Author Archives: Andrew Lang

Tim Cate is the #Nats top lefty pitching prospect! What’s he all about and what did Mike Rizzo have to say!

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Andrew Lang

When general manager Mike Rizzo drafted Tim Cate in the 2nd round of the 2018 draft, the lefty immediately drew comparisons to Gio Gonzalez for their similar size and repertoire of fastball and curveball throwing southpaws. These days, Cate is … Continue reading →

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Mike Rizzo, Dave Martinez and Jim Hickey give the State of the Nats!

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals aired their annual offseason “State of the Nats” report this year in a virtual presentation featuring Mike Rizzo, General Manager and President of Baseball Operations, Manager Dave Martinez, and Pitching Coach Jim Hickey. The opening had an … Continue reading →

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Technology in the baseball glove business produces the REV1X prototypes used by Trea Turner

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Andrew Lang

Baseball equipment has become flashier over the years in the designs of colorful cleats and painted bats, and whimsical patterns on gloves and catcher’s chest protectors, but technology in baseball equipment gets lost in it all. Baseball bats that are … Continue reading →

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Baseball prospects are being made close to Nationals Park in College Park, Maryland!

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Andrew Lang

As we discuss top prospects, there is something good brewing over in College Park, Maryland other than the java at Vigilante Coffee and the suds at the iconic watering hole at RJ Bentley’s. The Terps baseball team over at the … Continue reading →

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Let’s Look at the Early Odds for the Nats’ 2021 Season

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Andrew Lang

With nothing much happening in MLB free agent signings, it is a good time to look at where the Washington Nationals are in projections. After posting a (relatively) poor 26-34 record during the disrupted 2020 MLB season, it will not … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving journey for Andrew Stevenson continues!

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Andrew Lang

This is a long story that and much has changed since we published this originally four years ago. Some might think it begins on the fields of Williamsport, Pennsylvania in the Little League World Series or finishes after scoring the … Continue reading →

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Jackson Rutledge was named MLB Pipeline’s #1 prospect of the Nats. What is he all about?

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Andrew Lang

It has been a little over a full year from his draft in the first round in 2019, and Jackson Rutledge is now MLB Pipeline’s № 1 prospect for the Washington Nationals. He holds the same spot that Stephen Strasburg once … Continue reading →

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Baseball is a crazy game and heroes are made in the biggest moments: Brett Phillips! Who?

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Andrew Lang

The stage was set for Randy Arozarena to walk-off on Goliath, but they walked him to pitch to Brett Phillips who had not notched a hit in a month. Who? Brett Phillips. Best known for his Arnold Horshack laugh than … Continue reading →

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The 2020 MLB ‘exhibition’ season is at its Final Four

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Andrew Lang

Baseball is still being played in two cities, and soon it will be down to one as MLB is using bubble host cities for the NLCS and the ALCS. They are also playing every day without the usual travel days … Continue reading →

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How Drones Are Disrupting Baseball

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Andrew Lang

An already weird MLB season just keeps getting weirder. In the last two months. there have been five MLB games were delayed to varying degrees due to… drones. This is what happens when fans are not allowed in the stands. 

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