Category Archives: Feature

Rizzo under contract shapes the #Nats future, but what does the short-term look like?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With general manager Mike Rizzo penned for the next three years, what does the short-term look like? Certainly Dave Martinez is the longest tenured Washington Nationals’ manager in terms of full-seasons as he will finish his third season this year. … Continue reading →

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An Improbable II is fading for the #Nats

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you have a pitching staff loaded with aces, you can win a World Series, and that is exactly what the 19-31 Washington Nationals pulled off in 2019. Their encore act though is missing a key ace in Stephen Strasburg … Continue reading →

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The silver lining of a woeful losing record is picking at the top of the draft!

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

Suckitude has its privileges. A top draft seeding is the only silver lining to a woefully under-performing season. The darkest years in Nats history from 2008-2010 yielded three top of the draft prizes in Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, and Anthony … Continue reading →

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Defense matters; Nats defense has looked like the Three Stooges at times!

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We have seen some “Three Stooges” type of comedic defensive misadventures before from the Nationals. But now these embarrassing plays are becoming almost daily occurrences in a failure of “The Little Things”. Over the years we saw it every once … Continue reading →

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Nats stick with Luis Garcia and option top prospect Carter Kieboom

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Andrew Lang

In shocking but never surprising news, the Nats sent their top prospect Carter Kieboom to the Washington Nationals’ minor league camp at the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg today to make room for Sean Doolittle who was activated from the … Continue reading →

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Baseball America’s Top 100 rankings mid-season update; Luis Garcia up-to-date!

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There is a new mid-season update from Baseball America that has Carter Kieboom ranked as their 17th top prospect, and Luis Garcia as their 100th top prospect. No other Nats players made the list as expected. As always on that … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Sterling Sharp makes a sharp turn to finally get to Nats Park!

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Leading up to the potential Rule-5 players who could be added to 40-man rosters, Sao Magnifico wrote, “If the Nats don’t protect 24-year-old hurler Sterling Sharp, it would qualify as a genuine shock.” He was right, and we were shocked when … Continue reading →

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Dakota Bacus is older than 12 players on the Nats roster and age won’t define this rookie reliever!

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Andrew Lang

Living in Moline, Illinois in the off-season puts Dakota Bacus in a league of his own. He is the only active professional baseball player in that town. Moline is on the extreme western side of the state along the Iowa … Continue reading →

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BBRef values Tanner Rainey & Erick Fedde in the team’s Top 4!

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you use BaseballReference.com (BBRef) you will certainly see their rankings have some interesting names as the most valuable on the Nats. Not surprisingly, Max Scherzer and Juan Soto were their № 1 and № 2 on their list. What may surprise … Continue reading →

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A family tradition in baseball dating back to the 1800’s has ended at the hands of COVID

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Andrew Lang

In the middle of a season, an MLB debut is usually a spur of the moment callup caused by an injury or a demotion. Some debuts are a factor of making the Opening Day roster like Jake Noll, and others … Continue reading →

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