The Nationals placed relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus on the 15-day disabled list today, citing a case of plantar fasciitis. In his place, the team activated veteran right-hander Chien-Ming Wang. You know what comes next. Baseball analysis!

This afternoon, the Washington Nationals were excited to announce that they’ve firmed up their staff after coming to terms with veteran right-hander Chien-Ming Wang a one-year deal.

Sure, Stephen Strasburg might be getting a lion’s share of the attention during the first week of Nationals spring training. But what about our good friend Chien Ming-Wang? Wang, pursued vigorously by the Nationals last winter, is back to work after injury struggles that have kept him on the shelf for over the last two years.

According to Postie Adam Kilgore, it appears that the Nationals pitching rotation will get a boost in about a month from righthanded starter Chien-Ming Wang, whose rehabilitation from a shoulder operation is coming along nicely. Wang is even doing some simulated work every two or three days, a good sign that his long, hard recovery — which Kilgore dubbed “a grind” — is close to over. The Nationals got a hold of Wang in February,…

MASN’s Ben Goessling really grabbed a hold of today’s big hardball news: the Nationals have locked up free agent pitcher Chien-Ming Wang on an arrangement that could see him in D.C. for the next two years. The Nats aren’t sharing details about the acquisition at the moment, but they are slated to unveil Wang at a news conference on Friday in Viera, Florida, where they’re holding spring training. Goessling reports that Wang will pull…