Owner: Nats not hosting Strasburg retirement Nationals owner Mark Lerner released a rare statement Friday to respond to a variety of reports about a retirement news conference for Stephen Strasburg at Nationals Park, which was being planned for Saturday but never announced by the team.

Source: Nats’ Strasburg, out since ’22, to retire Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP who hasn’t pitched for the Nationals since June 2022, plans to retire, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Fill-in ump has 3 calls overturned in Nats-Phils Lew Williams, who got the assignment at first base after being called up from Triple-A, went 0-for-3 on challenged calls in the first game of a doubleheader between the Nationals and Phillies.