Nationals Journal: November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009
Strasburg's injury won't require surgery
The Washington Nationals were never so happy to hear the words "patellar subluxation" as they were Friday night, when they received word of that diagnosis--essentially a dislocated kneecap--in the left knee of prized phenom Stephen Strasburg, who injured the knee...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 20, 2009; 7:38 PM ET |
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Lett, Radison join Nationals' coaching staff
The Nationals have announced that Jim Lett and Dan Radison have been added to their 2010 coaching staff as bullpen and first-base coach, respectively. The team also made official the hiring of former Seattle Mariners manager John McLaren as bench...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 20, 2009; 1:49 PM ET |
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So, how bad is the Strasburg injury?
When I started on the Baltimore Orioles beat at The Post in 1999, the Baltimore Sun beat writer -- my competition -- was a veteran scribe named Joe Strauss, who remains one of the best beat guys in the business....
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Dave Sheinin
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November 20, 2009; 10:00 AM ET |
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Strasburg hurts knee, out of Saturday's AFL title game [UPDATED]
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Dave Sheinin
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November 19, 2009; 7:50 PM ET |
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Nats add three to 40-man roster, but not Wilkie
The Nationals added three minor league pitchers -- right-hander Juan Jaime and left-handers Atahualpa Severino and Aaron Thompson -- to their 40-man roster on Thursday afternoon, in essence protecting them from the Dec. 10 Rule 5 draft. However, right-hander Josh...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 19, 2009; 5:48 PM ET |
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The status of the Nats beat, going forward
Typical, that I'd get scooped on the news of my own departure. According to a tweet from the Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg -- and OK, let's make it official, according to me as well -- the WaPo will soon be...
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Chico Harlan
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November 19, 2009; 4:30 PM ET |
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The Nationals and sabermetrics
Lots of great reading material to spotlight this morning, beginning with Tracee's excellent feature on pitching prospect Josh Wilkie, who was little-known outside our circle of hard-core Nats (and GW) followers, but who is certain to have lots of folks...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 19, 2009; 9:13 AM ET |
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Mandel, Baby Nats want that title
The Arizona Fall League is not quite six weeks spent in the desert playing before a smattering of diehard fans and a slightly larger smattering of scouts. So do the players really care about the AFL championship? Nats reliever Jeff...
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Tracee Hamilton
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November 18, 2009; 11:51 AM ET |
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Nats nuggets: bench coach, Guzman, Flores, et al.
Just got done speaking to Nationals GM Mike Rizzo and meeting the majority of his new front-office hires -- the amassing of which Rizzo called "the most important part of our offseason." Suffice it to say there is a lot...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 17, 2009; 5:46 PM ET |
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Desert Dogs win East; see Strasburg and Co. Saturday
As a lot of you noted in the comments, the Devil, er, Desert Dogs have won the East Division and will play the dread Peoria Javelinas on Saturday for the AFL championship. The game is at 2:15 ET on the...
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Tracee Hamilton
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November 17, 2009; 9:52 AM ET |
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Reshaping of Nationals' front office continues
The wholesale revamping of the Nationals' front office continued Monday when the team announced it had hired Jay Sartori as director of baseball operations. Sartori previously served as the contract administration manager in MLB's labor relations department, and will bring...
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Dave Sheinin
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November 16, 2009; 2:02 PM ET |
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