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There is not much to get excited about these days if you are a fan of the Washington Nationals. The team is still a week's worth of games out of a postseason spot and the sinking feeling that arises when one thinks of Bryce Harper's future looms larger and larger with every passing day. Sending out the first dinger of his Major League career, Robles made sure there was no doubt on this one. Continue to Article

September 17, 2018 10:39:pm EST

Chicago Cubs closer Pedro Strop left Thursday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss some time. Manager Joe Maddon said after the game that Strop was dealing with hamstring soreness and is expected to undergo an MRI. Maddon expects Strop to miss "a couple weeks". Continue to Article

September 13, 2018 11:58:pm EST

The Associated Press is reporting that the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals will be the only teams to pay the luxury tax this offseason. For the first time since the advent of the luxury tax in 2003, the New York Yankees will not be paying the tax. Baseball teams pay a 17.5 percent luxury tax for going over the designated threshold. Continue to Article

September 13, 2018 12:41:pm EST

First it was the Phillies' falling out of the National League East race. Nola was tagged for four runs over five innings in a 5-1 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night (see first take). The Nats swept the series from the free-falling Phillies. Continue to Article

September 13, 2018 12:31:am EST

“I know everybody wants it to be my tooth,” Kieboom told The Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes. In the top of the fifth, Washington Nationals catcher Spencer Kieboom spat out what was thought to have been a tooth before stepping up to the plate. Kieboom later said that he would be getting it fixed on his next off-day. Kieboom’s homer put the Nationals on top in the first game of the doubleheader against the Phillies. Continue to Article

September 11, 2018 6:00:pm EST