Earlier in the day, we looked at who are the candidates for the American League and National League MVP award at the quarter mark of the baseball season and now it’s time to look at the guys who are toeing the rubber better than anyone else through 40 games in 2012. American League Candidates: Jake [...]
The San Diego Padres released veteran 2B Orlando Hudson yesterday. It came as no surprise as Hudson was a bust in San Diego since signing a two-year deal with them two winters ago. The O-Dog’s O-Ffense was nothing to write home about. In a year and a half in a Padres’ uniform, Hudson hit .238/.313/.344 [...]
The normally great Stephen Strasburg wasn’t himself on Tuesday afternoon against the San Diego Padres. Strasburg only lasted four innings, while giving up seven hits and four runs. He did K five in those four innings, but something was off with the 23-year-old phenom. Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Johnson offered up some insight into why [...]
Another day, another Washington Nationals catcher goes down for the count. This time it was Sandy Leon. On a play that was eerily similar to Buster Posey‘s injury last season, Leon was run over by San Diego Padres’ 3B Chase Headley and badly injured his ankle. On the replay you could see Leon’s ankle get [...]
The Washington Nationals suffered another big blow on Saturday when they lost catcher Wilson Ramos for the year. Wilson was injured on Saturday night after his right knee buckled and had to be carried off the field. The Nationals PR Department confirmed yesterday that Ramos has a torn ACL in his right knee. The odds [...]
The Washington Nationals made a very shrewd signing yesterday by inking LHP Mike Gonzalez to a minor league contract. Down the line, Gonzalez will definitely have a place in the Nationals’ bullpen as a situational left-handed reliever. Despite his struggles at times, Gonzalez can still get left-handed hitters out. Last year between the Baltimore Orioles [...]
