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Zimmerman Makes His Case for a Gold Glove<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Nationals Insider: Zimmerman in elite company<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
Washington Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> is as well regarded at his position as anyone in the game, but he has two things holding him back from winning a gold glove — 15 errors and playing for a last place team. There are two other numbers to keep in mind — he leads the league in chances and he has “13 Web Gems” on ESPN’s Sportscenter, the overall MLB leader. His 30 game hitting streak earlier this season, first All-Star appearance and latest walk-off home run shouldn’t hurt either.<\/p>\n

Nationals’ bullpen may undergo more changes<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
After two in-season rebuilds, the Nats bullpen is respectable, but GM Mike Rizzo<\/span> wants to keep improving it. Good, it still needs it. Had D.C. had an average bullpen, it would have at least ten more wins than now.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Desmond, four pitchers and coach coming up<\/b><\/a> – nationals.com<\/i>
Your September callups: Ross Detwiler<\/span>, Marco Estrada<\/span>, Logan Kensing<\/span> and Zack Segovia<\/span> and Ian Desmond<\/span>. All of them, save Desmond, a shortstop, are pitchers. Desmond is now finally in the big leagues, five seasons after his strong spring training. He struggled in the minors up until this year after hitting .400+ well into March in spring 2005. He even played in the exhibition game against the Mets that year and then disappeared from D.C. fans’ radar. He has a big opportunity here to make an impression, since there is a great deal of talk about moving Cristian Guzman<\/span> to second base.<\/p>\n

Detwiler returns after halving his ERA in AAA Syracuse to a respectable 3.10. Marco Estrada, who was awful out of the bullpen in his 2008 cup of coffee, is now a starter. Segovia has a respectable sub-4 ERA while Kensing is under 3 after a terrible stint here earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Washington Nationals<\/a>, Nats<\/a>, Ryan Zimmerman<\/a>, Ian Desmond<\/a><\/p>\n

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