Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #9 has Corbin for his second Grapefruit start!

The 3-4-1 Washington Nationals have the pitching conundrum on the mound in the form of Patrick Corbin. While he was one of the aces of the 2019 World Series team, his 2020-2022 record has been the opposite of an ace. … Continue reading

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Game #8 of Spring Training to see what Josiah Gray again!

The Washington Nationals enter this Grapefruit League game at .500 with a 3-3-1 record, and we only wish that Spring Training records could be indicative of what the regular season’s record would be. The Nats would certainly take a .500 … Continue reading

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Game #7 Trevor Williams against Max Scherzer!

Second time in a week, and the Washington Nationals will be facing their former ace Max Scherzer in a Grapefruit League game. Scherzer’s former Mets’ teammate, Trevor Williams is scheduled to start for the Nats. This game will be televised … Continue reading

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Game #6 MacKenzie Gore for at least 2 innings in Spring Training!

Maybe yesterday’s game, with multiple pitching changes during innings, will be more indicative of the length of a real baseball game at 2 hours and 30 minutes. Maybe ESPN slowed things down a little. Or maybe it was the injury … Continue reading

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Game #5 of Spring Training is set in Tampa!

We have Washington Nationals baseball today on national TV. Thanks to Aaron Judge and the Yankees for getting ESPN to cover this game. In the NYC area, the YES Network will provide TV for the home team today in Tampa. … Continue reading

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Game #4 of Spring Training at home against the Cardinals!

We have Washington Nationals baseball today, but unless you have someone streaming it from their camera for you or you are actually at the game, you are out of luck on the visual. But don’t fret, the Cardinals were kind … Continue reading

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MLB Pipeline’s Top-30 prospect rankings are live!

Finally, we have MLB Pipeline’s Top-30 prospects for the Washington Nationals. Evaluations are all over the place with respect to the 2023 prospects in baseball, and with independent thinkers, you would expect that past the top five or six prospects … Continue reading

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Split-squad games today will feature some prospects!

Today is one of those very busy days of baseball as we have not one, but two simultaneous games being played today in Grapefruit League split-squad action starting just minutes apart for the Washington Nationals.

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Opening Day for Nats’ Spring Training 2023

It is Opening Day in Spring Training in the Grapefruit League for the Washington Nationals. We will also get our first game looks at MacKenzie Gore in a Nats uniform albeit the plan is to pitch him just one inning … Continue reading

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Keibert Ruiz switches from Boras to Octagon

On a quiet workout day in Spring Training, news broke that Keibert Ruiz was changing agents from Scott Boras to the Octagon Agency’s Gustavo Marcano. The strangest part about this news was that Ruiz had switched from another agent to … Continue reading

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