Washington Nationals

In the never-ending game of "who traveled the farthest to see an athlete play," one fan tried to trump others at Citizens Bank Park for Saturday's Washington Nationals-Philadelphia Phillies game by detailing his 4,000-mile trek on a poster.

Imagine if the Washington Nationals had started this way last year.

Come to think of it, the Nationals were supposed to start this way last year. Start this way, finish this way, play all year this way.

"The boys are playing as good as you can possibly play," broadcaster F.P. Santangelo said on MASN when the latest Nationals win ended Friday night.

Bryce Harper hit the century mark in home runs, and he did it in style. 

The 23-year-old reigning National League MVP hit the 100th homer of his career, a grand slam, in the third inning of Thursday's 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves.  

As the Washington Nationals learned in painful fashion just a season ago, in the bigs, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.

While the neighboring New York Mets rose as the power in the the National League East, a flood of injuries combined with underwhelming play by just about everyone not named Bryce Harper ensured that the Nats would be left out of the October conversation.

Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg is battling an illness and was scratched from Wednesday's start as a result. However, he's ready to make his return to the mound. 

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Daniel Murphy was the most powerful hitter on the planet for a couple of weeks last October. But once he cooled down in the World Series, it sure seemed like that was that.

Or maybe not, as it turns out.

The Washington Nationals placed outfielder Ben Revere on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain, per Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com.

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Bryce Harper 2016.

Bronson Arroyo's bid for a comeback with the Washington Nationals appears to be over before the regular season begins because of more shoulder problems.    

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In his first comments since an Al Jazeera America report linked him to alleged performance-enhancing drug use, Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman was defiant Tuesday.