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Byline: Thomas Boswell The biggest winners at the MLB winter meetings this past week were the New York Mets, who signed free agent Juan Soto for 15 years; the Los [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes BALTIMORE - In the immediate aftermath of the chaos, the story of this year's Major League Baseball trade deadline seemed more about the players who were not [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes FORT WORTH - Shortly after 6 p.m. local time Sunday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred stepped to the podium to open a rare draft in which a first-place [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes SEATTLE - For the first time in the history of the MLB draft, the top two picks came from the same school. That school, LSU, just won [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty For weeks now, mock drafts, analysts, armchair experts and your next-door neighbor have predicted this for the top of Major League Baseball's draft, happening Sunday night in [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes SEATTLE - Even here, surrounded by dozens of peers with unthinkably recent birth years, Baltimore Orioles prospect Jackson Holliday looks young. Even here, where he is just [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty For weeks now, mock drafts, analysts, armchair experts and your next door neighbor have predicted this for the top of Major League Baseball's draft, happening Sunday night [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Every few years, Lane Thomas has packed up and headed to a new organization, off to get new pointers from new coaches and feel a burning need [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty SAN DIEGO - The Washington Nationals added to their young talent pool Wednesday, selecting right-handed pitcher Thad Ward with the first pick of the Rule 5 Draft. [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden SAN DIEGO - If it were any other year before this one, the Washington Nationals would have entered the offseason knowing they held the top pick in [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Late afternoon Thursday, the Washington Nationals made a pair of moves that could lead directly to one or two more in the near future. The club cleared [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden With the Rule 5 draft looming, the Washington Nationals on Tuesday rearranged their 40-man roster and agreed to a contract with a 2022 contributor. The Nationals placed [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden The Washington Nationals completed their MLB draft class Tuesday by selecting six position players and four pitchers over the final 10 rounds. With their 20 picks, the [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden The Washington Nationals used six of their eight picks during the second day of the MLB draft to select hitters, led by Tennessee third baseman Trey Lipscomb [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes LOS ANGELES - The Baltimore Orioles made high school shortstop Jackson Holliday the first pick of the MLB draft Sunday, adding a high-upside infielder and the son [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty With the fifth pick in the MLB draft, the Washington Nationals selected outfielder Elijah Green on Sunday night, landing a top-rate high school position player for the [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Down the hall from the Washington Nationals' clubhouse, the two entrances to the interview room are currently blocked by tall black curtains. A 'Please Do Not Enter' [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga Whether beleaguered lefty Patrick Corbin beat the apparently unbeatable Miami Marlins on a glorious Independence Day at half-full (or half-empty?) Nationals Park is immaterial. The holiday crowd [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty WASHINGTON - At some point this week, the Washington Nationals will add one or two - or even three - players to their 40-man roster to protect [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes The New York Mets did not sign Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker, the 10th pick in this year's MLB draft, before Sunday's 5 p.m. Eastern time deadline, leaving [...]

Byline: Gene Wang The Washington Nationals added seven pitchers Tuesday during the final 10 rounds of the MLB draft. With their first pick of the day, in the 11th round [...]

Byline: Gene Wang The Washington Nationals selected Daylen Lile with their second-round pick in the Major League Baseball draft Monday afternoon, adding a high school outfielder from Kentucky who was [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty It takes a lot to convince the Washington Nationals not to select a pitcher in the first round of each year's MLB draft. But then came Sunday [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes DENVER - Every year since Major League Baseball began holding an amateur draft in 1965, that draft had been held in June. An additional winter draft came [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Mike Rizzo doesn't like to miss road trips. Typically, wherever the Washington Nationals are, their general manager is on the field, tapping into his iPhone, hanging by [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes The Nationals added third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez and right-handed reliever Jefry Rodriguez to their 40-man roster Monday afternoon, meaning both players will be safe from selection in [...]

Byline: Mark Giannotto Maryland pitcher Jake Stinnett became the program's highest Major League Baseball draft pick in seven years Thursday night, when he was chosen 45th overall pick by the [...]

Byline: Mark Giannotto When University of Virginia closer Nick Howard takes the mound this weekend and rears back to fire another fastball, center fielder Brandon Downes will instinctively look back [...]

Byline: James Wagner On Thursday night, the Washington Nationals will make their first selection in the 2014 Major League first-year player draft, the 18th overall. And like many teams, they [...]