Maikel Franco has signed with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Nationals released INF Maikel Franco.

Maikel Franco clubbed his ninth home run of the season as the Nationals fell to the Padres on Friday evening in Washington.

Maikel Franco went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Nationals to a 4-3 win over the Pirates on Monday.