Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

BREAKING: The Washington Nationals have the #1 Draft Pick in 2025

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals had just a 10.2 percent chance of getting the first pick in the 2025 MLB Draft for amateur players, and their lottery ball got the team that first pick with that lucky bounce! This will land the … Continue reading →

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The second evening of the Winter Meetings

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The first night of the Winter Meetings began with breaking news leaking that Juan Soto received a contract for over three-quarters of a billion dollars from the New York Mets. That deal will put his career earnings near $850 million, … Continue reading →

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Oh, the D.C. Government now is willing to make repairs at Nats Park with strings attached

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Nationals Park’s construction was completed in 2008 at a cost of $611 in public funds that would be paid back in lease payments by the team as well as taxes. Yesterday, the D.C. Council advanced legislation in negotiations with Ted … Continue reading →

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The Nat have 38 players on their 40-man roster with free agent acquisitions needed

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals added Robert Hassell III and Andry Lara to their 40-man roster. The number of players increased from 36-to-38 to protect Hassell and Lara from the Rule-5 draft. With two open spots on the roster until Spring Training … Continue reading →

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The early free agent rumors tie the Nationals to 2 Gold Glovers who can hit!

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The rumor mill has not tied the Washington Nationals to any significant free agent in years … until now. In the span of a few days, the Nats have been tied to three of the top free agents in baseball with reports … Continue reading →

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The Nats and Juan Soto need to tango

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The phrase, “Takes Two to Tango“, actually came from a song that was written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, and sung by Pearl Bailey in 1952. Since, it has been used in a lot of sports idioms. LeBron James … Continue reading →

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Check swing video technology debuted last night

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Technology has come a long way since the Fred Flintstone days. Yabba, dabba, dooo, baseball now has the technological advances to challenge just about anything — but MLB is still only using limited video challenges for now, and not using … Continue reading →

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The balance of defense and offense on the Nats’ roster

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

As we discussed a few days ago, if the Washington Nationals pitched to their Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) as their ERA, they would be in the postseason. That did not happen, so let’s talk reality. What we know is that WAR and … Continue reading →

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Defense Matters and you see it in the ERA/FIP comparison

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If the Washington Nationals pitched to their FIP as their ERA, they would be in the postseason. The Nats finished the season with the 9th best FIP in baseball at 3.94 while turning in an horrific season as a defensive team. FIP … Continue reading →

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My Nats offseason rant……….

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

MY RANT: Yesterday, after seeing a few posts on social media of players disbursing to their offseason homes, you look at the calendar — and it was only September 30th. These 130+ day offseasons stink. We all hate it, and … Continue reading →

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