TODAY: The Nationals announced Lipscomb’s selection, and Senzel was officially placed on the 10-day IL with a right thumb fracture.
MARCH 28: The Nationals are planning to select infielder Trey Lipscomb, reports Andrew Golden of The Washington Post. Lipscomb would replace Nick Senzel on the active roster; the third baseman broke his thumb in practice before Washington’s Opening Day game. As for the 40-man roster, Lipscomb can take Stephen Strasburg’s spot. The ailing veteran was placed on the 60-day IL earlier today, per Mark Zuckerman of MASN.
Drafted in the third round out of the University of Tennessee in 2022, Lipscomb made his way up to Double-A last season. He hit .284/.310/.438 with a 102 wRC+ in 80 games for the Harrisburg Senators. While he is primarily a third baseman, he has spent time at all four infield positions. He even began to practice as an outfielder this spring, per Golden.
In addition to flexing his defensive versatility, Lipscomb made a strong impression at the plate in big league camp, going 20-for-50 with five walks and only seven strikeouts. However, this spring, manager Davey Martinez told Zuckerman that Lipscomb would only make the roster out of camp if he was going to get regular playing time. Indeed, a few days later, the 23-year-old was reassigned to minor league camp.
However, it seems Lipscomb won’t have to wait long to make his MLB debut after all. Senzel was set to be Washington’s primary third baseman, and presumably, Lipscomb is being called up to fill that hole. The Nationals already have rookie Nasim Nuñez and veteran Ildemaro Vargas on the bench, but neither will stand in Lipscomb’s way if Martinez wants him playing every day. In fact, Zuckerman notes that Lipscomb is expected to be the starting third baseman for the Nationals on Saturday as they take on the Reds for game two of their season.
The 40 man is at 39.. they 60 Day ILd Strasburg today
It seems like the nationals want to negotiate a retirement payout for less than what’s left on the contract, while Strasburg is just hanging out?
yeah Strasburg wanted all of his money but he didn’t want to go through the motions of showing up for spring training, etc… Strasburg wanted to basically retire but collect full payout…Nationals wanted to let him retire at a reduced rate… they couldn’t agree… of course all of this may not be true, my source were the guys on MLB Radio The Lead Off
The rumor was Nats wanted to defer some of the payout not reduce the contract.
Strasburg is effectively retired he’s just still technically on the team and getting paid all the same and the team 60 Days’ him and doesn’t lose the roster spot anyway.
Either way he gets to sit at home and get paid shrug*
The Nats moved 3 other players to the 60-day IL before Strasburg, including a pair who still have an outside chance of pitching within a couple months. And it took an unexpected injury for the Strasburg placement to even happen. Definitely seems like an ongoing cat-and-mouse game behind the scenes. With the team possibly taking the stance that it can’t assess Strasburg’s condition since he didn’t ever show up to camp.
Only 4 more years and $140 millon to go on that disaster of a contract.
I am reminded of when everyone thought it was a ridiculous move by Albert Belle to sit on the IL for 3 years and collect the last $37 million on his contract. That’s a bargain by Strasburg standards
3/105 left, although it looks like it’s only counting 23.5mill each year. I’m assuming that’s a part of the original deferred situation.
Still not great but 3 years is better than 4.
Woohoo!! The first of the Kidz!!
Looking forward to Brady House in 2025
So pumped
Guy was raking in ST. Should be the next mega star, based on very reliable Spring Training stats.
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It’s okay Brady will be Housing Homers soon enough.
A day earlier and Lipscomb would have eligible for the prospect promotion incentive. Even though he’d still get a full year service time this year if he sticks on the big league roster.
Well if a Lipscomb plays well enough to be considered for RoY I think the team would take that miracle either way.
White sox are my team but I love the players that wash has on the major and in the minors. They are going to be a very fun team to watch soon. Cj wood house gore keibert cade hassell green Grey Christian trey garcia. It was like a team I was putting together…. sox better do something.