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The 2021 Draft begins and the Nats had the 11th pick overall and they chose Brady House!

The Washington Nationals have not chosen this high in a draft since 2011 when they chose Anthony Rendon at № 6 overall. Today, general manager Mike Rizzo has the 11th pick overall and a chance to get a top prospect … Continue reading

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The #Nats All-Stars are now a quartet with Scherzer added!

Snubs happen all the time with All-Star rosters, and MLB just righted things by adding Max Scherzer to the All-Star team. It will be his 8th consecutive game (no game in 2020). He joins Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, and Juan … Continue reading

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Gut punch losses happen; How you handle the next game is more important.

Sometimes you just can’t explain baseball results. That is lesson #1 when you try to rationalize a fluke. Sure, Max Scherzer melted down in the 4th inning in epic proportions. It happens. A relief pitcher with one career at-bat finds … Continue reading

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The stars were shining bright as Turner, Soto, Schwarber all earn first All-Stars!

Count them: Three Should be: Five There were three Washington Nationals stars who will don that modified Curly W gear in Colorado for this year’s installment of the All-Star game. Writer, Ken Rosenthal, made a case for three Nats also in … Continue reading

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Knocked to the canvas, can the Nats get back up?

There are so many sports clichés that we could use at a time like this, but the reality of the situation is the sum of all fears were reached yesterday. The Washington Nationals lost their two best position players to … Continue reading

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Who will be the emergency infielder?

The Nationals need an emergency middle-infielder, and they need one soon. Usually the protocol for having both of your shortstops injured would be to call up someone from the minors, unfortunately for the Nats, their two most MLB ready call … Continue reading

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Hard work pays off for Kyle Schwarber and another testament to hitting coach to Kevin Long!

This success by Kyle Schwarber with 15 home runs in 17 days is a result of hard work and sticking with the process. When Daniel Murphy was with the Mets, he also went through a transformation with the same hitting … Continue reading

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Witness to a Wild One – 13-12 Revisited of this Nats win in Philly!

What a win. I can’t rank it, but at least I can say I was there. No way did I expect the Nationals to win. Is that Gerardo Parra? Is that the influence of other players who have been through … Continue reading

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The Nats series against the Mets was “a pivotal series” and the Nats came up big! Now what?

The difference a week makes. We wrote in the State of the Nationals address a week ago that the team would need to take care of business with the Pirates and the Mets in the past week and go 18-9 … Continue reading

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Just when you were ready to sell-off, the #Nats are making it interesting!

As you wake up, the Washington Nationals are still 7 ½ games out of first place, and while that is a long way off the pace, the Nats are now tied for third place after being in last place just four … Continue reading

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