Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Spring Training Game #8 features all but one Top-10 positional prospect!

The bus trip, for the Washington Nationals, to Ft. Myers to face the Red Sox in a Grapefruit League game is the longest of the road trips this year. This one is 120+ miles from the Atlantic Ocean coast to … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #7 and relying on ST stats

Relying on Spring Training stats they say holds a trap in statistical reliance. Process is more important than the stats. Was the wind blowing out-or-in? Was the pitcher working on mechanics and a certain pitch? Let’s face it, Forrest Wall … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #6 Nats on Jupiter

The Washington Nationals top prospects continue to impress with Robert Hassell III taking the lead in batting average and OPS at .556 and 1.767 respectively plus he has two stolen bases and got dinged on his OPS for that Sac … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #5 with Dylan Crews in the OF

When news broke several weeks ago that Dylan Crews, James Wood, Brady House, and Robert Hassell III were all non-roster invites (NRI) to big league Spring Training camp — the negative vibes from an offseason that did not meet expectations … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #4 — the kids against a real MLB pitcher

Can we overuse that photo? The Washington Nationals are starting Robert Hassell III, Dylan Crews, and James Wood today against RHP José Urquidy who has five seasons of MLB experience. Houston’s pitcher was in pro ball in 2015 when the … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #3 and a Sunday recap

All eyes in the ‘informed’ baseball world are on James Wood as he made headlines and the lede for MLB Network’s morning show today after he obliterated two baseballs in his first five at-bats. But hey, Dylan Crews smoked to … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #2 has Nats in Jupiter for a matchup with the Marlins. Plus a recap of last night…

The Washington Nationals travel to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium and that is a mouthful. At one time it was just Roger Dean Stadium. The largest self-described Corvette dealer of the southeast is a big deal in Palm Beach County. Not … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game #1 – Opening Day at CACTI Park

We have semi-real baseball today as it is Opening Day for the Washington Nationals Spring Training schedule in the Grapefruit League. This will be a 6:05 pm start and the game will be available on TV via the Houston feed, … Continue reading

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Is there a competition for the starting rotation?

That photo says it all in Trevor Williams kicking dirt after being pulled from a game. Considering there were no complete games by Washington Nationals starting pitchers, manager Dave Martinez pulled his starting pitcher 162 times in 2023. That is … Continue reading

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Just prove them all wrong!

Just prove them all wrong. The current PECOTA projections has the 2024 Washington Nationals team at 103.8 losses. Play the games — and do what you did last year, and beat all of the projections and estimates.

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