Community Picks: Washington Nationals 0% vs San Francisco Giants 0%

Koda Glover earned his fifth save in six opportunities in the Nationals 3-0 win over the Padres on Saturday.He had said that thats the job he wanted, so its his now, Dusty Baker told reporters after Koda Glover tossed a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation Continue to Article

May 28, 2017 12:28:am EST

Dusty Baker talked often over the last few weeks about needing to get Trea Turner going, with the 23-year-old shortstop struggling at the plate through the first two months of the season. In his opinion, Baker said, it was a matter of making adjustments after the rest of the league adjusted to Turner, who put up a .342/.370/.567 line, 14 doubles, eight triples, 13 home runs and 33 stolen bases in 73 games and 324 plate appearances as a rookie last season, finishing the year at 3.3 fWAR and coming in second in the NL Rookie of the Year race after less than a half of a seasons worth of action in the majors. What Ive seen is the league has adjusted to him, Baker told reporters, as quoted by MASNs Byron Kerr last week. Continue to Article

May 27, 2017 6:43:am EST

Hes also pretty big on knowing where his food comes from: he doesnt eat dairy, and is gluten-free, and generally only eats organic, clean foods (per Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post). What you may not know: Werth owns and operates an organic farm in Illinois that spreads over nearly 500 acres, is big on wildlife (quail, pheasants, foxes, and all that good stuff), and makes pelts out of the coyotes that he manages to find on the farm (thus keeping with the Game of Thrones theme of his life). Its quite simple, actually: Werth was the keynote speaker at the Organic Trade Association 2017 Policy Conference. Continue to Article

May 26, 2017 12:28:am EST

Koda Glover is the latest reliever to be given a shot at locking down the Nationals closer role. Koda Glover was confident in his ability to fill the closers role from the start this season. Asked this winter if he could handle the job if asked, Glover didnt hesitate to say, Yes. Continue to Article

May 25, 2017 1:13:pm EST

Rendon went 3 for 4 with two home runs and five RBIs in the series opener with the Mariners, leaving him with a .278/.381/.483 line on the year. Dusty Baker told reporters last August, that Rendons early-season struggles in April of 2016 were tied to his hands. Rendons hands, Baker said, are unbelievable... some of the quickest hands offensively and defensively. Continue to Article

May 25, 2017 2:13:am EST