MacKenzie Gore

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The Nats have taken a big first step from horrendous to competitive. Now they need to add experience to show them how to get back to good.

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Thus the Nationals' way back continues, through fits and starts, while their last great homegrown superstar moves on his way.

"What I love is the resilience of these guys," said manager Dave Martinez. "They don't quit. We had the lead, we fell down, we kept coming."

There's at least a potential blueprint, just 45 minutes up the road, that shows the Nationals there's a path out of the darkness.

“San Diego’s got a good one," Gore said of Musgrove, and the two plan to remain in close contact despite the trade that separated them.

The San Diego Padres have placed pitcher MacKenzie Gore on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation, the team announced Tuesday. Gore left Monday’s 12-4 loss to the Tigers in the fifth inning with what manager Bob Melvin called elbow soreness. He replaced Sean Manaea in the fourth...

Keith Law remains higher on MacKenzie Gore, listing him at No. 59, than most evaluators.

The Padres, over the past two seasons, have traded much of their minor-league depth for major-league talent.

Once viewed as the sport's top pitching prospect, Gore has lost that label, retained his talent and acquired perspective.

Padres minor-leaguers get to continue their development by playing in real games with actual stakes.

From pitchers who could impact this MLB season to those just starting their pro career, plenty of top shelf arms to watch this MiLB season.

All indications are that MacKenzie Gore is back to being the promising prospect he was going into 2020.

A most unusual 2020 delayed the top prospect's path to the Padres' rotation.

This season's unusual structure might alter the top pitching prospects' path.

John Sickels provides an update to his Top 100 MLB prospects list, including an 11 additional prospects that just missed the cut.

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