Topic: Mike Rizzo

Johnson agrees to terms to manage Nationals

Davey Johnson, who guided the United States in the 2009 World Baseball Classic but hasn't managed a Major League Baseball team in 11 years, is set to be the new Washington Nationals manager.Mike Rizzo, general manager of the National League ...
Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman resigned on Thursday from the Major League Baseball club, saying the franchise did not want to commit to him in the long haul.Riggleman quit because Washington was not prepared to pick up the option on his ...
Jayson Werth agrees to $126 million, 7-year contract with Washington NationalsSome general managers had just arrived at the winter meetings and some were not even at the winter meetings yet when the Washington Nationals made a startling announcement Sunday evening: They had ...

Nationals sign GM Rizzo to five-year extension

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Nationals have signed general manager Mike Rizzo to a five-year contract extension that includes naming him executive vice president of baseball operations, the team said Tuesday."Mike Rizzo is unquestionably one of the best baseball minds in the ...
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo gets 5-year contract extensionThe Washington Nationals have signed general manager Mike Rizzo to a five-year contract extension and promoted him to executive vice president of baseball operations.The Nationals, who made the announcement Tuesday, increased their ...
Washington Nationals sending No. 1 draft pick Bryce Harper to Arizona Fall LeagueTop overall draft pick Bryce Harper is heading to the Arizona Fall League, where the Washington Nationals plan to tweak his batting stroke.Harper turns 18 on Saturday, and he ...
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo says top offseason priority is adding 'front-of-the-rotation' guyNationals general manager Mike Rizzo says finding a top starting pitcher will be his "No. 1 priority going into the offseason."Washington thought it had such a player in Stephen Strasburg ...

Nationals hurler Strasburg has surgery

Washington Nationals rookie hurler Stephen Strasburg had elbow surgery Friday that could keep him out of the starting rotation until the 2012 season.Lewis Yocum performed the procedure in Los Angeles, taking a piece of ligament from the 22-year-old player's left ...

Surgery likely for Nationals phenom Strasburg

Washington Nationals pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg has a torn elbow ligament that will likely require surgery, bringing his rookie season to a sudden end.Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Friday that an MRI exam on Strasburg's right elbow showed a ...

Nationals' pitcher Stephen Strasburg out with arm injury

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Nationals have placed rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list with an injured right forearm, the team said on Monday.It is the second time the highly touted 2009 top draft pick, who only made his ...