Onto the Nats for Mark and his hot wife:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/sport...nationals-sign-utility-veteran-derosa/2042571
Nationals sign utility veteran DeRosa
By: Brian McNally | 12/28/11 8:05 PM
Examiner Staff Writer | Follow Him @Bmcnally14
Eric Risberg/AP Mark DeRosa was limited to just 73 games the last two seasons with the Giants.
Veteran utility player added as bench option
The Nationals officially announced the signing of free agent utility man Mark DeRosa on Wednesday.
News of a possible deal between the two sides had already leaked last week, but DeRosa needed to pass a physical examination after dealing with a partially torn tendon in his left wrist each of the past two seasons. He had been limited to 73 games total in 2010 and 2011 while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
The 36-year-old can play multiple positions, and Washington hopes he solidifies a bench that manager Davey Johnson wasn't entirely happy with by the end of the 2011 season. DeRosa has started games at six different positions during his career with at least 75 starts at shortstop, right field, second base and third base. He will especially help as a back-up first baseman to Adam LaRoche, himself coming off major shoulder surgery -- provided the Nats keep the status quo at that position for the 2012 season.
DeRosa is a career .272 hitter with 179 doubles, 93 home runs and 452 RBI since making his big league debut with the Atlanta Braves in 1998. He has a career on-base percentage of .341. The Nats are DeRosa's seventh big league team. He has played in the postseason six times with a playoff on-base percentage of .414 and a .358 batting average. DeRosa made it to the postseason three times with the Atlanta Braves, twice with the Chicago Cubs and once with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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