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Washington Nationals Sign Chris Young (Again)

When the Washington Nationals granted Chris Young his release at the end of March, it was so Young could look to see if there were any other offers on the market. Today, it turns out he didn’t like…Read More

Nationals and Jordan Zimmermann Avoid Arbitration

According to a tweet from the Nationals PR department, the Nats and righthanded pitcher Jordan Zimmermann have avoided arbitration and settled on a one-year deal. Zimmermann went 12-8 this year with…Read More

Chris Snyder, Jeremy Accardo Sign Minor League Deals with Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals signed minor league contracts with catcher Chris Snyder and relief pitcher Jeremy Accardo. The Snyder signing was reported by Jerry Crasnick via Twitter. The Accardo signing was…Read More

Nationals Avoid Arbitration With Six Players, Only Jordan Zimmermann Remains

Update: Amanda Comak of the Washington Times tweets that the club has come to an agreement with shortstop Ian Desmond as well. The deal is for 1 year and $3.8 million, so obviously it does not look like…Read More

Washington Nationals Make Dan Haren Signing Official

All of the worries surrounding the Dan Haren physical could be put away for now as the Nationals announced that he passed his physical and the one-year contract was made official. Haren, like I said,…Read More

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Nationals Sign Dan Haren

Well, the Nationals made a significant splash signing a former ace who spent last season with the Los…Read More

Breaking News: Nationals, Manager Davey Johnson Agree To New Deal

As reported by CBS’s Jon Heyman, the Nationals and Davey Johnson have agreed to a new deal to…Read More

Who Bats Leadoff For The Nationals in 2013?

One thing that all Nationals fans can agree on is that Jayson Werth cannot bat lead-off next year for…Read More

Should the Nationals Re-sign Adam LaRoche?

  Adam LaRoche had a very good year with the Washington Nationals. He batted .271, hit 33 home…Read More

Adam LaRoche, Sean Burnett Both Decline Options, Become Free Agents

This morning, in somewhat not unexpected news, the Nationals exercised their options on both Adam LaRoche…Read More

Brett Carroll, Carlos Maldonado Declare Themselves Free Agents

The headline makes me think that Brett Carroll and Carlos Maldonado stood at the top of the capitol and…Read More

Why Nationals Fans Should Care About Heat GM Rizzo Is Taking

Today, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale wrote a scathing piece on how other MLB general managers feel…Read More

Previewing The Nationals Free Agent Decisions

The Washington Nationals are five games away from potentially clinching the National League East title…Read More

Stephen Strasburg Likely To Miss Super Two Status

The latest projections anticipate that a player will need a total of two years and 39 days of Major League…Read More

Dan Cortes Fails Physical; Washington Voids Minor League Deal

Right-handed reliever Dan Cortes has apparently failed his physical with the Washington Nationals. The…Read More

Locked In: Zim Signed Through 2019 for $100 Mil

Nationals fans no longer have to worry about “the face of the franchise.” Ryan Zimmerman,…Read More

Updating the Ryan Zimmerman Extension Situation

There’s certainly been a large amount of space devoted to coverage of a pending contract extension…Read More

No Deal Announced As Zimmerman’s Deadline Passes

Ryan Zimmerman‘s deadline for a contract extension passed this morning Nationals when the Nationals…Read More

Latest On A Ryan Zimmerman Extension

We’re now less than 24 hours away from Ryan Zimmerman‘s self-imposed deadline for signing…Read More

Arbitration Hearing for John Lannan Held Today

According to MLB Trade Rumors, the Washington Nationals and John Lannan had their arbitration hearing…Read More