Adam LaRoche still wants to re-sign with Nationals, keeping options open
As his negotiations with the Nationals remain stagnant, free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche said Friday evening that he is in talks with multiple opposing clubs, as well. LaRoche maintained his...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche, Nationals agree to terms (Updated)
The Nationals and Adam LaRoche ended their offseason-long stalemate and agreed to terms on a two-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. (Update, 4:17 p.m.: LaRoche passed his...
View ArticleMichael Morse becomes trade bait
Adam LaRoche’s agreement with the Nationals today, coupled with an outfield chocked full of players whose contractual rights the Nationals control for years to come, leads to the clear conclusion...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche on his return to the Nationals
A day after his months-long standoff and negotiations with the Nationals culminated in a two-year deal, the return to Washington he long sought, Adam LaRoche spoke with reporters from his home in...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche: ‘It’ll be disappointing if we were to repeat last year’
A familiar and popular face rolled into the Nationals clubhouse in Viera on Friday morning with a well-known child in tow. Adam LaRoche, the player Manager Davey Johnson made repeated personal...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche, Jayson Werth to make spring debut, Wilson Ramos waiting to slide
Bryce Harper, off to a scalding 6-for-8 start to spring, did in fact talk his way into today’s starting lineup. Davey Johnson slotted him in left field and hitting second, between Denard Span (who...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche hasn’t been asked to replace Mark Teixeira in World Baseball...
Adam LaRoche had heard about the forearm injury Mark Teixeira suffered yesterday, which knocked the Yankee out of the World Baseball Classic and created an opening at first base for Team USA. But...
View ArticleJayson Werth to hit second, Bryce Harper third in Davey Johnson’s ideal lineup
Nationals Manager Davey Johnson wouldn’t make it official now — that’s not his way of operating so far in advance — but the way he talked about the Nationals’ regular season lineup on Wednesday was as...
View ArticleThat time Tim Hudson threw Adam LaRoche a knuckleball
After Tim Hudson’s first pitch to Adam LaRoche in the second inning of Thursday’s 4-3 loss in Lake Buena Vista, LaRoche looked down in disbelief in the batter’s box and laughed. So did home plate...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche leaves with back stiffness, could sit Saturday
First baseman Adam LaRoche exited the Nationals’ 15-0 loss to the Reds tonight in the seventh inning with stiffness in his back, an ailment he had received treatment for prior to the game. Manager...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche out of today’s Nationals lineup with back stiffness, Chad Tracy in
First baseman Adam LaRoche will miss at least today’s game with stiffness in his back, which forced him to leave Friday night’s 15-0 loss in the seventh inning. LaRoche hopes to return Sunday, but...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche returns to lineup, says back tightness is improved
To help loosen his back and alleviate the tightness that held him out of two games, Adam LaRoche received treatment while in Cincinnati. Once back in Washington on Monday’s off day, he visited a...
View ArticleDavey Johnson rests Adam LaRoche to get Tyler Moore some playing time
Adam LaRoche, the Nationals‘ $24 million first baseman, isn’t sitting out Monday’s series opener against the Marlins in Miami because of his creaky back (which has improved) or because the opposing...
View ArticleDavey Johnson sits Adam LaRoche for a mental break; more lineup changes may come
Nationals Manager Davey Johnson found Adam LaRoche following Tuesday’s lackluster 2-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals – the team’s third shutout in three games and one in which LaRoche fell deeper into...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche on his early slump: ‘You just swing through it’
Adam LaRoche, 33, has played baseball for a lifetime, the past nine years in the major leagues. Entering Friday’s game, he had 4,739 major league plate appearances under his belt. But even with all...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche will remain in the lineup, and Wilson Ramos is returning to it
Manager Davey Johnson knew before today’s game Tony Cingrani would be a difficult matchup for Adam LaRoche. A deceptive, hard-throwing, left-handed strikeout machine was not the prescription to end...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche snaps long hit drought
After he notched his first hit on Monday night, a single to left field in the second inning that snapped an 0 for 26 drought, Adam LaRoche was relieved. He is a notoriously slow starter, and this...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche showing signs of snapping out of his slump
Over the past week, Adam LaRoche has shown signs of snapping out of his trademark season-opening slump. He has reached base 14 of the past 20 plate appearances. Six of those times were walks and one...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche undecided on using banned pink bats on Mother’s Day
Adam LaRoche has used pink bats on Mother’s Day in the past. But clubhouse manager Mike Wallace told LaRoche on Friday that this Mother’s Day he couldn’t use his pink bats, made by Minnesota-based...
View ArticleAdam LaRoche is heating up
Adam LaRoche traffics in stillness. He stands in the batter’s box with the intensity of a shopper browsing tabloids in the checkout line. He possesses an abiding passion for hunting, a main requirement...
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