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 ...

Rafael Soriano stood outside the Nationals news conference room, not far from his new clubhouse, and reflected on the transformation he witnessed in Washington, a change many across baseball have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images General manager Mike Rizzo left no doubt that Rafael Soriano will be the Nationals’ new closer after signing a two-year, $28 million deal, saying: “Suffice it ...