Category Archives: DaveMartinez

Draft orders are set and #Nats pick 11th in the 2021 draft

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The last time the Washington Nationals selected better than eleventh in the amateur draft was 2011 when the team selected Anthony Rendon with the sixth overall pick in the first round that year. 

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Nats’ manager Davey Martinez shakes up his coaching staff!

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

After the Washington Nationals coaching staff’s contracts were set to expire at the end of the month, it was assumed that all coaches on Dave Martinez‘s staff would be retained after Martinez’s contract was extended. But those assumptions were false. … Continue reading →

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The top-10 priority list for the Washington Nationals and the writing on the wall on Menhart’s departure!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Way back on September 25th, we turned the page to the 2021 season and the off-season with a list for the Washington Nationals who have clear priorities for next year. We will take you through the updated Top-10 that saw … Continue reading →

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A look back on 2019 and 2020 and on to 2021 and how COVID will affect the budget and new contracts!

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We are officially in the Washington Nationals off-season. It should be a “glass half full” vision of the future if you are an optimist. A sixty game stretch should have been an hors d’oeuvre to a main course of ribeye … Continue reading →

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After winning the World Series, we should be proud of 2019 and skip right to 2021! We name names for a 2021 roster!

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We will hopefully look back at the year 2020, and remember all of those blown games like yesterday as an opportunity that put the Washington Nationals in a position to draft players they would not have reached if they had … Continue reading →

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A week of roster moves for the #Nats is on the agenda!

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Fifteen days go by quickly as the season reaches that mark on Friday and as such rosters by rule must be pared down to 28-players from the current thirty unless MLB agrees to continue with the larger rosters which seems … Continue reading →

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Summer Training starts today; Fangraphs ranks #Nats at 4th best in Majors!

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you feel like this is a case of déjà vu, you are not alone. This is the second pre-season of 2020 for Major League Baseball because of the initial stoppage of America’s game due to the COVID-19 pandemic on … Continue reading →

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Inside info from Davey Martinez as told to Buster Olney

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Two months after that photo was taken, Dave Martinez was not smiling so boldly. His Washington Nationals team was hurting, literally, and had an 18-26 record on the season. Maybe the luck of the Irish paid off for Davey along with his … Continue reading →

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Game 4 of the NLCS will be shown on MASN tonight; You will also see the Manager of the Year get swept!

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Andrew Lang

They need to rename the Manager of the Year award to “Manager of the Regular Season” as Steve Mears exclaimed. Make it accurate for what it is. Maybe this is the one award voted on by the BBWAA that should … Continue reading →

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Today was supposed to be an exhibition game at Nationals Park!

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The MLB baseball schedule halted at 4 pm EDT on March 12th in what could only be described as an unnatural disaster with the Coronavirus becoming a global pandemic. There has been no baseball since, and the future of the … Continue reading →

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