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While the Nationals rejoice over their thrilling win to open their new park, a pair of injuries could put a damper on their jubilance.
After rolling out to Chipper Jones in the fifth inning, Elijah Dukes was pulled from the game and placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game. Dukes has been battling […]

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Manny Acta met with Felipe Lopez and Dmitri young late Friday night, telling them that they would both begin the season on the bench. The news essentially locks Nick Johnson and Ronnie Belliard in as the team’s starting first and second baseman to open the season.
“Obviously those were not easy decisions,” Acta said, “but […]

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In a stunning move, the Nationals have released John Patterson. Patterson started on Opening Day for the Nationals in 2007, but was limited to just 15 starts combined in 2006 and 2007 due to a series of nerve problems in his pitching arm. He had surgery to correct the nerve problem last year […]

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Wily Mo Pena, the Nationals starting left fielder, strained an oblique muscle yesterday during batting practice that will likely sideline him for the beginning of the season.
The MRI on the area revealed a Grade 2 strain of the left oblique. A team spokesman said the injury was a “significant tear of the muscle,” and […]

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With three weeks to go before the beginning of the season, Jeff Weaver is still without a team. With Weaver, Kyle Lohse and Corey Patterson, Scott Boras hasn’t exactly had the off-season he probably imagined for the trio. Patterson had to sign a minor league deal to stick with a team, while Lohse […]

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Odalis Perez is having problems obtaining a work visa, limiting him to just minor league camp at this time. When he gets his work visa, he will then be able to pitch against major league competition.
Perez threw his first outing on the back fields today. He pitched three innings and retired the nine […]

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UPDATE (2-19-08; 1:58 PM): The Nationals have signed Odalis Perez to a non-guaranteed minor league contract. His contract will pay him $850,000 if he were to make the team. He received a similar offer from the Boston Red Sox, but he felt he’d have a better chance at making the roster if […]

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The Washington Nationals won their case against Felipe Lopez in their arbitration hearing today. Lopez was asking for $5.2 million from the Nationals, but will instead receive the Nationals offer of $4.9 million.
Lopez stated that he would have never gone to arbitration had the Nationals agreed to settle at the midpoint, which was $5.05 […]

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Jon Rauch and the Washington Nationals agreed to a two-year contract worth $3.2 million to avoid going to arbitration. The deal is broken down in a way that Rauch will earn $1.2 million in 2008 and $2 million in 2009. The deal also has a club option for $2.9 million in 2010. The […]

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According to the Rocky Mountain News, Livan Hernandez is now telling interested teams that he has an offer from the Washington Nationals.
With the Nationals need to fill more than one spot in the rotation, Livan would make perfect sense. He would likely come pretty cheap for the amount of innings he would provide […]

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