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[sportsfan882]

Byron Kerr ‏ @bkerr32
Per @hbgsenators, C James Skelton promoted to AAA Syracuse and C Beau Sunbury promoted to Harrisburg from Potomac.

[Rasta]

Rafael Rojas C ‏ @rafaelrojasc
VZ journalist @GerardoBoscan spoke with Sandy Leon. Player told him he should be back in action in approximately 4 weeks #Nats @acomak
Retweeted by Pete Kerzel

[nobleisthyname]

Nats announce their emergency catcher should Flores or Maldonado get hurt:

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Tragically hilarious.

[Obed_Marsh]

Nats announce their emergency catcher should Flores or Maldonado get hurt:

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Can you imagine how many wild pitches HRod would throw?

[imref]

Comak with an update:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/21/flores-adjusting-to-his-role-as-starting-catcher/

Leon will be cleared next week to resume baseball activities, once he's ready he's likely to come back to the big club.

[Kevrock]

Good news.

[Slateman]

Flores has been, by far, the better defensive catcher on the team

[GburgNatsFan]

Next week? I guess that wasn't such a terrible sprain.

Great news.

Comak with an update:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/21/flores-adjusting-to-his-role-as-starting-catcher/

Leon will be cleared next week to resume baseball activities, once he's ready he's likely to come back to the big club.

[Slateman]

Sprains can be like that. And I imagine that a training staff can better rehab them then you can by yourself with a bag of ice and ace bandage


I still expect Flores to be catching 5 out of 6 games

[imref]

Flores has been, by far, the better defensive catcher on the team

he's been terrific, especially given that he hasn't had an off day in about a week.

[comish4lif]

Comak with an update:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/21/flores-adjusting-to-his-role-as-starting-catcher/

Leon will be cleared next week to resume baseball activities, once he's ready he's likely to come back to the big club.

It's a good thing that they immediately put Leon on the 60-day DL. So, we can now wait until mid-July to activate him...

[Lintyfresh85]

It's a good thing that they immediately put Leon on the 60-day DL. So, we can now wait until mid-July to activate him...

They changed their mind.

Leon was put on 15 day DL, Ramos was placed on the 60.

[tomterp]

Flores has been, by far, the better defensive catcher on the team

And not so bad offensively, either.   From the W. Times article linked above,

Since Ramos was injured May 12, Flores has hit .292 with a .308 on-base percentage and a .458 slugging percentage. He connected for his first home run of the season Sunday in the Nationals‘ 9-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. As a backup, Flores hit .200 with one extra-base hit.

I'll take that triple slash out of my catcher any day.

[imref]

i'm really starting to worry about burning Flores out.  I'm guessing if we win tonight then Maldonado is playing tomorrow.

[PANatsFan]

It's a good thing that they immediately put Leon on the 60-day DL. So, we can now wait until mid-July to activate him...

Leon is on the 60 day DL? WTF?

[imref]

No, ramos is on the 60 day, leon was on the 15 day

[tomterp]

Bad news on Wilson, the damage to his ACL was so severe that they could not repair it surgically yet, requires further healing time before they tackle it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/wilson-ramos-needs-second-knee-surgery-out-for-the-season/2012/06/02/gJQAfYgX9U_blog.html

 

[aspenbubba]

Bad news on Wilson, the damage to his ACL was so severe that they could not repair it surgically yet, requires further healing time before they tackle it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/wilson-ramos-needs-second-knee-surgery-out-for-the-season/2012/06/02/gJQAfYgX9U_blog.html

 

He is at the Steadman-Hawkins clinic. That is where Kobe went and got in trouble. It is the best place for knee ligament replacement surgery bar none. I have friends who are "regular customers "there.

[PANatsFan]

Why don't they DFA Marshmellow?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

when they need the 40 man slot, they may . . .

[imref]

Amanda Comak reports that Maldonado is dealing with severe back pain and that Harper took reps tonight in case he has to fill in at catcher.

Wow.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Surprised they did not bring in an extra bullpen arm and DL Maldonado after all the bullpen use last night.

[zimm_da_kid]

maldonado to the dl, moore back up with the big club

[welch]

maldonado to the dl, moore back up with the big club

Is this a joke? It's too absurd to be true, but...

[Just checked. No joke, unless the god of baseball has a nasty sense of humor]

[HalfSmokes]

DH for interleague? makes sense