Shairon Martis News

Is Mike Morse being considered for any Major League role in 2010? He was as impressive as any player on the team.

At the beginning of the year, it was the key to whether the Washington Nationals would be improved enough to reach the realm of respectability.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- Only a season of unrelenting ugliness permitted J.D. Martin, age 26, to become a major league baseball player this year. By the time he joined the Washington Nationals in late July, promoted from Class AAA Syracuse, Martin was filling a void no healthy team should have. Months earlier, Martin was 10th or 12th -- maybe even lower -- on the organization's starting pitcher depth chart. If Martin has since become a feel-good story, one must first forget the circumstances that brought him here.

I recently read about the September callups for the Nationals. I was shocked not to see Matt Chico's name on the list.

The Washington Nationals ' much-anticipated September call-ups include a couple of names long suspected for promotion as well as a few surprises.

By Mark Zuckerman Sunday, August 23, 2009 Article Comments For three months now, Josh Willingham has put up offensive numbers that rival those of the game's biggest sluggers.

Make up a list of players traded in the last month who will impact the post-season hopes for their new teams.

For a team entrusting so many baseball games to pitchers with track records measured in months, not years, consistency is frequently the price the Washington Nationals are going to pay.

Brandon Snyder's tiebreaking double and Jeff Fiorentino's big night boost Norfolk at Harbor Park.

The Nationals sure don't appear to have gotten value for either player. The club obtained three minor league pitching prospects - none with a winning record and one coming off Tommy John surgery.

For a team entrusting so many Baseball games to pitchers with track records measured in months, not years, consistency is frequently the price the Washington Nationals are going to pay.

On a night where the Syracuse Chiefs offense erupted for eight runs, when starting pitcher Shairon Martis blanked the opposition through seven innings and closer Saul Rivera squashed a late rally, the Chiefs won with defense.

Following Wednesday's 3-1 victory over the Mets, the Nationals placed right-hander Jordan Zimmermann on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 19, because of right elbow discomfort and recalled right-hander Collin Balester from Triple-A Syracuse.

The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is reporting its first deficit in 14 years as the recession took its toll on the box office, fundraising and endowments.

By Mark Zuckerman Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Article Comments The Washington Nationals have until Aug.

For the 54th time in the first 91 games, the Nationals will send out a rookie as their starting pitcher Monday against the Mets.

Saturday, July 18, 2009 Article ) Ryan Zimmerman doesn't want to overthink his throwing woes, and the Washington Nationals don't want their star third baseman thinking too much about it, either.

Change-Up July 08, 2009 Capitol Crisis? By Patrick Sullivan **Update below** The Washington Nationals took to the field in Denver last night for the 81st time in regular season play and just as they had 56 other times in 2009, they lost a baseball game.

OK, I'll be honest. I started to write a long, drawn-out column about the state of the Washington Nationals, why they are so bad, and how to keep perspective.

In Manny Acta's first two seasons as Nationals manager, the only two pitchers to record complete games were Tim Redding and Jason Bergmann.