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Nationals Pitcher Stephen Strasburg To Undergo Season-Ending Surgery For Carpal Tunnel
Washington Nationals pitcher and the 2019 World Series MVP will be having season-ending hand surgery to correct carpal tunnel in his right hand, Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez said Saturday. According to Martinez, Strasburg will have the surgery next week, and then the Nationals will formally move him to the 60-day injured list.
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Max Scherzer struggles late in Washington Nationals’ 5-4 win over Miami Marlins...
Max Scherzer took a liner back to the mound off his shoulder early in Saturday’s matchup with the Miami Marlins in the nation’s capital, but brushed it off, and held the Fish scoreless over the first three innings as the Washington Nationals jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
Read the full article via Federal Basebll
Defense betrays Crowe in debut, Nats lose nightcap
Because he doesn’t possess the kind of eye-popping “stuff” his counterpart Sixto Sánchez has, Wil Crowe wasn’t going to win tonight’s battle of rookie pitching debuts unless his eight Nationals teammates around him on the field did their part to make every play they had a chance to make.
Read the full article via MASN Sports
Max Scherzer calls losing Stephen Strasburg a ‘gut punch’
A large poster of Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin standing together remains on the wall of the 100 level inside Nationals Park. It was created last year for Corbin’s first season. All three are doing their best to look menacing.
Read the full article via NBC Sports Washington
Washington Nationals hopes take major hit with Stephen Strasburg surgery
The Washington Nationals had been fearing the worst when it came to Stephen Strasburg. He had been placed on the Injured List on August 15, initially diagnosed with carpal tunnel neuritis in his right hand. However, he had been sent to a nerve specialist to confirm, giving the Nationals hope that Strasburg could return this year.
Those hopes have been dashed. Not only has the diagnosis been confirmed, but Strasburg will undergo season ending surgery next week.
Read the full article via Call to the Pen
Juan Soto details the origin of the 'Soto Shuffle'
Juan Soto's emphatic move in the batter's box following a pitch -- dubbed the "Soto Shuffle" -- has become a well-known part of the rising star's game. From stealing the spotlight in the World Series to being added to a video game, everyone is now keeping an eye out for it.
Read the full article via NBC Sports Washington
Nationals select the contract of Wil Crowe
The Washington Nationals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Wil Crowe and selected him as the 29th-man for Saturday’s doubleheader against the Miami Marlins. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Nationals transferred right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg (carpal tunnel neuritis of the right hand) to the 60-day Injured List.
Read the full article via Curly W Blog
Washington Nationals: Anthony Alford would make an interesting addition
The Nationals are tied for the third worst record in the league and sit at the bottom of the National League East. May be time to shake things up a little but and infuse some enthusiasm into the team. This worked a year ago with the addition of Gerardo Parra, maybe a new face in the clubhouse wouldn’t be all bad. Enter Anthony Alford.
Read the full article via District on Deck
What’s with the Washington Nationals’ starting pitchers?
Patrick Corbin clearly wasn’t himself in the first two innings of Friday’s 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins, but then again, what Nationals’ starter has been himself this season?
In a normal year, it might be premature to judge a team’s starting pitching 20 games into the season. But nothing about 2020 is normal, so here we are examining the effectiveness of the pitching staff of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals, 22 games into a 60-game season.
Read the full article via Federal Baseball
Is it time for the Nationals to shake up their lineup?
Friday nights can be filled with merriment, release, and relaxation. A party feel is easy to come by at what is the end of the work week for most. And, the weather in the District was primed for that type of evening: low-80s at first pitch in Nationals Park, high 70s by the end.
Read the full article via NBC Sports Washington
Washington Nationals fire employee for throwing coffee at woman
The Washington Nationals have fired an employee who allegedly threw two cups of hot coffee in the face of a female convenience-store employee in the Dominican Republic, the team told ESPN on Saturday.
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Around The Horn: News From Around The League
Yankees' James Paxton blames injuries around MLB on short camp
Yankees star shortstop Gleyber Torres is expected to miss two to three weeks while recovering from strains in his hamstring and quadriceps, and pitcher James Paxton won't throw for 14 days because of a strained left forearm.
New York manager Aaron Boone provided the updates Saturday. The team worked out at Yankee Stadium after this weekend's Subway Series at Citi Field was postponed when two members of the Mets tested positive for the coronavirus.
Read the full article via ESPN
What I love and hate about this wild MLB season
As we approach the midpoint of this bonkos Major League Baseball season, what comes to mind is the joke about the dumb guy who tries to swim across a lake, only to get exhausted halfway through — so he turns around and swims back.
Good luck finding a baseball person not drained from the ordeal just to get this far, an ordeal exemplified by this weekend’s Subway Series being sidelined by the Mets’ two positive COVID-19 tests. Amazingly, of the 32 days on the baseball calendar through Sunday, just five have proceeded without a team being quarantined by coronavirus.
Read the full article via NY Post
Two Cheers for MLB
I’m still not sure Major League Baseball is going to manage to finish its season (the Mets are the latest team with COVID postponements), and regardless, a 60-game season is going to lack the rhythm and ups and downs of a full season.
But I think MLB deserves credit for making a go of it. Baseball traditionalists, i.e., people who refuse to acknowledge that innovations in play over the years have made games stupefyingly long and that this is a problem, may hate the changes the MLB has adopted this year, but most of them are geared toward the worthy goal of making it through the season.
Read the full article via National Review
Boston Red Sox fire sale has officially begun
The Boston Red Sox fire sale was inevitable. They had entered Friday at 8-18, tied with the Angels for the second worst record in the American League. With ten days before the trade deadline, and rumors swirling around the roster, something was going to happen.
Read the full article via Call to the Pen
MLB schedule has 37 total games postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases
Major League Baseball's season is one month old, and nearly 40 games have been postponed due to positive coronavirus cases. The Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals have both dealt with team-wide outbreaks. Both the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets have had multiple games postponed because of positive tests.
Read the full article via CBS Sports
Should the Tampa Bay Rays make a big move for a pitcher?
With mounting injuries and the uniqueness of a short season, should the Tampa Bay Rays make a big move for a pitcher?
Even with a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays (17-10) are in a proverbial tie for first place in the AL East. A 9-1 road trip through Boston, Toronto and New York before returning home to play the Blue Jays was helpful.
Read the full article via FanSided
Superfans adjust to unique season
Edwin Boison put on his custom jersey, the same one he puts on every summer, and made his familiar commute southeast to Queens.
It was July 24, the latest the Bronx native had ever reported for his Opening Day duties at Citi Field, but at least he was going. At least games were finally happening.
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