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Nationals Reliever Ryan Mattheus Breaks Pitching Hand From Punching Locker
SAN FRANCISCO — On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a locker.
On top of that, manager Davey Johnson said that right fielder Jayson Werth is still a couple of weeks from coming off the disabled list after another MRI on his strained right hamstring showed...
Nationals Place RHP Ryan Mattheus On Disabled List, Other Notes
The Washington Nationals have placed right-handed reliever Ryan Mattheus on the 15-day disabled list due to a fractured right hand. There is no time-table set for Mattheus’ return, but expect it to be longer and possibly much longer than the mandatory 15 days.
In other moves, the Nationals also recalled right-handed reliever Yunesky Maya and left-handed reliever Fernando Abad from...
Nationals P Ryan Mattheus broke his hand punching a locker
The Washington Nationals are struggling with depth right now as a result of several injuries. There is little that can be done to prevent players from suffering injuries in practice or during a game. However, self-inflicted injuries like the one Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus suffered on Sunday can easily be avoided.
According to the Washington Post, the Nats’ setup man broke...
Rendon red-hot at Double A
Anthony Rendon, the Nationals’ brilliant third-base prospect, started at second base for Double A Harrisburg on Monday night.
Meanwhile, Steve Lombardozzi replaced the slumping Danny Espinosa at second for the Nats in their 8-0 loss to the Giants in San Francisco.
The obvious conclusion, now that Ryan Zimmerman is back playing third, is that the Nationals might be grooming Rendon...
Nationals' Jayson Werth likely out two more weeks
The Washington Nationals have been playing mediocre baseball lately. With last night's loss, they dropped to 23-22 on the season. And now it looks like they will have to try to right the ship without Jayson Werth for longer than previously anticipated.
Just yesterday news came out that Werth was progressing nicely and expected to join the Nationals on Friday. Now, as...
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Mattheus punches locker, breaks hand
Washington Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus reportedly broke his pitching hand while punching a locker after a rough outing on Sunday afternoon.
Bryce Harper returns to lineup: "If I bang it up or something it's right back to square one."
So Bryce returns to the Nationals lineup tonight, batting third: there he is above taking BP as seen on MASN tonight. And here's Harper talking about how sliding could be a problem tonight on MASN's Nats Xtra pregame show:
"It was more of just running on it. Sliding. things like that. I think the slide's probably gonna hurt the worst. If I bang it up or something...
Jayson Werth expected to rejoin Nationals Friday
Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth recently experienced a setback in his rehab from a hamstring injury, delaying his return. General manager Mike Rizzo told Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post that the team hopes to ramp up Werth's rehab this week, and the Nationals expect to activate him from the disabled list on Friday.
“They worked the hamstring very well,”...
Espinosa's Early Peformance Parallels LaRoche's Injury Shortened Season
The weaknesses in the Washington Nationals offense is not limited to one player, or even a couple players. The majority of the Nats offense has been non-existent for significant stretches through the first quarter of the 2013 campaign, but Danny Espinosa is absolutely in the worst period of offensive stagnation.
Espinosa, who got an MRI last September after feeling weakness in...
Goon squad picks up Nationals
In the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, Washington Nationals pinch-hitter Chad Tracy propelled the Nationals to victory against the San Diego Padres with a home run in the top of the tenth inning after a Rafael Soriano blown save in the ninth. Tracy’s homer was the first RBI by a pinch-hitter this season for the Nationals in what was already their 42nd game of the 2013...
Bryce Harper likely to sit the rest of the weekend with a bruised left knee
And so, Bryce Harper is out of the Nationals lineup for Saturday night's game due to a bruised left knee. Sounds like he'll miss the rest of the weekend in San Diego:
Bryce Harper will miss today and likely tomorrow with a bruised left knee. He had an MRI on his abdomen yesterday, which came back clean.
— Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) May 18, 2013
Bryce Harper...
Why the Washington Nationals Will (and Will Not) Make the World Series
Roughly four years ago, when the Nationals were playingmore like the Natinals, my friend and former (almost) best manDave (aka “Furniture”) made a friendly wager with me that, at the time, appeared safe for decades to come. Furniturespeculated that the Nationals would leave Washington, D.C. before they even appeared in a World Series game. Because betting money on sports...
Strasburg Hits a Career Milestone As He Throws 8 Innings
Stephen Strasburg hit a career milestone last night against the San Diego Padres. For the first time in his career, he pitched into the 8th inning. One of the best things about this start is that Strasburg was allowed to throw 117 pitches. This was just shy of his career high pitch count, in June of last season he threw 119 pitches in six-innings against the Reds. And over his...
Video: Bryce Harper hits 432 foot HR into a hedge at Petco Park
Well, Bryce Harper destroyed a baseball Thursday night at Petco Park. Hit it into the hedges in deep center -- 432 feet according to Hittracker. Video above.
(Screencap via MLB.com/MASN video)
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Bryce Harper injured after running into outfield wall
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper had to leave Washington's game on Monday night in Los Angeles after running into the right field scoreboard at Dodger Stadium. Harper was chasing a fly ball hit by AJ Ellis in the fifth inning before simply running out of room and running straight into the scoreboard mounted on the right field wall. He didn't move after initially...
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