MARK DEROSA RUMORS & GOSSIP

Bryce Harper May Have Aggravated Teammate Mark DeRosa's Oblique Injury With Forceful High-Five

Bryce Harper has made headlines for all kinds of baseball feats since breaking into the major leagues earlier this month. Recently, it hasn't been good news, as Harper sent a bat caroming off his face. He had swung the bat at a wall in frustration after striking out in a game and ended up needing 10 stitches above his left eye. It appears that the injuries Harper has been doling...
Via NESN.com  |  16 days ago

Washington Nationals Outfielder Bryce Harper Delivers ‘Forceful High-Five’ And Worsens Mark DeRosa’s Injury

Washington Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper has hurt his first major-league victim, says manager Davey Johnson via the Washington Post: Mark DeRosa‘s progress returning from a strained left oblique muscle was stunted in an odd way, Johnson said. As Bryce Harper came into the dugout Sunday night after he stole home against the Philadelphia Phillies, DeRosa aggravated...
Via Rant Sports  |  17 days ago
OUT OF HAND

Nats player hurt giving high-five

Mark DeRosa is the latest MLB player to hurt himself in bizarre fashion, after an aggressive high-five from teammate Bryce Harper strained his oblique. 

Via It's Always Sunny in Detroit  |  19 days ago

DeRosa aggravates injury on high-five

Washington Nationals infielder Mark DeRosa reportedly has aggravated his strained left oblique muscle during a dugout celebration. DeRosa, who is on the 15-day disabled list, reinjured himself giving a high-five to Bryce Harper on Sunday after the rookie stole home against the Philadelphia Phillies, according to the Washington Post. "I don’t know if that set back the rehab...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  19 days ago

Mark DeRosa reportedly aggravated oblique injury high-fiving Bryce Harper

With the way things are going, they may have to consider outlawing high-fives in the MLB. Hearing about absurd injuries that baseball players suffer is nothing new, but I doubt there has ever been another time where two players were injured while giving a high-five in just over a one-week span. According to the Washington Post, the latest victim is Mark DeRosa, who aggravated an...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  19 days ago

If Danny Espinosa was a TV show...

Remember back in spring training, when Mark DeRosa was offering hitting advice to Danny Espinosa, and supposedly identified (and corrected) a loop in Danny's swing? No? Well here's hitting coach Derosa during Spring Training, via Nationals.com: "There were some fundamental things I thought he (Espinosa) did wrong. Talking to [hitting coach] Rick [Eckstein] and...
Via Nationals Enquirer  |  19 days ago

Nationals put DeRosa on DL

The Washington Nationals have placed outfielder Mark DeRosa on the first 15-day disabled list Sunday with a left oblique strain. To take his roster spot, the Nationals recalled first baseman/outfielder Tyler Moore from Triple-A Syracuse. DeRosa, 37, was hitting .081 in 13 games this season with two RBIs. Moore. 25, has batted .286 in 22 games for Syracuse. Both his home runs...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  April 29, 2012

Nationals signs Mark DeRosa to a 1-year contract

The Washington Nationals have signed free-agent utility player Mark DeRosa to a one-year contact. The 36-year-old Rosa has a .272 average with six clubs over 14 major league seasons. He was limited over the last two seasons after twice needing surgery on his left wrist. He hit .279 in 86 at-bats this year with the San Francisco Giants. The signing on Wednesday gives the Nationals...
Via AP on Fox  |  December 28, 2011

Source: DeRosa to sign with Nats

The Nationals continued adding to their bench Wednesday night, closing in on a one-year contract with free agent Mark DeRosa, according to a major-league source. DeRosa, 36, will play a super-utility role with the Nats, joining another recent addition, free-agent outfielder Mike Cameron, among the team's reserves. The Nationals offer a new opportunity for DeRosa, who will be...
Via Fox Sports  |  December 21, 2011

VIDEO: Mark DeRosa addresses Penn football players

Before he was a Major League Baseball player, DeRosa was a star quarterback at the University of Pennsylvania. Guess which San Francisco Giant played quarterback for the University of Pennsylvania back in the early to mid ’90s? That would be utility man Mark DeRosa, who visited with the Penn football team (not to be confused with that other football program in PA) over the...
Via 22gigantes  |  November 20, 2011
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