time of year again. A chill is in the air, everything is decorated in lights and garland, and Nationals fans are gearing up for their favorite event of the offseason! That's right, Nats Winterfest is back and approaching fast, meaning in just a few short weeks, Nationals fans from far and wide will gather at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for a weekend of baseball and holiday cheer. And we'll be there with plenty of chances for you to win exclusive MASN Nationals...
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Vote for MASN's Nats Winterfest T-shirt giveaway design!

Vote for MASN's Nats Winterfest T-shirt giveaway design!
Oh, there's no place like Winterfest for the holidays! As the weather gets colder, we're already thinking about gathering around the MASN booth at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. We'll have tons of presents for you, including photo sessions with some of your favorite players and broadcasters, multiple chances to win autographed prizes and a new, exclusive prize you can take home! Just in time for the holidays, we're giving away ugly sweater-themed long-sleeve...
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Mark Zuckerman

After "disappointing" season, Taylor has new outlook on 2017

After "disappointing" season, Taylor has new outlook on 2017
After so much time spent wondering who the Nationals would acquire this winter to become their new center fielder in 2017, it's easy to forget the organization thought it knew the answer to that question a year ago. The Nationals had a promising, young center fielder with all kinds of skills. And had Michael A. Taylor put those skills together the way many hoped, this month's trade for Adam Eaton might never have been necessary. Alas, 2016 was not kind to Taylor, who despite ample...
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Scherzer on his Cy Young, pitching in WBC and Rizzo's trades

Scherzer on his Cy Young, pitching in WBC and Rizzo's trades
When last we saw Max Scherzer, he was on a boat in the British Virgin Islands, watching the National League Cy Young Award announcement on his iPad, doused with champagne by friends upon learning he had won the hardware. It was truly a unique way to celebrate such an occasion, and it made for a wonderful visual for anyone watching from the boring comforts of a living room on dry land. For Scherzer, it was a remarkable experience, one he'll never forget. In the month that has passed since,...
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Mike Rizzo: "I have no beef ... with Danny Espinosa"

Mike Rizzo: "I have no beef ... with Danny Espinosa"
Mike Rizzo said he had been working on a trade that would send Danny Espinosa to the Angels for the last week and that the deal that was finally consummated Saturday night wasn't a response to anything the infielder had said or demanded about his role with the Nationals in 2017. Espinosa was in position to lose his starting shortstop job after the Nationals traded for outfielder Adam Eaton on Wednesday, a move that in turn pushes Trea Turner to his natural position on the left side of the...
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Pete Kerzel

Zimmerman on rebounding from poor year, new additions, Nats' window

Zimmerman on rebounding from poor year, new additions, Nats' window
Ryan Zimmerman has been around baseball long enough to know that there's only one thing a player can do after a disappointing season: turn the page, committing himself to do better in the coming year. That's just what the Nationals first baseman is doing after posting a career-low slash line of .218/.272/.370 in 115 games during a season interrupted by stints on the disabled list for rib and wrist injuries. "I think I ended the season strong last year," Zimmerman said Sunday at Nats...
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