Nationals say Danny Espinosa is healthy
Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa, who played all of 2013 with a torn rotator cuff and never made it back to the majors after a trip to the DL for a broken wrist in early June, is expected to be healthy entering 2014, general manager Mike Rizzo told The Washington Post earlier in November.
"Espinosa is checked out," Rizzo said. "His shoulder is healthy, and he's ready to commence his baseball activities to get ready for spring training."
Of course, he won't have a job waiting for him. Anthony Rendon took over at second base after Espinosa went down and performed well enough to retain the job heading into 2014.
Espinosa, who averaged 19.0 homers and 18.5 steals in 2011 and 2012, hit .158 with three homers and one steal in 158 at-bats last year and wasn't much better at Triple-A Syracuse, hitting .216 with two homers and six steals in 283 at-bats.
