i asked stephen strasburg a short time ago if he's finally had a chance to sit down with mike rizzo andabout their plan. >> nope. just keeping it easy for me. just do what i can out there and just keep the routine in between the same and just try to get better. it's hard when you keep getting asked that question. what can you do? you know sh it's something that's going to take -- all going to work out when it happens. right now i'm focusing on pitching and doing my best to take care of business and do my job every fifth day. we got second half of baseball here. still got to get a lot of things that can happen. can't count the chickens before they hatch. so i'm not worrying about postseason right now, not worrying about world series. just going to worry about my next start. we're worrying about the new york mets tonight. >> well, i know nationals fans are hoping he pitches as long as possible. jordan zimmerman and they've been tracking almost identifyicly. you can expect strasburg to be around at least that long. >>> all right. talking basketball now. andray blatche no longer a member of

you think mike rizzo and the company will stick with that edics -- edecked all year?ey will stick with the edict but there is never a number. and they ran with 160, 170 any limits and mike rizzo said he will evaluate the situation and that is hill aireous to see why people are putting a number on it. >> i have to ask you, 5060s or less in your six years, you were among the league leaders every year. did you lean in or go did guys not like you? >> both and i leaned in to some. they said if you want to get hit, here. i played hard and they take offense to that and feel you showing us off and i line into it. >> and he is not rubbing anyone wrong here. back to the studio, game 1 of three against the mets and that is meaning bad news for the metropolitan. >> and that is right. >> sp is the best. if you watch the nats games, he's the best and where's like a baseball meteorologist forecasting what is going happen. >> is that right? >> and -- . >> that good? >> he's that good. >> and a ringing endorsement. >> he's new to the team, i think this year, but he's grown on me. >> a

mike rizzo, i don't think he's going anywhere. same score top three. zimmerman at the plate.ryce harper on first and they are both coming home. zimmerman raking the cortisone shot. did wonders for him. the nats take a 3-0 lead. in the dugd there you go, a pat on the neck i guess. bottom nine tyler clifford in to close it out. tyler buck at the plate. did he go? yes, he did. game, set, match. clifford with his 14th save of the year. >>> we're in baltimore. birds and tigers. o's fans happy to see nick markakis back from the dl. bottom three and markakis did not disappoint. this a ground-rule double. betemit comes in to score. 2-1 tigers bottom four. jason hammel injuries his right knee the knee that has been bothering him much of the season. he leaves the game. and then the flood gates just open. john jhonny peralta makes it 7-1 detroit. the o's now eight games back in the al east. >>> the men's u.s. basketball team leaves vegas and the wizards arrive for summer league. today was the debut of bradley beal and he didn't disappoint going for 22 points. the wizards starting their

we welcome gm mike rizzo with us. the question, of course in the second half is about steven strassbe strassberg. >> we feel the rest of the rotation is very strong. we have great depth in the system. a ten-game winner, and 3.77 e.r.a. last year in john landon and aaa. we feel good. we've got good depth, we've got high ability guys in the rotation, and i think we'll fill the void from within. >> as you approach the trade deadline, you look at some of the players in the second half, do you stand pat at the trade deadline or entertain trade-off? >> we like the ball club we have. the construction of the club was meant to play meaningful games in september and beyond. we like the makeup and chemistry, but if there's a way to improve the ball club and do so for the long term, we're not going to make any knee-jerk, short-term decisions, but long-term stuff that can improve the club, we have no problem with that. >> how big of a boost will it be to get your closer back. >> to have our 5 hole hitter in jas ja jasyson wirth, a

it appears the nationals are not interested in making a deal because mike rizzo believes they have enoughent already. >> we feel we have enough in our minor league system and in the bullpen. we feel comfortable where we are. we like our ballclub and we like the way we are playing right now. >> the nationals and the phillies starter series tonight. the redskins are back on the field at training camp. have a great day. >> there was a star power at redskin park yesterday. a rapper showed up to check out his favorite team. >> it is not often you get somebody so humble. a lot of draft picks have that swagger, but he carries himself kind of like a veteran. credits it is cool that we have celebrities like him supporting us. it brings a lot of fans out. hopefully we get some more celebrity fans aka durant. >> that being kevin durant of the oklahoma city thunder, currently on the olympic team, originally from prince george's county. the news continues at 5:30. learn how local man's efforts to cheer up six children has been impacted b >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your si

mike rizzo said he is not willing to mortgage the future for a quick fix and confirmed that stephen strasburg will be shut down sometimes in the near future but likes the rotation as is. as for the chemistry you never want to mess with that. so no move is a good move. >> you don't want to mess with success, as they say. it is real important everyone is feeling comfortable with what they are doing right now. i think if you mess with that it would cause a little hiccup maybe. either way we feel good. >> we have been winning. this is one of the best teams i have played on, probably is the best team i have played on. i think everybody is healthy. when jason gets back and some of the guys it will only better us. >> reporter: so the nats as is will try to win the franchise's first division title including the expos who made the post season just once. chad tracy activated off the d.l. today. jason worth could be back. it will be a battle of aces on the mound. cliff lee 1-6 versus stephen strasburg 11-4. >> we like that and will hear more about the nats. >>> we are going to talk football because we h

. >> he still hasn't had that conversation with mike rizzo about whether exactly he's going to shut that down. i love the wax poetic about strasburg. i'll right in the line of fire here right behind first base. almost got decapitated a couple minutes ago. we're going to toss it back you to in the studio move our chair over a little bit and see you again at 6:00. >> looks like you already had one hair cut today. >> i don't need another. >> no you don't. we'll see you later. >> in our next half hour, thieves storm a grocery store overnight and cops think they have done it before. >>> we're with a group of female golfers and they raised $16,000 to send to a national breast cancer support group only to find the group just went belly up. now they and women helped by the group want answers. their story ahead. >>> plus, a father was at the right place at the right time when a young girl jumped i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed