Category Archives: Feature

We are entering the Cold Stove portion as we await the MVP

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

Yesterday brought some offseason excitement with the Q.O. deadline and the Cy Young voting. Sure, Josh Tomlin signed a $1.25 million deal in Atlanta and that was it.  Yes, there is the daily hourly speculation on how the new Mets … Continue reading →

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Decision day on Qualifying Offers and a look at FanGraphs free agent WAR projections!

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

Today is the deadline day for players to formally accept or reject their Qualifying Offer (QO). In normal times, it is usually clear-cut which way to go. These are not normal times. The rules say you can only be collared … Continue reading →

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Point-CounterPoint: Upgrading the Nats Offense

Posted on November 10, 2020 by DonH

Welcome to our first Point-CounterPoint post where Steve debates a topic with someone. This idea grew out of emails that Steve and I regularly exchange on ideas I have that I am not sure I should post. Our first topic is how … Continue reading →

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Fangraphs WAR rankings for the 2021 Nats and a COVID-19 vaccine!

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

How are WAR rankings related to a COVID vaccine? Few teams are as dependent on fan revenue as the Washington Nationals and if the COVID vaccine is here earlier than expected, the Nats could raise their outlook on revenues and … Continue reading →

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Necessity is the mother of invention as baseball must reinvent itself!

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In 2014, Royals’ general manager Dayton Moore took his team to the World Series with a very different formula than the dominant San Francisco Giants. Moore’s team did not have one starting position player at an .800 OPS over over … Continue reading →

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How would you spend Lerner’s money?

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

How the Washington Nationals approach this off-season will be dependent on the money that general manager Mike Rizzo has to spend, and the players who will say “yes” to him. As they say, “It takes two to tango” which basically … Continue reading →

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2020 BBWAA Awards Finalists revealed and Juan Soto does not make the Final-3!

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

2020 BBWAA AWARDS FINALISTS REVEALED Winners Will Be Announced November 9 – 12 Exclusively on MLB Network When the major award categories were revealed, it was not a shock that Juan Soto was not in the Top-3 of candidates for … Continue reading →

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Free agency 2020/2021 has officially started!

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It feels like a high stakes game of musical chairs when it comes to — should you take a chair deal when the phone rings with an offer or keep circling around and hope the phone rings again and again with … Continue reading →

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Nats graduate 2 top-prospects, and the Nats new top prospect is: Jackson Rutledge

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Two more Nats prospects graduated to rookie status in 2020 when they passed over the  130 at-bat threshold that defined their career in terms of officially categorizing them as rookies. Both Carter Kieboom and Luis Garcia are off the 2021 … Continue reading →

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The one-year anniversary of the “CLANG” that led to the World Series championship

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Can you believe it has been exactly one year since the Nationals won the World Series! Savor it, enjoy it. They do not happen often — even when you spend so much money that you blow through the CBT cap … Continue reading →

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