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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 2

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is written as a direct segue from the previous installation Alcides Escobar, IF: Escobar was one of the best surprises for the Nats this season. He was signed during the summer when the Nats were dealing with … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 1

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

The 2021 season is now in the books for the Nationals. An uneven season that never really got going now is history. For a few weeks in June, the team appeared to be rounding into form and making their push … Continue reading →

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Super agent Scott Boras has a birthday today and is 69!

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Like him or not, there has never been a sports agent who has transcended the modern game more than Scott Boras. Now a new collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated in Major League Baseball, and you would expect Boras will … Continue reading →

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Young, younger, and the youngest for the Nats!

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We start with some leaked news from Eric Young Sr. that his son Eric Young Jr. will be the Washington Nationals new first base coach. The next bit of news is about the Nats in the Arizona Fall League had … Continue reading →

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A Juan Soto extension should be Priority #1

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There is no time like the present to give a present to the faithful of the Washington Nationals. We listed a contract extension for Juan Soto as the No. 1 priority for the team this off-season. Offer him the largest … Continue reading →

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We are bearing witness to historic greatness with Juan Soto!

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With Juan Soto, it is not simple physics on the energy created by two moving objects in opposite directions that collide at a point of impact. What Statcast can measure in exit velocity and distance, it cannot measure Soto’s eye … Continue reading →

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Juan Soto is everything you want in an MVP

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Will Smith is barely a footnote in Juan Soto‘s life. With a half-dozen HBPs in Soto’s career, Smith might be the only pitcher who has plunked the superstar intentionally though. The Braves lefty closer is just one of the 81 … Continue reading →

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Finding new ways to lose since April 7, 2021

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have found 86 excruciating ways to lose so far this season, and with 16 remaining games, there will be several more to endure. A season that started with a black cloud over the team’s head with Opening … Continue reading →

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Washington Nationals News: Robles Sent To Triple-A, Soto’s Milestone, More

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals (57-81) have 24 games to go in what has been one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history.  Since July 30, the season has been more about seeing what they have in the young controllable players … Continue reading →

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History was made, and it isn’t good for the Nats!

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Yesterday’s pre-game article spoke to the 7-game losing streak against the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Washington Nationals would run that to 8-games with great ineptitude after the loss on Thursday. Of those 8-games, the Nats led in six of them … Continue reading →

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