The Nationals have announced that right-hander Stephen Strasburg has been activated off the disabled list and will start Tuesday night against Atlanta.
Strasburg has completed his rehab from a neck injury that prevented him from pitching since May 29.
Not that he was pitching well previously. Strasburg, who has struggled at times since the ballyhooed start to his big-league career, hit rock-bottom in May. He allowed 16 runs on 22 hits in 13 innings over his last four starts.
He returns with a 6.55 ERA that is more than double what he has compiled in any full season.