Nats activate Wells, dispatch Bergmann to minors

The Nationals are still a disaster. They sit dead last in the NL East and have the worst record in baseball. There is talk that the Nationals will soon fire Manager Manny Acta as the front office continues to try and find ways to salvage the rest of the season. But make no mistake about it, 2009 has been a waste for the Nationals.As the front office looks forward towards the trading...

Right-hander Kip Wells has been activated from the 15-day disabled list by the Washington Nationals, who optioned right-hander Jason Bergmann to Triple-A Syracuse. Wells, 0-2 with a 6.26 ERA and two saves in 19 appearances for the Nationals, went on the disabled list May 31 with a right adductor strain, a move retroactive to May 31. Bergmann is 0-1 with a 6.91 ERA in 14 games...

When the Nationals signed Adam Dunn this offseason, I looked at the signing as a positive for the Nationals. Even though there was no chance that the Nats would compete in 2009, I concluded that Dunn would give Nationals fans a reason to care and provide a strong power bat that the Nationals always lacked.And you know what, Dunn has been very good at the dish this season. He is hitting...

1. The Nationals team ERA is 5.342. The bullpen has blown 14 saves this season3. THIS IS YOUR BULLPEN: Steven Shell, Michael Hinkley, Kip Wells, Garrett Mock, Wil Ledezma, Jason Bergmann, Saul Rivera, Jesus Colome....TERRIBLE4. Jesus Flores has missed a majority of the season5. Lastings Milledge is in AAA and has a terrible attitude6. Scott Olson has missed a majority of the season7...

This is a bit embarrassing for CC Sabathia. He came into the game with just seven home runs allowed. With a 2-0 lead in the fifth, he gives up a three run home to Anderson Hernandez. Not only is it the 9th place hitter’s first of the year, it’s his first since [...]

(AP Photo. Manny Acta would find it amusing if he gets canned in NYC sometime over the next three days, considering he'll be hired again in NYC sometime in the Fall.) "I'm still the manager." (Manny Acta, via Nationals dot com, 6/16/2009) Somehow, Manny Survived Monday. Washington Times speculates that he's safe through Thursday.....

Tonight Tuesday: LHP CC Sabathia (5-4, 3.68) v.s RHP Shairon Martis (5-1, 5.04), 7:05 p.m., MY9 Wednesday: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (0-4, 14.34) v.s LHP John Lannan (3-5, 3.51), 7:05 p.m., YES Thursday: RHP Joba Chamberlain (3-1, 3.84) v.s RHP Craig Stammen (0-2, 5.86), 1:05 p.m., YES

WSN: John Lannan (24, LHP, 3-5, 3.51) vs. NYY: Chien-Ming Wang (29, RHP, 0-4, 14.34) Lineups Washington Nationals C. Guzman, SS (.316/.335/.443) N. Johnson, 1B (.311/.414/.431) R. Zimmerman, 3B (.310/.385/.516) A. Dunn, DH (.258/.393/.525) E. Dukes, RF (.253/.316/.451) C. Patterson, CF (.000/.000/.000) J. Bard, C (.239/.301/.373) W. Harris, LF (.222/.345...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. | Another day passed, another game came and went and Manny Acta was still the manager of the Washington Nationals. Reports that Acta was about to be fired surfaced Saturday but hadn't come true Sunday as the Nationals left for New York, where they start a three-game series with the Yankees on Tuesday. Afforded a chance to reflect on the season before Sunday...

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Scott Boras has started to put on a show in an effort to pull some leverage out of his hat for Stephen Strasburg’s contract. Boras is wisely positioning the righty from San Diego State as the next best thing since sliced bread—or Mark Prior, for whom the super-agent negotiated the current record deal for a draft pick of $10.5 million in 2001. But for the Nationals, is the...

Manny Acta's time as manager of the Washington Nationals is just about over, according to major-league sources. Acta will be replaced by bench coach Jim Riggleman, as originally reported on FOX Saturday Baseball. The only question is when. It could be a matter of days.

I listened to the Nats/Yankees announcers tonight,6/17/09, and one of them sounded like a trash talking punk, telling one Yankee to grab some pine after failing to swing at a pitch that was clearly out of the strike zone and telling another to "sit down". This type of game coverage does not have any place in responsible broadcasting. It just makes the announcer sound...