Ryan Zimmerman News

Each year, Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat, selects recipients for the Silver Slugger Award.

A day after the American League winners were chosen, today the National League Gold Glove winners were announced.

Call Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman a two-time award winner. On Wednesday, he won his first Gold Glove Award.

This is a July 26, 2009, file photo showing Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman making a play at third base against the San Diego Padres in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Washington.

According to SI.coma TMs Jon Heyman via Twitter, the Washington Nationals are expected to name Jim Riggleman as manager.

That travel team back in Virginia a decade ago must have played great defense on the left side of the infield.

By the end of the summer, the signing of No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg to a record contract and the installation of Mike Rizzo as general manager generated some actual excitement, even with the club headed toward its second straight 100-loss season.

What kind of year did Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman have with the glove this past season? Strong enough to be considered for the National League Gold Glove Award, which will be announced on Wednesday.

The surprise winner as the best fantasy third baseman in 2009 is Arizona Diamondbacks' Mark Reynolds.

Is there a future front-line starter, closer, starting shortstop and first baseman in the group? It's too early to tell.

It would be easy to overlook the work of Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman at the hot corner.

Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner will be the first to tell you the Lerner Group was not happy that the team finished with the worst record in baseball for the second consecutive season.

I was planning on writing about Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman even before I saw some banter going back and forth in the comments section of one of my prior posts.

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Toronto Blue Jays fans should probably hope general manager Alex Anthopoulos' new special assistant knows better when to heed a young intern's advice than he did almost a decade ago.

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After a second consecutive 100-loss season that featured plenty of missteps, and not just in terms of Ws and Ls - remember the "Natinals" jersey fiasco? remember Jim Bowden? - the Washington Nationals are ready to put a timetable on a turnaround.

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