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Nationals Avoid Arbitration With Six Players, Only Jordan Zimmermann Remains
Update: Amanda Comak of the Washington Times tweets that the club has come to an agreement with shortstop Ian Desmond as well. The deal is for 1 year and $3.8 million, so obviously it does not look...
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Predicting The 2013 Nationals, Part Two: The Infielders
The Washington Nationals arguably have the best power-hitting infield in all of baseball. Between Adam LaRoche, Danny Espinosa, Ryan Zimmerman and Ian Desmond, they can all hit 20 homeruns and have in...
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Fantasy Preview: Ian Desmond
After offseason trade rumors swirled around him before the 2012 season, it was clear that the upcoming season would, like Espinosa’s 2013 will, be a make-or-break year for shortstop Ian Desmond. In the...
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Game 5: Washington Nationals 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 (11)
One day after watching the Cincinnati Reds swat six home runs in a 15-0 nightmare, the Washington Nationals got on the long-ball bandwagon themselves Saturday afternoon, clubbing five round-trippers...
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Desmond Picks Up the Slack in Nats’ 5th Straight Win
It would be folly for a baseball fan to assume their team could possibly make it through a full season injury-free — the truth is every team gets banged up at some point during the long 162-game...
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Nats Bats Awaken After Harvey Departs
After playing like the 2013 Nationals for seven innings on Friday night, Washington jumped in the not-so-way-back machine and put together two innings reminiscent of the 2012 version, overturning a...
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Crystal Ball: Who’ll Be the First Nat in The Hall?
Who will be the first Nat in the Hall? That’s simple: Roger Bernadina. Okay, not really. But I had you going there for a second, right? Anyway, last night, in between Tyler Clippard’s shutdown walk off...
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Ian Desmond Wins Silver Slugger
Mandatory Credit: Joy R. Absalon-USA TODAY Sports It’s starting to become a trend, Ian Desmond once again won the National League Louisville Silver Slugger award given to the top offensive player at...
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This Day in Nationals History: November 8
Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports November 8, 2012 was a special day in Washington Nationals History. The Silver Slugger award’s were handed out on this day and three Nats came home...
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2013 Nationals Review: Ian Desmond
Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports Name: Ian Desmond Position: SS Stat Line: Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2013 27 WSN NL 158 655 600 77 168 38 3 20 80...
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Fun With Other People’s Money – Determining Ian Desmond’s Value
Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports One of my favorite things about professional sports is that it allows us all to lose touch with reality. If McDonald’s started charging $10 for a Quarter...
View ArticleIan Desmond: Extension in Order?
We are now into January and Ian Desmond still has the same contract he had at the end of 2013. After two straight National League Silver Sluggers Desmond should be getting an extension very soon. Out...
View ArticleReport: Ian Desmond Signs Two-Year Deal
The Washington Nationals have now signed three players before the deadline, the next is Ian Desmond. Desmond has signed a two-year deal worth $17.5 million. #Nationals sign Ian Desmond to two-year,...
View ArticleNationals Settle For Two Year Deals with Desmond, Zimmermann
The Washington Nationals came into the offseason with a long list of chores, most of which were taken care of by early December. The team added a top of the line starter in Doug Fister, bolstered the...
View ArticleIan Desmond: National League Ranking
Throughout the month, we will be ranking each Nationals starter and a couple of bench players and see where they rank among the National League, and then among the entirety of Major League Baseball....
View ArticleNats Grand Slam Marlins Again
Grand Slams are cool because they don’t happen that often. The Nationals hitters managed their second in two games as they beat the Marlins 7-1 in Thursday’s game at Nationals Park. Stephen Strasburg...
View ArticleIan Desmond Hits Rock Bottom, Little Else
Think Ian Desmond wants a day off by now? Maybe have one of those “Bryce Harper clear your head” type days? To put it mildly, this has been a rough start to the season. Through the first 22 games...
View ArticlePair of Ninth Inning Homers Lead to Nats Win in Arizona Opener
Monday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks can be described no better than as a see-saw game. In all, there were five lead changes, and it seemed that as soon as one team regained the lead,...
View ArticleLineup Fails Stephen Strasburg in 3-1 Nationals Loss to Diamondbacks
Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg allowed just three runs on eight hits in seven strong innings of work, but his teammates in the starting lineup simply could not solve Arizona Diamondbacks...
View ArticleIan Desmond Carries Nats Offense in 5-1 Win
Struggling to hit this season, Ian Desmond carried a Nationals offense struggling to hit Wednesday afternoon, and the shortstop drove in two runs to help the Nats get past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1....
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