The owner, who said a year earlier that the team was off the market, added this was not the offseason to add payroll. The Nationals rank 24th in that category.

Readers respond to local issues such as the Nationals’ agreement ending with MASN, a rejected Virginia state park and more.

That’s a fact, and in court over the years, the ownership group of the Lerner family has linked its inability to sell its broadcast rights with an inability to commit to expensive, long-term player ...

The long nightmare of servitude under the grimy bootheel of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network appears, finally, to be nearly ...

But there was also some uncertainty about the future leadership when the Lerner family, led by patriarch Mark, was "exploring their options" when it came to a potential sale of the team.

Major League Baseball announced that the long-running Orioles/Nationals TV rights dispute has been settled. Read more at MLB ...