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For the most part, 2017 has been a cruise for the Washington Nationals. Turner broke his right wrist in Thursday’s matinee loss to the Cubs, the latest casualty in Attrition 2017. There’s no immediate timetable for Turner’s return, but you expect a broken wrist to require multiple months of healing time. Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 10:19:am EST

WELL, THIS IS GREAT, THIS IS JUST GREAT, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL, IT’S GREAT IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY, NOW HERE ARE THE WIRE TAPS... Trea Turner suffers broken wrist Turner, who could have put up 60 stolen bases this season, won't be back until late August or mid-September. This is fine. Trea Turner's injury has some cruel timing Trea Turner was finally producing like the player everyone knew he could be. One inside fastball later, he was out until late summer, if not even the fall. On the bright side: fewest games to 40 steals? Who's going to represent the Nats at the All-Star Game? And who should? Bryce Harper is in without question. Daniel Murphy is almost a lock. Ryan Zimmerman? Maybe. Max Scherzer? Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 9:43:am EST

Koda Glover talked this past winter about the hard lesson he learned last season about the difference between pitching with pain and an injury after he tried to push through a hip issue which was later diagnosed as a torn labrum. “I’ve always pitched hurt, I’ve always played hurt, that’s just how I grew up. “It’s very important to know the difference and I’m still young and I know that so I’m learning from that,” Glover explained, citing one of his teammates as a template for how he should handle such things. Glover, who was DL’d on June 11th with lower back stiffness, and hasn’t resumed throwing since, told reporters Wednesday afternoon, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, that he’s dealing with, “severe inflammation of the rotator cuff,” in his right shoulder, “and two strains,” in the shoulder. Continue to Article

June 28, 2017 7:28:pm EST