by Desiree Bullock | Dec 28, 2022 | National
Antuna’s Es and Future: Signed to a $3.85M bonus out of the Dominican Republic in 2016, Yasel Antuna was added to the Nationals’ 40-man roster in 2020 to protect him from selection in that year’s Rule 5 Draft, but this winter he was DFA’d to clear a spot on the...
by Desiree Bullock | Dec 28, 2022 | National
Share Tweet Share Share Email Editor’s Note: The exceptional World Cup final between Argentina and France, and the tournament in general, prompted baseball writer Rich Dubroff to kick around a different idea for a day. There are probably millions of Americans who can...
by Desiree Bullock | Dec 28, 2022 | National
Good morning, Birdland! Any remaining hopes you might have had about the Orioles fortifying their pitching staff via free agency evaporated on Tuesday as two of the team’s reported targets signed elsewhere. Soft-tossing lefty Rich Hill agreed to a one-year, $8 million...
by Desiree Bullock | Dec 28, 2022 | National
Former major league outfielder Fred Valentine has died, the Nationals announced. He was 87 years old.Valentine, a Mississippi native, attended Tennessee State University. He entered the professional ranks in 1956 as a member of the Orioles organization. Three years...
by Desiree Bullock | Dec 27, 2022 | National
We’re back this week with another Q&A post for your Washington Nationals, and not much was answered since last week as the Nationals didn’t give us any moves, news, or transactions in our holiday stockings. But 2023 is right around the corner, and with it means a...
by Desiree Bullock | Dec 27, 2022 | National
This story was excerpted from Jessica Camerato’s Nationals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. As we reach the end of the year, Spring Training is right around the corner. It won’t be long...