Category Archives: Analysis

The significance of the Nats getting 1, 2, or even 5 more wins!

Looks can be deceiving for these 2023 Washington Nationals. The team currently has a 68-win season, and that would generally be considered to be a failure for several teams — but for a rebuilding team that only won 55-games last … Continue reading

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Mentsch Tracht Un Gott Lacht: Part 4 – The Outfield Outlook

by Forensicane By now we well recognize that for each of our personal certainties about what to expect from our beloved Washington Nationals, there are things beyond our control — both bad and good. The biggest difference as we close … Continue reading

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Just 2 weeks of games left in 2023 for the Nats and learning moments

We almost got to see Washington Nationals rookie Jake Irvin take the team’s lead in ERA and get below a 3.99 ERA. With 4⅔ scoreless innings in the books, Irvin walked two men in the fifth inning and with two … Continue reading

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Fantasy baseball in real life does not work in building a team or wishing for a new team owner!

The New York Mets tried to play fantasy baseball with no rules and a flawed plan with their 2023 roster adding future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander to a rotation with Cooperstown-bound Max Scherzer, and an infield that looked like … Continue reading

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Jacob Young has had 10-full games to show-off his hot tools!

The Statcast™ math on Jacob Young has already highlighted some of his impressive tools. He is not a 5-tool player as nobody expects him to be a power hitter. Is he a 4-tool player? He will have to show he … Continue reading

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Weak links further exposed for the Nats

The Washington Nationals cannot start a serious conversation about winning in 2024 unless they address the 1,000 pound elephant in the room with the 3 pitchers at the back of this rotation. Current ERA’s are awful if we can be … Continue reading

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The Stone Garrett effect — and the deteriorating starting pitching

The Washington Nationals were an incredible 47-42 in games with Stone Garrett in the lineup, and have been 15-34 without him. A broken fibula suffered nearly two weeks ago changed everything. Without Jeimer Candelario and Garrett (both pictured above), the … Continue reading

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Less than 30 hours to Sept. 1 roster expansion!

We are less than 30 hours to September 1, when MLB rosters can expand from 26 players to 28. There has been no chatter as to the identity of the two players the Washington Nationals will call up. There are … Continue reading

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The Nats and Padres are tied in the Wild Card race

That is one of my favorite photos that I’ve ever taken. It was so random at the time. The night before, the Padres were celebrating a 13-3 drubbing of the lowly Washington Nationals, and that was a first inning photo … Continue reading

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Mike Rizzo was right, it was a ‘retool’

There was that time when general manager Mike Rizzo threw out the ‘retool’ word for the first time after the 2021 trade deadline. He also used the term ‘reboot’ and said that a rebuild was a “five or six year … Continue reading

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