The Nationals have extended 35-year old righty starting pitcher Livan Hernandez’ contract by a year. He will make $1 million bucks plus incentives in 2011 for the Nationals. Hernandez has started 27 games for the Nationals so far this year and he is 9-9 with a 3.49 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. In his six years with the Expos/Nationals, Hernandez has pitched in 162 games (all starts) in which he is 61-56 with a 3.89 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. Hernandez came out of nowhere to post pretty good numbers in 2010 so the Nationals are getting him for 2011 without promising him a lot of money unless he pitches like he did this year.