Young (shoulder) will start in center field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Shoulder soreness forced Young from Thursday's game and kept him out of the lineup Friday and Saturday, but he's penciled in to return against lefty Shota Imanaga. Young has struggled to a .523 OPS this month and has been caught stealing on three of his four attempts in September.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Absent from lineup again
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Young (shoulder) is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cubs.
Young will miss a second straight game due to pain in his non-throwing shoulder. The center fielder didn't sustain any structural damage and can be considered day-to-day moving forward. Dylan Crews will take over in center field Saturday.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Pulled due to shoulder injury
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Young exited Thursday's game against the Cubs due to a shoulder injury, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
Young appeared to suffer the injury on an attempted stolen base in the second inning. Manager Dave Martinez said Young's shoulder went numb, though he hadn't gotten any additional information from trainers before he spoke to the media.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting out with sore shoulder
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Young (shoulder) is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
Young had to be removed from Thursday's contest after banging up his left shoulder on a slide. The good news is that while the shoulder remains sore, there is no structural damage, so consider Young day-to-day. It's unclear whether the speedy outfielder will be available off the bench. Dylan Crews will shift over to center field for the Nationals on Friday, while Joey Gallo draws the start in right.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting in nightcap
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Young is out of the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Pirates.
Young went 0-for-4 in the matinee and will head to the bench for Game 2. Dylan Crews will shift over to center field in place of Young.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Hits third home run
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Young went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Yankees.
Young took Mark Leiter deep in the eighth inning, his second homer in his last 14 games after not going deep in his previous 47 games. Young's calling card this season has been his speed, as he's one of 10 players with at least 30 steals this season. The 25-year-old has started every game this month at center field and is hitting .282/.313/.436 over that span.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Swipes 28th bag
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Young went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Phillies.
The center fielder came through in the top of the ninth inning as the Nats rallied from a 2-0 deficit. He drove home the tying run with a fielder's choice, though the Phillies walked it off in the bottom of the frame. Young has picked up the pace at the plate in August, slashing .271/.300/.396 through 14 games, and his 28 steals on the season put him in the top 10 in the majors.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Blasts second homer
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Young went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored Sunday against the Angels.
Young's eighth-inning homer off fellow rookie Jack Kochanowicz broke up a scoreless outing by the young righty. He followed that up with an infield single then later scored as the Nats made a last-ditch albeit futile effort at a comeback in the ninth. It was the 24th multi-hit effort for Young this season and raised his average to .250 with two homers, 24 RBI, 62 runs and 27 steals in 33 attempts across 340 at-bats.
Young is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Arizona, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
Young went 2-for-8 at the dish in the first two games of the series but will take a seat for Wednesday's finale. Alex Call will shift over to center field while Travis Blankenhorn draws a start in right.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Adds two steals in loss
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Young went 2-for-4 with a double, two stolen bases and a run scored in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Cardinals.
Young has picked up steals in pairs, swiping two bags on three different occasions since the All-Star break. In that span, he's gone 8-for-28 (.286) with four RBI and seven runs scored. The outfielder is up to a .252/.317/.319 slash line with one home run, 26 thefts, 22 RBI, 54 runs scored, 14 doubles and a triple over 95 contests this season. The Nationals have been sellers so far, but the outfield is already clear enough for Young to operate as the everyday center fielder.
Nationals' Jacob Young: Swipes two more bags Saturday
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Young went 2-for-3 with a run, an RBI and two stolen bases in Saturday's 5-4 win against Cincinnati.
Young plated the winning run in the close contest with a single to left field in the eighth inning. He also stole a pair of bases for the second straight day, increasing his total to 24 on the campaign. Young was slumping entering the All-Star break, but he's come out hot to start the second half, going 4-for-6 with the four thefts through two games.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Two steals in Friday's win
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Young went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and two stolen bases in Friday's win over the Reds.
The Nationals ran wild on Tyler Stephenson and Cincy's pitching staff, going 5-for-5 in steal attempts on the night. Young had only one stolen base and zero multi-hit performances over his last 16 games before the All-Star break, a stretch in which he slashed a rough .151/.237/.170, but his defense in center field has kept him in the lineup despite his struggles at the plate.
Young went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 14-6 win over the Cardinals.
The 24-year-old center fielder doesn't offer much with his bat while hitting at the bottom of the order for the Nationals, but Young continues to be a nuisance when he reaches base. Through 78 big-league games this season he's slashing .261/.321/.327 with one homer, 18 RBI, 45 runs and 20 steals in 25 attempts. Washington's youth movement is in full swing, but Young isn't necessarily guaranteed to keep his spot in the starting lineup as Dylan Crews could be the next prospect the team brings up to The Show.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, steals in win
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Young went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-1 loss to the Rays on Friday.
The 24-year-old doubled in the third inning and again in the seventh. He then stole third and scored on an errant throw by Rays catcher Alex Jackson. Since June 21, Young has four multi-hit efforts and nine runs scored in seven contests. On the season, he is hitting .272 with one home run, 18 RBI, 40 runs scored and 19 steals in 240 plate appearances.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Ends drought on basepaths
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Young went 0-for-3 with a run scored and his 18th stolen base of the season in Monday's extra-inning loss to the Padres.
The center fielder was hit by a pitch to lead off the fifth inning, stole third base after a CJ Abrams infield single, then trotted home on a Joey Meneses knock. Young had racked up seven hits over the prior three games, and through 20 games in June he's slashing .262/.314/.354; however, Monday's steal was surprisingly his first of the month in three attempts.
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Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, scores three runs
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Young went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored in Friday's victory against Colorado.
Young doubled and scored in both the third and sixth innings while also crossing home in the fourth. He's been very all-or-nothing this month; Young has four multi-hit performances in 17 games but has totaled just three hits in the other 13 games combined. This inconsistent run has lowered his season slash line to .263/.319/.328 with 11 extra-base hits and 17 steals through 64 games.
