José Tena - MLB News, Rumors, & Updates

Homer in shutout win Tena went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run score in Wednesday's win over the Rangers.

Impact Tena kicked off the scoring with a solo shot to straightaway center in the third off of Kumar Rocker. The platoon lefty mostly only bats as the designated hitter, but got his second start of the season in left field against the right-handed pitcher. The 25-year-old is slashing .233/.304/.393 with seven homers and 20 RBI in 206 at-bats against righties this year, as this is where he will get most of his starts.

23 HOURS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Cade Cavalli has second double-digit strikeout game in row as Nationals beat Rangers 6-0

Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over six innings for his second double-digit strikeout game in a row as Washington beat Texas 6-0

1 DAY AGO • Associated Press

Rangers beat the Nationals 5-0 behind Cal Quantrill's 7 innings, Justin Foscue's homer

Cal Quantrill gave up four hits in seven innings, Justin Foscue hit a home run and the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 5-0

2 DAYS AGO • Associated Press

Losing out on playing time Tena is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

Impact Tena has been included in the lineup just once in the Nationals' last six games, missing two starts against right-handed pitching during that span. Rather than calling upon Tena to hold down the strong side of a platoon at designated hitter, the Nationals may be content to rotate players at that spot to open up more at-bast for the likes of Brady House and Andres Chaparro.

4 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Taking seat Tena is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Cubs.

Impact The left-handed-hitting Tena typically plays against most right-handers, but he'll take a seat Thursday versus righty Kevin Gausman, who has reverse splits. Andres Chaparro will occupy the designated hitter slot for the Nationals.

AUGUST 13 • ROTOWIRE

Alex Bregman's first career 3-homer game helps Cubs rout Nationals 12-6

Alex Bregman hit three homers in a game for the first time and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Chicago Cubs routed the Washington Nationals 12-6

AUGUST 13 • Associated Press

Withheld from lineup versus lefty Tena is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

Impact The Nationals will keep the left-handed-hitting Tena on the bench for the second day in a row while the Cubs send another lefty (David Peterson) to the hill. Daylen Lile will spell Ortiz at designated hitter and will bat eighth.

AUGUST 12 • ROTOWIRE

Nationals snap Cincinnati ace Chase Burns' 12-game winning streak, beating Reds 8-2

Andrés Chaparro drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals snapped Cincinnati ace Chase Burns’ 12-game winning streak, beating the Reds 8-2 on Saturday night

AUGUST 9 • Associated Press

Taking hold of platoon role Tena will start at designated hitter and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Phillies.

Impact Tena will be included in the lineup for a fifth consecutive matchup versus a right-handed pitcher (Andrew Painter) and looks poised to hold down a strong-side platoon role at DH after James Wood (oblique) was placed on the injured list Tuesday. For the season, Tena has slashed .230/.291/.374 in 203 plate appearances versus righties.

AUGUST 5 • ROTOWIRE

On bench against righty again Tena is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.

Impact After starting in each of the Nationals' previous five consecutive matchups with right-handed starters, Tena has now been left on the bench against righties Shane Bieber and Trey Yesavage for the final two tilts with Toronto. Rather than leaning Tena as their regular designated hitter, the Nationals may prefer to rotate a number of different players at that lineup spot.

JULY 29 • ROTOWIRE

Not in Tuesday's lineup Tena is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's contest versus the Blue Jays.

Impact The left-handed-swinging Tena had drawn five straight starts against righties (with four of them coming from the designated hitter slot), but he'll begin this one on the bench as the Blue Jays send righty Shane Bieber to the hill. James Wood will fill the DH spot Tuesday, and Daylen Lile, Jacob Young and Dylan Crews will patrol the outfield.

JULY 28 • ROTOWIRE

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JULY 27 • MLB.COM

Hunter Goodman's go-ahead homer in 8th inning lifts Rockies to 8-7 victory over Nationals

Hunter Goodman hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to offset a pair of two-run shots by CJ Abrams, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 8-7

JULY 22 • Associated Press

CJ Abrams, Luis García Jr. both hit their 20th homers as the Nationals rout the Astros 8-2

CJ Abrams and Luis García Jr. both hit their 20th homers of the season, and the Washington Nationals pounded the Houston Astros 8-2

JULY 9 • Associated Press

Smacks late homer as pinch-hitter Tena went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to Houston.

Impact Tena was brought out for the ninth inning to pinch-hit for Jacob Young, and the former answered the call by taking Alimber Santa deep to right-center field for a solo homer. It was the fifth long ball of the season for Tena, two of which have come over his last four games. He is slashing .239/.303/.411 with 19 RBI, three steals and 16 extra-base hits across 178 plate appearances this season.

JULY 8 • ROTOWIRE

Jose Altuve homers, Nick Allen drives in 3 as the Astros beat the Nationals 6-3

Jose Altuve homered, Nick Allen drove in a season-high three runs and the Houston Astros beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Tuesday night

JULY 8 • Associated Press

Pops fourth homer Tena went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's win over the Pirates.

Impact Getting the start at DH and batting third, Tena took Mitch Keller deep in the third inning for his fourth homer of the year. Tena has mainly been an option off the bench against right-handed pitching of late, amassing just 49 plate appearances since the beginning of June with a .222/.286/.378 slash line one homer, two steals, five runs and five RBI.

JULY 4 • ROTOWIRE

García and Lile each homer twice as the Nationals rout the Pirates 9-5

Luis García Jr. and Daylen Lile each homered twice, and José Tena also went deep for Washington as the Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5

JULY 4 • Associated Press

Phillies score 8 runs in the ninth inning and rally past the Nationals 14-9

Bryson Stott’s three-run homer highlighted Philadelphia’s eight-run outburst in the ninth inning and the Phillies rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 14-9 on Tuesday night

JUNE 24 • Associated Press

Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams a late scratch vs. Phillies with left side tightness

Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams was a late scratch for Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia due to left side tightness

JUNE 23 • Associated Press

Luis García Jr. homers and CJ Abrams gets 3 hits to help Nationals beat Mariners 8-3

Luis García Jr. broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-3

JUNE 13 • Associated Press

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Settling back into bench role Tena is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.

Impact Tena will be on the bench for the second straight day following a stretch of five games in which he made four starts at designated hitter and went 1-for-13 with a walk and a run scored. The spike in playing time was tied to Dylan Crews missing out on a couple of starts due to a hand injury, but with Crews having since moved past that issue, Tena's opportunities could be more scarce moving forward.

JUNE 3 • ROTOWIRE

James Wood, Luis García Jr. each homer and Nationals beat Padres 4-2

James Wood and Luis García Jr. each homered, Zack Littell allowed two earned runs and the Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 in the rubber game of the series

MAY 31 • Associated Press

Nationals score 6 in the 7th, beat the Padres 9-4 despite Tatis' first home run of the season

Luis García Jr.’s two-run single highlighted a six-run seventh inning for the Washington Nationals as they rallied to a 9-4 win over the San Diego Padres

MAY 30 • Associated Press

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