It was announced on Friday that Denard Span will have hip surgery that will end his 2015 season. This will be the 31-year-old center fielder's third trip to the disabled list this season. He missed the start of the year recovering from core surgery and had just returned earlier this week after spending six weeks on the disabled list with back spasms. When healthy, Span has been one of the best hitters on the Nats this season, batting .301/.365/.431 with 5 HR. He's gone a perfect 11 for 11 on stolen base attempts.
Span has, of course, been joined on the disabled list for long stints this season by Anthony Rendon, Jayson Werth, and Ryan Zimmerman.