Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Washington Nationals super prospect Bryce Harper has had an eventful first full year in the minors. He's basically lived up to all the lofty expectations laid out for him, and risen to the Double-A level while still being just 18 years old. But with all that success has come some ...
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Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Well, it looks like we will indeed get a second round of Stephen Strasburg mania this season.
The Washington Nationals' prized right hander made his second rehab start Friday night and was impressive. The No. 1 pick from the 2009 MLB Draft tossed three scoreless innings for the Class A Potomac ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
When Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg went down last year and underwent Tommy John Surgery, most expected he'd be out for at least a year, and maybe up to 18 months. Fast forward to this month and less than a year later (he had surgery on Sept 3, 2010) the ...
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Matt Stairs is hardly what any of us would call a physical specimen, unless we happened to be Jared before he took the first trip to the Subway beneath his apartment. That's a true story. He lived above Subway. Make it a Burger King and he'd have been craned out ...
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
One of the most underrated elements of free agency in baseball is the involvement of a player's agent. Obviously agents negotiate the deals, but they also use their influence to steer players towards certain teams. If an agent has a solid prior relationship with a team, the likelihood that he ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
It has been known for a while that the Kansas City Royals are shopping ace Zack Greinke around, but the price has always been considered a tad high. That makes sense, since the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner is the only legitimate trade chip the Royals possess and they ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
According to several outlets Tuesday night, the Washington Nationals are preparing a seven-year, $175 million offer to free agent pitcher Cliff Lee. Wait, what?
Just a few days after giving Jayson Werth a seven-year, $126 million deal, the Nationals are trying to throw another gigantic sum at another big-time free agent? ...
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