OF Chris Heisey, who had played for Washington manager Dusty Baker in Cincinnati and signed with the Nationals in December 2015 after Baker was hired, was released on Sunday. Heisey hit .216 with nine homers last season, but was batting just .162 (12-for-74) with a homer and five RBIs in 38 games this year and was in his second stint on the disabled list. "It was very difficult," Baker said. "We were going to put him on the extended DL and he decided to take his release. I told him to think about it overnight. It was very difficult... He's been a very productive player for me. Rough year for him."

OF Chris Heisey was placed on the disabled list for the second time this season Sunday due to a groin injury sustained in Saturday's game. He also missed 40 games with a ruptured right biceps and is batting .162 (12-for-74) in 38 games this season.

The Washington Nationals recalled catcher Pedro Severino and selected the contract of outfielder Andrew Stevenson from Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.Outfielder Ryan Raburn was placed on the bereavement list, and outfielder Chris Heisey was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left groin strain. Additionally, outfielder Jayson Werth (left foot contusion) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Nationals president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements.Stevenson, 23, was the Nationals' top selection in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft (second round, No. 58 overall) out of LSU and would be making his major league debut. He is hitting .268 with two home runs and 26 RBIs in 93 minor league games this season (20 with Double-A Harrisburg, 73 with Triple-A Syracuse). It is Heisey's second trip to the disabled list after missing 40 games with a right biceps rupture earlier this year. He's hitting .162 (12-for-74) with one home run and five RBIs in 38 games off the Nationals' bench this season.Werth, 38, was placed on the disabled list June 5 (retroactive to June 4) and has missed 42 games with a left foot contusion. In 47 games before the injury, Werth hit .262 with eight home runs and 18 RBIs.

OF Chris Heisey suffered a groin injury while legging out a triple Saturday night. Manager Dusty Baker fears the injury could deplete his already thin outfield group.

OF Chris Heisey joined the active roster Friday as CF Michael A. Taylor went on the disabled list. Heisey missed 40 games with a right biceps rupture and hit .295 (5-for-17) on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse. He played for Double-A Harrisburg during the rehab stint. Heisey was a late replacement on defense and beat out a double play grounder to keep the inning alive in the ninth Friday.

OF Chris Heisey was activated by the Washington Nationals on Friday. Heisey has been sidelined since May 24 with a ruptured right biceps. The 32-year-old is hitting .128 with one homer and three RBIs in 28 games this season.

OF Chris Heisey was 5-for-21 in his minor league rehab games after going 0-for-3 Thursday with Triple-A Syracuse. He has also spent time with Double-A Harrisburg. "He is doing pretty well," manager Dusty Baker said Thursday. "Before he got hurt, he wasn't playing like Heisey" with a .128 average in 47 at-bats with Washington. Heisey will join the Nationals on Friday as OF Michael A. Taylor is slated to go on the DL.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) started and hit third for Triple-A Syracuse in a rehab game Wednesday. He was 3-for-5 and drove in three runs and is hitting .357 for the Chiefs.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) was sent to Triple-A Syracuse Saturday to start a rehab assignment. Heisey was batting just .128 in 47 at-bats with a homer and three RBI when he hit the 10-day DL on May 24. He played left field in a 5-2 win Sunday at Buffalo, doubling and scoring a run as he went 1-for-3. Heisey isn't expected to return until mid-July.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) looked very good Saturday taking batting practice, hitting several balls into the seats in left field. He has missed 28 games since going on the DL May 24.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) will resume baseball activities after trainers "get some swelling out of his arm," manager Dusty Baker said Saturday. Heisey began a minor league rehab assignment Monday but was shut down after a setback. He joined the Nationals in Oakland on Friday to be reevaluated by Washington's medical staff. Baker said team doctors still don't believe Heisey will need surgery.

OF Chris Heisey has had an apparent setback in his recovery from a ruptured right biceps. Heisey began a minor-league rehab assignment on Monday but was at Oakland Coliseum on Friday to be re-evaluated by Washington's trainers. "He might have rushed it some," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said before the Nationals' 13-3 win over Oakland. "We'll just have to re-evaluate things." Heisey has been on the 10-day disabled list since May 24.

LF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) was sent on a rehab assignment to Double-A Harrisburg. Heisey went on the disabled list May 24 after he was injured during batting practice. Heisey took batting practice and threw Friday and was also on the field for batting practice Saturday. He said he will not need surgery.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) went on the disabled list Wednesday after he was injured during batting practice. He told The Washington Post that an MRI confirmed the diagnosis of a ruptured biceps, but he added that he was also cleared to do baseball activities. Heisey took batting practice and threw Friday and was also on the field for batting practice Saturday. He said he will not need surgery.

OF Chris Heisey (right biceps rupture) went on the disabled list Wednesday after he was injured during batting practice. He was to have an MRI, but a team spokesperson said Friday that there is no update on his condition.

OF Chris Heisey (biceps) went on the disabled list Wednesday. He said he had some soreness on Tuesday and then hurt it worse during batting practice Wednesday. "I will be back at some point" this season, he said. He will have an MRI on Thursday.

LF Chris Heisey hit a solo homer in the seventh to tie the game at 2 on Saturday. His first hit of the year came against Jeremy Hellickson, who got the win. "He just left a changeup pretty much right down the middle and he had thrown me a changeup the pitch before and I had saw it pretty well and I kinda told myself to make sure I was staying back to let it get to me," Heisey said. "He threw it and he made a mistake with it and left it over the middle of the plate."

OF Chris Heisey appears locked in as the veteran right-handed hitter off the bench. He had 30 hits last year and nine were homers. A native of nearby Pennsylvania, he is the active leader in pinch-hit homers and had a pinch-hit homer in the playoffs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

WASHINGTON -- Washington Nationals young pitchers Reynaldo Lopez and Joe Ross, the latter of whom had been used as a pinch-runner in a crazy Game 5 of the National League Division Series, sat at their lockers and stared at the floor.Veteran reliever Oliver Perez walked over and gave a hug to reserve outfielder Chris Heisey, whose pinch-hit homer in the seventh had given their team late life.And starting pitcher Max Scherzer, staked to a lead going into the fateful seventh inning, gave a hug to rookie Trea Turner and told the young center fielder that he had an incredible second half of the season.It was a quiet clubhouse in the early morning hours Friday for the Nationals, who let a 1-0 lead slip away and lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in the fifth and deciding game of the NLDS.The game lasted four hours, 32 minutes and will be remembered for Dodgers ace lefty Clayton Kershaw coming out of the bullpen to get the final two outs after he was the starting pitcher in Tuesday's Game 4."It's... [More]

OF Chris Heisey had been away from the team as his wife had the couple's second child. He returned Saturday and came in to play left field as a reserve. He was retired in his only trip to the plate.