n Griffin and I think hes proving that hes c | Forum

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals acquired reliever Marc Rzepczynski from Oakland on Thursday, giving the NL East leaders another lefty in the bullpen. Zack Wheeler Mets Jersey .Oakland also sent $500,000 to be paid on Sept. 30 to the Nationals for minor league infielder Max Schrock.The Nationals have reshaped their relief corps in the last month. They added closer Marc Melancon, traded Felipe Rivero, cut Jonathan Papelbon and put Sammy Solis on the disabled list.The 30-year-old Rzepczynski was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 56 games this season.Its a necessary move because we only have one left-hander, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said of his bullpen. His stats and his track record are pretty good and I think he can help us.Rzepczynski joins Oliver Perez as lefties in the Washington bullpen.The 30-year-old Rzepczynski joins the sixth team of his major league career. He has pitched in 18 postseason games and helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series in 2011.Rzepczynski had pitched well against lefties most of his career. But hes struggled against them this season and has been better against righties. His 70.5 percent ground-ball rate this season is second best in the majors behind Baltimore closer Zach Britton.The 21-year-old Schrock was a 13th-round pick in 2015. Hes hit a combined .333 with nine home runs, 68 RBI and 22 stolen bases at two Class A levels. Tom Seaver Mets Jersey .  The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes. Amed Rosario Mets Jersey .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. http://www.metssale.com/mets-yoenis-cespedes-jersey/ . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. TAMPA, Fla. -- Receiver Kenny Bell and rookie tight end Danny Vitale were cut Saturday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trimmed their roster to the regular season limit of 53 players.Bell was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of Nebraska, where he is the schools career receiving leader. He spent his rookie season on injured reserve and was unable separate himself from a group of candidates for a roster spot behind Mike Evans, Vincent Jackson, Adam Humphries and Russell Shepherd.Vitale was a sixth-round draft pick this year out of Northwestern. The decision to waive him and another rookie, Kivon Cartwright, leaves the Bucs with five tight ends -- starters Cameron Brate and Luke Stocker, plus Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Brandon Myers and rookie Alan Cross, one of four undrafted free agents who survived Saturdays moves.Defensive linemen Channing Ward and DaVonte Lambert and offensive tackle Leonard Wester, from Division II Missouri Western, are the other undrafted rookies still on the team.There were no real surprises among the other moves.Running backs Peyton Barber and Russell Hansbrough; receivers Jonathan Krause, Freddie Martino and Bernard Reedy; safeties Isaiah Johnson and Kimario McFadden; offensive linemen Josh Allen and Kelvin Palmer; center Ben Gottschalk; tackle Kyler Kerbyson; linebackers Josh Keyes, Mitch Awe, Jeremiah George and Luke Rhodes; cornerback Javien Elliot, and defeensive linemen Kourtnei Brown and A. Tim Tebow Mets Jersey. J. Francis were waived. Defensive tackle Cliff Matthews was released.Nor was it surprising that coach Dirk Koetter kept three quarterbacks, with Mike Glennon and Ryan Griffin backing up second-year pro Jameis Winston, who took every snap as a rookie in 2015.Glennon, entering his fourth season, has made 18 career starts. Griffin, who has yet to play in a regular season game, signed with Tampa Bay last season after spending two years with the New Orleans Saints.The Bucs did not have any media availability Saturday, however Koetter said last week that he likely would carry three quarterbacks.Two reasons: one, we put a lot of time into Ryan Griffin and I think hes proving that hes capable of being a backup in this league. And then the second thing is, obviously, its not a big secret that Mike Glennon is going into the last year of his contract, Koetter said.Jameis is our quarterback for the long haul, but weve got to have a two, and those guys take so long to train. ... We picked `Griff up at this time last year, so weve invested a full year into his training. ... Hes done a good job when hes been on the field, and we think hes got a chance to be here long-term.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '