Three on a Hill

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...

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...

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...

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 [...]

Manny Acta has made it to New York City, people, and if you can make it there, I've been told you can make it anywhere. Despite rumours that his job was in jeopardy, Acta accompanied his Nationals to Yankee Stadium for the start of a three game David vs. Goliath series. But that doesn't mean his job is safe, he's still sitting in the visitors clubhouse with the Sword...

(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

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...

NEW YORK | Throughout the course of a baseball season, there are bound to be a few outliers, anomalies that jump off the bell curve and lend some brief reassurance to the team that needs them most. And what an outlier this would have been, with a Washington Nationals team that has won six times on the road all season, chased into the new Yankee Stadium by rumors their manager is...

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.