Blog - In his 17 years of professional baseball, Eddie Guardado had never been released before this morning, when the Washington Nationals included him in their first round of cuts. 'They caught him totally, pretty much, by surprise,' said Kevin Kohler, Guardado's...
Ladson - The Nationals reassigned pitchers Victor Garate, Logan Kensing, Joel Peralta and Ryan Speier, catcher Derek Norris and outfielder Jerry Owens to Minor League camp on Thursday. The team also gave left-handers Shawn Estes and Eddie Guardado their unconditional releases.
Hudak - Greetings from rainy, windy Cocoa Beach. The local weather guys keep reminding us about tornado warnings and 80 MPH wind gusts. It hasn't let up all day. So much for fun in the sun. I hope to have more interesting...
If there's anything cool about going 0 for your first 8 Spring Training games, it may be that it's a little less painful to make decisions about whom to cut from the prospective Major League roster. That's what the Washington Nationals started doing this morning in Viera, Florida. | Read Post
Nerves of steel and lightning-quick reflexes are needed at third base, which is why greatness at the position is so rare. (And that doesn't even account for slugging.) Remarkably, three of today's greatest third basemen call the National League East home. | Read Post
Welcome back Rob Dibble and Bob Carpenter for the first MASN Broadcast of the season. | Read Post
A much-anticipated event to welcome the coming season is the annual March appearance of the Baseball Prospectus team of authors at Politics and Prose Bookstore in upper Northwest. Rejoice, baseball fans, for the day has finally arrived. | Read Post
The Nationals' top pick in the 2009 draft, Stephen Strasburg, will make his first trip to the mound today in the team's game against the Tigers at Space Coast Stadium. The game, which starts at 1:05, will be televised locally on MASN and nationally on MLB Network. Fans can also watch online with a subscription to MLB.tv. | Read Post
Early Spring Training performance has dashed some expectations for a much-improved ballclub. This reality check is a good thing. | Read Post
Try writing a non-Stephen Strasburg story for tomorrow and see if anyone reads it. Well, not to fan the flames of expectations, but Strasburg's outing could not come at a better time, as the Nationals pitching has looked suspect at best so far. So far in Spring Training, the Nats pitching has given up 67 runs on 91 hits. | Read Post
Walter Johnson arrived a day later than he expected arrive at the Washington Senators training camp. Instead of being upset with Johnson the Senators’ owners were delighted to see him. With Johnson’s arrival to camp it left no doubt that he was going to pitch for the Senators this season. That wasn’t the case three months earlier when it looked like Johnson was going to play ball for the Chicago Whales of the Federal Baseball League. Over the offseason the Chicago Whales ownership group offers Johnson almost double the $12,000 that the Senators paid him during the 1914 season. | Read Post
There's no magic bullet that will cure the Washington Nationals' shortcomings in the middle infield. But Ian Desmond may help them make a better-informed decision, provided they give him enough of a chance to prove himself in Spring Training. (And if he does, what would that portend for Cristian Guzman?) | Read Post
The CBS Evening News featured Stephen Strasburg -- and the attention being showered upon him -- in a segment that aired tonight. The piece includes interviews with Strasburg, Washington Post columnist Tom Boswell, and a fan in Viera for Spring Training. Click to watch the segment here. | Read Post