Out in the Washington Nationals' bullpen, Rafael Soriano throws his warmup pitches softly, except the last one, which he fires as hard as he can. He spins on one foot, walks to the gate and jogs ...

What happens to Tyler Clippard and Drew Storen? By signing Soriano, now the Nationals have three relievers who can close. Before Tuesday, Storen seemed like the incumbent closer and Clippard as ...

Rafael Soriano saved 45 games in 48 chances for the Yankees in 2012 He%27ll shore up a Nationals bullpen that wore down as the season dragged on The Nationals%27 season ended with a four-run ...

The Nationals seemed to have an excess of late-inning options already for this coming season, but their reported addition of closer Rafael Soriano on Tuesday makes the National League's preseason ...

Right-handed relief pitcher Rafael Soriano has agreed to a two-year, $28 million deal with the Washington Nationals, according to CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman. The deal, which was ...

For nearly 15 seconds, Rafael Soriano stood in the grass at the edge of the pitching mound with his hands on his hips, staring blankly at right field. The Nationals’ closer had been entrusted ...

Rafael Soriano is out as the Nationals' closer, and manager Matt Williams said before Saturday's game against the Phillies that he will use a committee to close games. Soriano blew a three-run ...

It was another rough outing for Nationals closer Rafael Soriano during Sunday's game against the Pirates. The right-handed reliever suffered his fifth blown save after allowing three runs on two ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals manager Matt Williams will use a closer-by-committee approach over the next few days while struggling Rafael Soriano seeks to correct the flaws in his delivery.

The Nationals agreed to sign free agent closer Rafael Soriano to a two-year, $28MM contract, Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports (Twitter links). Soriano will receive $7MM in 2013, $7MM in 2014 and the ...

Proving that they are willing to do anything it takes to win a championship, the Washington Nationals have signed free-agent relief pitcher Rafael Soriano, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo!

The Washington Nationals made news today having signed the best free agent pitcher on the market: Rafael Soriano. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports was the first to report (via Twitter) that the ...