Ex-Nats reliever Sean Doolittle exits after '11 incredible seasons' - ESPN
Sean Doolittle, a two-time All-Star reliever who helped the Washington Nationals to a World Series title, has announced his retirement.
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Nationals reach multiyear extension with Mike Rizzo - ESPN
The Washington Nationals have agreed to a multiyear contract extension with president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo, the team announced Wednesday.
Nationals owner says team not hosting Strasburg retirement ceremony - ESPN
WASHINGTON — There will be no retirement news conference for Stephen Strasburg at Nationals Park this weekend, though there's no indication anything has changed about Washington's 2019 World Series MVP deciding to retire.
Reports - Nationals manager Dave Martinez gets 2-year extension - ESPN
Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the club he led to the 2019 World Series championship, according to multiple reports.
Pirates make LSU's Paul Skenes top pick of 2023 MLB draft - ESPN
SEATTLE — Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, star teammates on the LSU team that won the Men's College World Series, were selected with the first two picks of Major League Baseball's amateur draft on Sunday, becoming the first pair of teammates to go 1-2 in draft history.
Jeff Passan's early MLB trade deadline preview - ESPN
Every Los Angeles Angels victory, every day they spend over .500, every win-now move they make reinforces what people across baseball now almost universally believe: They will not trade Shohei Ohtani, the best player in the world, before the 6 p.m. ET deadline Aug. 1. Of course, a year ago today, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo went on a D.C. radio station and said he was not trading Juan Soto. Two months later, Soto was a San Diego Padre.
The X factors that will shape the 2023 MLB trade deadline - ESPN
It was about this time last year that a survey of club executives around the league first forecast that the Nationals might choose to deal Juan Soto, and Washington general manager Mike Rizzo responded with ardent denials. «We are not trading Juan Soto,» Rizzo said in a radio interview. «We made it clear to his agent and to the player.… We have every intention of building this team around Juan Soto, and we've spoken to his agent many, many times.
Nationals' Stephen Strasburg's status unclear for 2023 after injury-riddled 2022
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