A team-by-team look at the National League East entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad: Going campin’: After winning the NL East for the third time in five years, and once again losing their opening playoff series, the Nationals made just a couple of significant off-season additions. Instead, GM Mike Rizzo brings his team to its new spring training facility counting on the returning core to be productive, including RHPs Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg , RF Bryce Harper , and INFs Daniel Murphy and Anthony Rendon.
Category: Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer receives 2016 Cy Young Award
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, shown during the 2016 season, won his second Cy Young Award. NEW YORK – The annual Baseball Writers Association of America awards dinner began with a montage, a season-in-summary highlight reel carefully crafted to spotlight each of the evening’s honorees.
Nationals’ starter Max Scherzer on second Cy Young, home run issues + more…
Max Scherzer gave up 27 home runs in 228 2a 3 innings in 2015, in the first year of his 7-year/$210M deal with the Washington Nationals, which was tied for the fifth-most home runs allowed among qualified National League starters. He gave up 17 in 96 2a 3 IP in the second half after allowing 10 in 132 innings in the first-half of the season.