Category Archives: Feature

Jingle deals, Jingle deals!

Posted on December 25, 2022 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Hot Stove moves! Hot Stove moves!GMs on their phones!Oh what fun it is to seeOff-season deals get done!I thought I’d watch a gameRecorded Nationals’ win—But looking at the last three yearsThe pickings were quite thin.Hot Stove moves! Hot Stove moves!Where’d … Continue reading →

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O Little Team of Washington

Posted on December 25, 2022 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Oh little team of WashingtonHow still we see thee lie!As other teams fulfill their dreamsThe Nats are standing by.

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Nats fans lament 2023

Posted on December 24, 2022 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Should auld acquaintance be forgot? They’re all on other teams! Through trading or free agency The current team is lean. The NL East will be a beast, For now and years to come, But Nationals (and Marlins, too) Just haven’t … Continue reading →

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With the big WAR movers signed elsewhere, Nats team WAR at 28.3

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

While we never expected the Washington Nationals would be “in” on the top free agents, we did expect, rather hoped, that the Nats would make some acquisitions to get the team to a FanGraphs projected WAR of 32.0 which would … Continue reading →

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The balance between best defense and best lineup for the Nats!

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals were dead last in team defense until August 15 of this season, and from August 16 forward and the installation of CJ Abrams at shortstop, the entire team was transformed into a Top-10 defense. A lot of … Continue reading →

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The Rebuild: How did we get here, where do we go?

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Dan Zaudtke

Here we go again. For those of us who have followed this team since then-mayor, Anthony Williams, uttered those magical words “…there will be baseball in Washington in 2005,” this is not unfamiliar territory, if unwanted. When this team moved … Continue reading →

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The Winter Meetings wrap-up today, and Nats have the Rule-5 draft and other unfinished business!

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Winter Meetings wrap-up today in San Diego with the Rule-5 draft as the finale to the 3-day event.  The Washington Nationals choose first in this Rule-5 draft at 5 p.m. ET/2 PT (Live audio stream on MLB.com). Sources have … Continue reading →

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Winter Meetings start this weekend and the current Nats situation!

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Winter Meetings are just three days away. There are certainly reasons for trepidation with the 2023 Washington Nationals team with regards to the ownership situation, spending levels, and the current roster. FanGraphs today has the Nats projected for a … Continue reading →

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Nationals Batters Swing and Miss Rates

Posted on November 30, 2022 by DonH

Most every batter wants to only swing at pitches he can hit. Clearly some are much, much, much better at it than others. Thanks to a comment posted recently by WarningTrackPower I was able to add logic to determine if … Continue reading →

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Ted Leonsis just got a new billionaire partner, but what does that mean for the Nats?

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We have known for weeks that billionaire Jeff Skoll was joining Monumental Sports & Entertainment as the 20th partner with Ted Leonsis. What we did not know was that Leonsis would pick yesterday to send out the press release for Skoll … Continue reading →

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