Rick Ankiel

Bosoxinjection writer, Steve Peterson described Clay Buchholz’s outing last night as one of “hands of clay”.  Looks more like brains of mush.  We have seen this problem before, it’s not Buchholz’s mechanics, and it’s all in his head. Th...

Yeesh.  So much for that winning streak.  Evan Meek is pretty freaking bad, no?  Honestly though, after seeing that putrid lineup I put the Pirates chances of winning around 10%. There is basically no circumstance in which Josh Harrison is a bette...

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Houston's Jordan Schafer had 22 stolen bases last year, so he's not slow. But even he wasn't about to tag up and test the arm of Rick Ankiel, who showed the Astros' prudence to be warranted by hitting the catcher on the fly. Perhaps it wasn't strictl...

Stephen Strasburg pitched six innings for his second win of the season, to lead the Washington Nationals to a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday.

We’ve updated the Washington Nationals’ Depth Chart to reflect the activation of Rick Ankiel off of the 15-day disabled list. OF Brett Carroll was designated for assignment. With Roger Bernadina really struggling at the start of the seaso...

It’s difficult to envision these types of switches when they are made, but it’s hard not to root for southpaw Jason Lane to pull off his attempt to change from Major League outfielder to Major League relief pitcher. The spirt is willing,...

  I am a St. Louis Cardinal fan dealing with a ton of internal conflict at the moment. I am heartbroken that a longtime favorite of mine, Chris Carpenter is potentially on the shelf for an extended period of time. In the past couple of weeks I h...

Bill Ladson of MLB.com reported on a pair of rumors circling the Washington Nationals yesterday.  The first is a relatively old rumor involving the likelihood of John Lannan being traded before the end of spring training.  The second rumor involved...