NATIONALS RUMORS & GOSSIP

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...
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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...
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17 hours ago  |  Discuss

Washington Nationals Disable Wilson Ramos, Recall Jhonatan Solano

The Washington Nationals had to place catcher Wilson Ramos on the 15-day disabled list Thursday due to a strain of his left hamstring. To take his place they have recalled catcher Jhonatan Solano from their Triple-A Syracuse minor league affiliate. Ramos suffered this same injury last month and missed a couple weeks. It is possible that he misses a little longer than that this time...
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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...
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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) Befriend Nats Enquirer on Facebook. Follow on Twitter. Related articles Video: Bryce Harper discusses his health after Wednesday night's loss. He's back tonight. ...
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Nationals’ Jayson Werth suffers setback

The Washington Nationals were expecting to get outfielder Jayson Werth back from the disabled list on Saturday, but this will likely be pushed back a few days as the slugger has experienced a setback during his rehab, according to Amanda Comak of The Washington Times. Werth recently experienced tightness in his hamstring, the injury which initially sent him to the DL...
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Wilson Ramos update: Nationals catcher back on the DL

As expected after Wilson Ramos exited Wednesday night's game, the Washington Nationals have placed the injury-prone catcher on the disabled list.  Ramos was on the DL earlier in the season with a strain to the same area of his hamstring he strained Wednesday.  The team expects this injury to take some time now that Ramos has re-injured it. Bryan Kerr of MASN says the team...
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Video: Bryce Harper talks about his health after Wednesday night's loss

Your browser does not support iframes. Good news: Bryce Harper is back in the Nationals lineup tonight against the Padres. Up above, Video of Bryce Harper talking about the pain he was feeling after his pinch hitting appearance in the 9th inning of Wednesday night's painful 3-1 loss to the Dodgers, in which Harper stepped to the plate with a massive band-aid on his chin....
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Will the New York Mets be forced to shut down Matt Harvey in 2013?

With Matt Harvey on pace for over 200 innings pitched, is it possible the New York Mets will shut him down early? Chances are he’ll be doing his best Stephen Strasburg impression by the season’s end. Please click here to read this story The post Will the New York Mets be forced to shut down Matt Harvey in 2013? appeared first on Players View.
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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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Ex-Monarch Espinosa has message for alma mater

LOS ANGELES Danny Espinosa was 15 years old in 2002 when he and his father, Dan, made a bet. They couldnt be in a more perfect place to do such a thing. Las Vegas. It was the site of a club baseball tournament Espinosa was playing in on a team coached by his dad. As Espinosa recalls, if their team lost in the semifinals, he and his father would take a redeye back to Orange County...
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Is It Time To Worry About Stephen Strasburg?

Error Unravels Strasburg I have been waiting to write this article, because even I am still confused with what happened. On Saturday against the Cubs Stephen Strasburg was rolling. Through four innings he had 7 strikeouts, in just 53 pitches and had allowed just one hit. Then the wheels came off, and the Nationals go on to lose 8-2. What the hell happened? In the 5th inning Strasburg...
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