Category Archives: MikeRizzo

The Nats’ player development hires and restructure is complete!

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals made it official with their 2022 Minor League Player Development staff in an announcement today. The team’s President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo and Director of Player Development De Jon Watson made the joint announcement.

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The signing of Cristhian Vaquero is official!

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals had an unofficial agreement with Cristhian Vaquero in place for well over a year. And finally the waiting is over as the Nats made this signing official and added another top prospect to their farm system. Vaquero will … Continue reading →

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Fangraphs projects the Nats currently as a 75-87 team this year!

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Projections are fun to analyze, and they rarely come close to reality in total. Given the state of the Washington Nationals at this point in time, the projections are actually bullish on the team at a 75-87 record for the … Continue reading →

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The remaining free agent list is ranked!

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

At this point in time two years ago, the Washington Nationals were the reigning World Series champs. In a short time, this team has hit the skids. With a last place finish last year, this team is stuck in its … Continue reading →

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The Nats are stocking up on infielders!

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If it looks like the Washington Nationals are stocking up on infielders, you would be right. Long gone are the days when you could pencil in Anthony Rendon on the hot corner, and Trea Turner with Howie Kendrick up the … Continue reading →

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The days when Lucius Fox was rated higher than Juan Soto; The Nats finally get Cesar Hernandez. So much more going on!

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There were five moves yesterday by the Washington Nationals that began with a waiver claim of Lucius Fox from Baltimore. The night ended with the Nats biggest free agent signing of the off-season, so far, with Cesar Hernandez committing to … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 6

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

This is the final installment of reviewing the 2021 Washington Nationals roster. The players listed here alphabetically go from “St” to “Z”. The two longest tenured Nats players are on this part of the list: Stephen Strasburg and Ryan Zimmerman. … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 5

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

As we are almost done with the player evaluations, we have some interesting names on this list as we move further into the players with last names beginning with “R” and into the “S” names. This list contains many Washington … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 4

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

Andres Machado, RHP: Machado was another pitcher that the Nats called up after not being active for years. He last pitched with the Royals in 2017. Overall, he provided pretty good results as he demonstrated an ability to get outs … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 3

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

Ryne Harper, RHP: Harper is one of the strangest pitchers in the entire league. His strikeout rate was as low as ever in his career. However, his FIP (a stat that measures how well a pitcher is doing at preventing … Continue reading →

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