Author Archives: Andrew Lang

Assembling a 2025 roster for the Nats

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Andrew Lang

Assembling a roster starts with a reality check and that is called the budget. The Washington Nationals have many needs for the offseason, and they have to maximize their opportunities in Dollar/WAR acquisitions. Obviously, Juan Soto‘s +8.1 WAR would be a … Continue reading →

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The free agents who can move the WAR up!

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Andrew Lang

Obviously, Juan Soto‘s +8.1 WAR would be a big plus if the Washington Nationals acquired him. He would almost transform the team from 71-wins to 80-wins by himself. The Nationals purged a lot of “addition by subtraction” off of the … Continue reading →

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Offseason payroll is set with new Arb estimates

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals knew they were getting some much-needed payroll relief with Patrick Corbin‘s contract coming off of the books as of this offseason. The team has $70 million remaining on Stephen Strasburg‘s retirement deal that is a hit of $35 … Continue reading →

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The offseason starts 1 week from today. Has the plan changed?

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals will finish with a losing record for the fifth consecutive season since winning the 2019 World Series. Repeating a World Series win hasn’t been done since the year 2000 and that is almost a quarter-century of showing … Continue reading →

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A FredNats Championship develops winners for the future Nats

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Andrew Lang

When the final out was recorded in the Fredericksburg Nationals, Single-A Championship game for the Carolina League, you have to be ecstatic about the young players being developed in the Nats minor league system.

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“Every day I see those guys — I dream on the future” — Dave Martinez

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals have had two №1 prospects named as the best in baseball this summer with outfielder James Wood and outfielder Dylan Crews. When Wood graduated to rookie status after he made his 130th at-bat in early August, Crews … Continue reading →

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19-games remain in this season, and 199-days to Opening Day 2025

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Andrew Lang

This 2024 season is almost over for 18-teams that will not be heading to the postseason. The Washington Nationals will be one of those 18. With just over 10 percent of this season remaining, the Nationals will continue to evaluate … Continue reading →

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Remember those experts and their win projections?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Andrew Lang

Ah, yes the experts. They have their algorithms programmed by humans, and their human opinions. The Washington Nationals won their 62nd game last night with 24 remaining.

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Dylan Crews turns on the reigning Cy Young

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Andrew Lang

There were low expectations for Dylan Crews‘ second MLB game because he had to face the reigning Cy Young pitcher, Gerrit Cole, in a tough righty-righty matchup. But it turned out that Crews was ready for Cole’s cutter in his … Continue reading →

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The big positive surprises for the 2024 Nats at this point

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Andrew Lang

With the season headed towards the 80 percent completion mark during the mid-game on Saturday, this is a good time to look at some of the positives with the Washington Nationals at this point in time. We want to look … Continue reading →

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