Ballbug (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Teixeira interested in playing for Nats — Maryland native intrigued by idea of returning home — WASHINGTON — It has been reported several times that the Nationals have interest in signing free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. MLB.com has learned that the feeling is mutual …
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Nationals not pursuing Manny — Team interested in Rockies' Gonzalez to fill center field — WASHINGTON — There have been several reports recently that the Nationals have expressed interest in free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. Not so, according to general manager Jim Bowden.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Closer Cordero drawing interest — Right-hander rumored to be targeted by handful of clubs — WASHINGTON — A week after becoming a free agent, former Nationals closer Chad Cordero is drawing interest from several Major League clubs. According to a baseball source, the Angels, Mets …
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Nationals targeting slugger to clean up — After struggling at plate in '08, Washington looking for punch — WASHINGTON — Baseball's annual General Managers Meetings commence Monday in Dana Point, Calif., and Nationals GM Jim Bowden will try his best to improve an offense that finished near …
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Nats cut ties with closer Cordero — Wagner, Orr also outrighted, decline Minors assignments — WASHINGTON — The Nationals outrighted right-handers Chad Cordero and Ryan Wagner and infielder Pete Orr to Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday. All three declined the assignment and elected to become free agents …
MLB (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
If the Nationals sign Mark Teixeira, what are their plans for Nick Johnson? Would they be better off landing a high-priced slugger or a pitcher? Beat reporter Bill Ladson answers these and other questions in his mailbag.
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
This season will be Randy Knorr's second go-round as the Washington Nationals' Bullpen Coach, with the first coming when he replaced John Wetteland in June of '06, after Mr. Wetteland and the DC skipper at the time, Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, had what were described by MLB.com's Bill Ladson as "philsophical differences" in an article entitled, "Wetteland let go as bullpen coach". As...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The last week of November...With the GM Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada under two weeks away, from December 8th-11th, and very little in the way of player movement thus far this offseason, things should start to pick up fairly soon... MLB.com's Bill Ladson got the DC trade talk started up again today with an article entitled, "A's look at Johnson's medical records", where Mr. Ladson...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors : Odalis Perez Rumors — By Tim Dierkes [November 24 at 9:24pm CST] — 9:24pm: I can't remember a day where so many rumors were floated and then debunked. The latest: Perez's agent and a source familiar with the team's thinking tell MLB.com's Bill Ladson that no multiyear deal is in the works with the Nationals.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Bill Ladson of MLB.com reports a mutual interest between the Washington Nationals and talented free agent Mark Teixeira. "[Maryland] is his home," mentions an anonymous source in Ladson's article. The source also sets Miguel Cabrera's eight-year, $153MM deal as a benchmark for Teixeira's next signing. Presumably, any hometown discount afforded the Nationals would also apply to...
MLB (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Is Austin Kearns finished as a starter? Will Lastings Milledge become a corner outfielder. Bill Ladson answers fans questions in this week's mailbag.
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
According to an unnamed source, Bill Ladson for MLB.com reports that free agent 1B Mark Teixeira is interested in playing for the Washington Nationals, which is near where he’s from in Maryland. “[Maryland] is his home,” said the source. “In some instances, I think players often tend to look at that in a different light than [...]
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
In a report for MLB.com, Bill Ladson states that the Washington Nationals are very interested and big players for free agent 1B Mark Teixeira and free agent 2B Orlando Hudson. Ladson quotes the O-Dog as being interested in playing for Washington: “I have interest in any Major League team that has interest in me,” Hudson said. [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Some Tuesday evening links: Odalis Perez is waiting to sign a new contract this offseason, says MLB.com's Bill Ladson after a conversation with Perez' agent. Ladson also notes that Nats' GM Jim Bowden has expressed interest in resigning the lefty starter. Perez did start 30 games last season with Washington. The Braves have a significant interest in Derek Lowe, reports Mark Bowman...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
John "Cool Hand" Lannan's A Topps All-Star... DC starter John Lannan was named to the Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team today, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson's article entitled, "Lannan named to Rookie All-Star Team", putting him in the same company as Reds' rookie Joey Votto, "The Cuban Missile" Alexei Ramirez, Cubs' backstop Geovany Soto and others. Finally the world will...
