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2023 MLB Draft is finished! The Nats come away as BIG winners — and their best farm system ever!

The real winners of the draft must be based on the actual signings, and the Washington Nationals front office will continue to work on finalizing contracts for their Big-3 picks from rounds 1-to-3 of Dylan Crews, Yohandy Morales, and Travis … Continue reading

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Optimism and Natitude align after the Draft!

People can choose their outlook on life — but if you are not more optimistic today as a Washington Nationals fan than you were on August 2, 2022, I don’t know what to tell you. The Nats pulled off the … Continue reading

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The Nats draft Dylan Crews at #2 overall. An historic day for the franchise.

The Washington Nationals made it official with a pick of Dylan Crews after the Pittsburgh Pirates shocked the baseball world and drafted Paul Skenes at No. 1 overall. General manager Mike Rizzo said the team would go slow to start … Continue reading

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The All-Star Futures Game features the Nats Top-2 prospects in Wood and House

This is a star-studded weekend for the Washington Nationals in showcasing their Top-2 prospects — and two of the best players in all of minor league baseball at Saturday’s All-Star Futures Game in Seattle, Washington. As it stands today, James … Continue reading

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Choices or No Brainer – Who do the #Nats Draft?

Don: Been a while so it seems to me that it is time for a Point-Counterpoint. I am fine with either Paul Skenes or Dylan Crews as the Nats draft pick . But I have to admit that I lean … Continue reading

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Several teams are taking advantage of the new bases and pickoff rules!

In football, they called it the “run and shoot” offense, and several MLB teams seem to be running the baseball version of it. The Tampa Bay Rays have toolsy athletic position players that will take advantage of your weaknesses with … Continue reading

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Mock drafts have Skenes to Pittsburgh, Crews to Washington

We are exactly ONE WEEK from the MLB Draft. Do you trust the mock drafts out there or do you expect that the Pittsburgh Pirates will do something crazy on draft day like they have done many times before? When … Continue reading

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The College World Series featured the Top-3 ranked draft picks: Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews, and Wyatt Langford!

Congratulations to LSU for winning this year’s College World Series. What a great postseason. The finals also featured the presumptive Top-3 draft picks in some order of RHP Paul Skenes, OF Dylan Crews, and OF Wyatt Langford. While Skenes and … Continue reading

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The big storylines for the Nats start with the ownership situation, the draft, the farm system and the core!

For a Washington Nationals team coming off of a 107-loss season, you would not expect much excitement — or lengthy storylines. But there is plenty to talk about when your team is potentially for sale. Let’s talk about the biggest stories … Continue reading

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The inaugural draft lottery with Nats hopes the ball bounces their way!

  The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of 2022 changed so many aspects on the future of baseball, and it ended nearly six decades of having the team with the worst record from receiving a guarantee to pick first in the … Continue reading

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