Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for February 16, 2022. Thank you for starting your day with us.

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Leading today’s Morning Briefing: Ryan Zimmerman Announces his retirement.  Well, we all knew that this day was coming, but hoping that fans would get one more Walk-off homerun to see, that seems not to be in the cards. Yesterday, Ryan Zimmerman announced his retirement from MLB and the Washington Nationals. Zimmerman played for the Nationals his entire career and was the National's first-ever draft pick back in 2005. Read the full article here.

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Former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Matt Harvey discusses MLB's painkiller culture in the Tyler Skaggs case and more. Former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Matt Harvey took the stand in the Eric Kay case on Tuesday afternoon, discussing his old teammate Tyler Skaggs’ unfortunate passing. Read the full article here.

MLB seeks the ability to reduce the size of the Domestic Reserve List in the latest labor offer to players' union. According to a report on ESPN, Major League Baseball is seeking the ability to eliminate hundreds of minor league playing jobs in its latest labor offer to the MLB Players Association. Jeff Passan says: "

MLB, according to a league source, has no plans to reduce the size of the list in 2023 but wants the flexibility to do so in future seasons. The league previously had proposed controlling the size of the Domestic Reserve List multiple times, each of which was rejected by the MLBPA, a union source said. While the union has not formally responded to the most recent version of the plan, the source said, the players intend to reject it and any future proposals that could cut minor league jobs." Read the full article here.

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