#Davey Martinez

WASHINGTON - The Nationals face an uncomfortable reality they've been all-too-familiar with over the years: Stephen Strasburg is hurt again. He hit the IL on Tuesday for the 15th time in his career and fifth time over the last three seasons. It came after he missed the first two months of the season recovering from last summer's thoracic outlet…

Davey Martinez talks often about his routine of going home - once he finally leaves the ballpark every day - and re-watching games each night during the season. Following his fifth campaign on the bench in Washington, D.C., which the Nationals finished at 55-107, the bench boss spent some time looking back to assess what did and didn't work for a…

Baseball's All-Star break provides teams a chance to rest and reflect after playing basically every day for the last three months. And while there have been twists and turns in 2022 (from Joe Girardi's early exit in Philly to a Mets rotation mired with injuries), the National League East is playing out exactly how those in Vegas saw things in…

We always knew the Nationals weren't going to be good this season. We just had no idea how bad it would get, not only in terms of their 55-107 record, but the fact they traded Juan Soto in early August in an attempt to completely revamp their farm system. Sometimes, it's tougher to predict how a bad season will play out than a good one. That…

Injuries, struggling player development and in-season trades. When you ask Washington Nationals fans to describe the 2022 season those are often words you hear. There have been multiple signings by Mike Rizzo that are considered "failures". Nelson Cruz, Cèsar Hernandez and Steve Cishek have gotten to the point where Nationals fans dread to see them…