Dimitri Young Works out for Hurdle at Pirate City
PITTSBURGH — Veteran Dmitri Young worked out in front of Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle and staff today at Pirate City, according to Tom Singer of MLB.com.
It was reported last week that Young, who hasn’t played in the Majors since 2008, would travel to Bradenton, Fla., to work out in front of the Pirates.
According to Singer, the 38-year-old Young held up well to rigorous...
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Ex-big leaguer Young works out for Pirates
Dmitri Young, seeking to revive a Major League career interrupted three years ago, worked out on Monday at Pirate City and left manager Clint Hurdle at least intrigued. Young turned 38 in October and played his last big league game on July 11, 2008 with the Washington Nationals.
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Nats division rival loses out on Yoenis Cespedes
The Washington Nationals will be competing with the Florida Marlins in the NL East this year as a potential surprise contender in the division. The latter, however, won’t be getting help from one of the hottest free agents on the market. Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has signed a 4-year, $36 million contract with the Oakland Athletics, according to a source.
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Turning point isn't a talking point in Washington
The last time Washington won a pennant was in 1933. Baseball would love nothing more than for Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper and the Nationals to give the sport and the town something to shout about.
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Ozzie Foresaw Dunn's Dreadful Season
In an interview with ESPN Radio, Miami Marlins and former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen knew that Adam Dunn was in for a long season from the first day of Spring Training.
Guillen went on to say on ESPN Chicago's Waddle and Silvy Show, “I looked at his swing and I told [bench coach] Joey Cora going home, ‘My God we’ve got a big problem."
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The Next Best Nationals Outfield Prospect
With the upcoming season right around the corner, there is one question plaguing the minds of all Washington Nationals fans since last year's disappointing outfield performance. Will 19-year-old outfielder Bryce Harper be on the Opening Day lineup card? The number one prospect in the baseball has generated incredible hype and speculation surrounding his debut in the major...
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Nats bring new confidence to Spring Training
The Nationals enter Spring Training with a different attitude. For the first time in their history they expect to win, and they have every right to feel this way.
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Here's Stephen Strasburg golfing at Trump National
And so, with just 7 days to go until Nationals pitchers and catchers report to Spring training, enjoy the photo above, of Baseball Jesus continuing his offseason quest for a hole-in-one by playing Donald Trump's golf course in LA on Saturday, according to Baseball Jesus himself on Twitter. (Photo via Stephen Strasburg on Twitter: @stras37).
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San Diego State University Will Retire Stephen Strasburg's Jersey
It's been a slow weekend on the Nationals news front, so here's a wire piece from California. San Diego State University will retire Stephen Strasburg's No. 37 jersey Feb. 17.
From the San Diego State Aztech's Site:
"The ceremony will get underway at 5:45 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium prior to the contest against the Huskies that is scheduled to...
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Lidge: Most Important Season in Phillies History?
This pose should be immortalized. Statue anyone? (PHOTO AP)“Every once in a while something will come up and we’ll be like, ‘man, that was a pretty amazing year, wasn’t it?’”Earlier this week, Brad Lidge spoke with 97.3 ESPN FM about the 2008 Championship as well as moving on to the Washington Nationals, who are ripe to finally become a rival...
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Nationals 5x5 2012 Prospect Rankings
Four of the Nationals top five prospects were selected in last June's amateur draft. That's what happens when three top-10 prospects are traded to acquire the services of Gio Gonzalez. Of course, it helps that the four prospects cracking the top five have a lot of talent. Topping the prospect list is a guy you might have heard of, and he alone makes this list pretty special...
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MMO Fair Or Foul: Was F-Mart The LH Bat We Needed?
Soon after the Nationals snatched up left-handed hitting outfielder Rick Ankiel, the Mets pulled the plug on their quest to land a left-handed bat for the team.
Ankiel had been high on their list and some reports even circulated that Sandy Alderson may have offered the one-time pitching phenom a minor league deal. Anyway, that was then and this now, and it’s looking more and...
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Edwin Jackson should know better than to try to buy printer ink on a Friday night.
And so, Edwin Jackson (@ej36), the newest member of Scott Boras Presents: The Washington Nationals took to Twitter Friday night after the car he was in nearly got smashed by a guy who ran a red light. Jackson was simply out trying to buy some printer ink without any chaos, folks:
Be safe!
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Nats packed the truck for Viera today...
That's a picture of gear piled in front of lockers in the Nationals clubhouse in preparation for Truck Day at Nationals Park today (photo via the Washington Nationals). Next stop, Viera.
Spring is in the air...
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NL East: A Fascinating Place: Nationals
This is the fourth post in a series that has looked at the National League East, a division that has had some dynamic movement during this off season. The first post looked at the Phillies and they are the top dogs until somebody knocks them off. The Braves were covered in the second post and it was seen that they have the potential to win 95 games if everything goes perfectly. The...
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Can Gio Gonzalez Be Successful Outside Of The Coliseum?
On a four hour train ride from New York City back home to D.C. I had following a business trip this week, I listened to a lot of sports talk radio. At one point, on a show which I unfortunately do not know the name of, one of the hosts was previewing the N.L. East and pointed out that Gio Gonzalez has a career 4.32 ERA outside of the Oakland Coliseum, and wondered out loud why no...
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It Doesn't Matter What Teams Bryce Harper Cheers For It Doesn't Matter What Teams Bryce Harper ...
The Washington Nationals top prospect Bryce Harper is an outspoken young man, and he's a sports fan. The two don't seem to be combining well for Nationals fans lately.
Many on Twitter and in local media have made a pretty big deal about the teams that Harper cheers for; they include the Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Lakers, and Duke Blue Devils. As you...
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The Nats Blog On SNY's Mostly Mets Podcast
The Nats Blog's very own, Joe Drugan, hoped on SNY's Mostly Mets Podcast to talk about the Washington Nationals upcoming season. Check out the Podcast below, and make sure to take a look at all of the great baseball blogs on the SNY Network. While the show is great through and through, if you'd like to fastforward to Joe's segment, it begins at about the 21 minute...
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Aztecs To Retire Strasburg's Number At Season Opener
The San Diego State baseball program has announced that it will retire the number 37 jersey worn by Stephen Strasburg in ceremonies prior to the season opener against Washington on Friday, Feb. 17. Head Coach Tony Gwynn will present the former Aztec All-American with the framed jersey that he wore during his three-year standout career on Montezuma Mesa.
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Can Adam Loewen Become the Next Rick Ankiel?
You know the story about the Mets and their inability to add much, if any, payroll. What once was supposed to be about $120 million dollar budget has slide all the way down to around $90 million. That’s why it came as no surprise that one of their rumored targets- Rick Ankiel- signed as minor league deal to remain in Washington. This despite the fact the team was looking for...
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ESPN's Keith Law Ranks Nats Farm System No. 21 Overall
While the Nationals reveled in the fact that Baseball America ranked their farm system as No. 1 in Major League Baseball prior to the Gio Gonzalez trade, ESPN's prospect wiz Keith Law has ranked their system as the 21st best in baseball in its current form. Here is what Law had to say:
"This was potentially a top-10 system before the Gio Gonzalez trade, no worse than top...
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Nats reaping bountiful harvest on the farm
The first email arrived to the entire baseball operations staff around 3 p.m. on Feb 1. The surprise was in the sender: Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, who rarely corresponds via email. The pride was in the topic: "Congratulations." Baseball America, one of the industry's pre-eminent publications, had ranked ...
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Harper hopes to emulate Namath
Bryce Harper wants everyone to know that he won't be all business during his career, going as far as name-checking the legendary Jets QB as someone he'd like to be like.
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DALY: Nats' Rizzo aiming to get a leg up in arms race
ANALYSIS/OPINION: First the Washington Nationals send a pocketful of prospects to the Oakland A's for Gio Gonzalez. Then they sign Edwin Jackson to a one-year deal. I ask you: Has this team ever been more ready for rainouts — not to mention doubleheaders? You could fill a ball bag with ...
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Audio: Brad Lidge Speaks About The Disappointment Of Leaving Philadelphia
Brad Lidge spoke to 97.3 ESPN Radio in South Jersey, and he opened up about what led him to signing with the Washington Nationals. Really interesting interview.
Audio is after the jump.
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