Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Slow starts are nothing new for Dave Martinez’s Washington Nationals teams

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you win a World Series in your second year, you build-up a lot of goodwill as a coach. For Dave Martinez, manager of the Washington Nationals, he of the ‘Go 1-0 today’ daily mantra, is a positive thinker. April … Continue reading →

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Game #4 with a Canadian road trip!

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals flew last night to Canada for a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. A win tonight for the Nats would get them back to .500 for the early season. You take that after the way the … Continue reading →

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Game #3 Quality over Quantity is Job 1

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

A year ago, I wrote a piece called “Quality Should Be Job 1” but quality also comes via employees you hire. The high risk / high reward model usually fails if you do that as a standard. That is a … Continue reading →

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Spring Training Game #18; Lineup/Starting Pitcher looks like Opening Day for 9 of 10 spots.

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals are the home team today at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches again their neighboring Houston Astros. We have no TV coverage on a day when 9-of-the-10 projected Opening Day starters are in the lineup and … Continue reading →

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Did Robert Hassell III get unintentionally blocked?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In August of 2023, the Washington Nationals promoted that year’s №2 overall draft pick Dylan Crews to Double-A Harrisburg after just 62 at-bats in Single-A Fredericksburg. That promotion set into motion a Harrisburg outfield of Crews, Robert Hassell III and James Wood. … Continue reading →

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Tulane –> 20th round draft pick –>White Sox minor leagues –> Indy Baseball –> Nats’ minor leagues –>Fall Instructs –> Arizona Fall League –> ?

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Many pro players scrambled for jobs a year ago when the rules changed, and teams could only carry 165 players across their minor league system. One of those players who was cut a year ago was RHP Chase Solesky. No … Continue reading →

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Spring Training Game #3; Nats head to Jupiter

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals are headed north in Palm Beach County for today’s game against the Miami Marlins in Jupiter. That is where new Nats’ third baseman, Paul DeJong, makes his home because the Cardinals share Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium with St. … Continue reading →

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When will it be a “really good” time for Lerner? When?

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

On January 10, 2023, we broke the news to the baseball world that the Washington Nationals had moved to a No Sale mode, and the only reason the team technically remained for sale for a few months longer was because … Continue reading →

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Mark Lerner talked — and said, “We’re in it for the long haul.”

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Remember when Washington Nationals’ principal owner Mark Lerner was photographed with his former-World Series outfielder, Juan Soto, before Dylan Crews‘ MLB debut game? Many thought that was a good sign that the Nationals had a shot to sign Soto. That … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: Bridging the gap to the future at the broken bridge at 3rd base!

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Since 2019, the Washington Nationals have been devoid of a full year from a competent third baseman, since Anthony Rendon departed for free agency. No team has been worse than the Nationals at third base during that span, per statistics, … Continue reading →

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