Jeffress did not get a guaranteed contract despite coming off a strong year with the Chicago Cubs. The righty finished with a 1.54 ERA in 23 ⅓ innings and notched eight saves.…
If he looked untrained, as if he were thrust into a new position in the fourth hour of a long game in the third month of a long season — that’s because…
“If everything goes well, he’ll be back, hopefully he can pitch again in about a week,” Martinez said on a video call with reporters Wednesday. “We want him to get it taken…
In Washington, D.C., though, the Nationals are left wondering what their stadium will look like on April 1. The club has submitted a proposal to the city and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser…
That’s how a small group of reporters experienced the Nationals’ first full-squad workout Tuesday. Given the coronavirus pandemic, media was not allowed inside the facility until pitchers, catchers and position players were…
On Monday afternoon, Manager Dave Martinez confirmed that the Nationals had reached an agreement with Jeffress. Martinez added that Jeffress has to pass coronavirus intake screening and a standard physical. Jeffress will…
The “kid,” it turns out, is 26-year-old Rogelio Armenteros. Martinez avoided his name because he wasn’t quite sure how to say it. The Nationals plucked Armenteros off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks…
In the 1970s, as a kid growing up in the shadows of Manhattan, Martinez used a bat to imitate Roberto Clemente and dream. From 1986 to 2001, as a skinny outfielder with…
Or at least you will have to trust Rizzo that it did. “Once you get through the protocol and through the gate and take your temperature and everything,” Rizzo, the Washington Nationals’…
If the Nationals do not recognize the near-perfect parallels between Tatis and their own wildly popular Soto — both are 22 and would-be free agents after the 2024 season — they may…