Category Archives: Point-CounterPoint

Nationals Batters Swing and Miss Rates

Posted on November 30, 2022 by DonH

Most every batter wants to only swing at pitches he can hit. Clearly some are much, much, much better at it than others. Thanks to a comment posted recently by WarningTrackPower I was able to add logic to determine if … Continue reading →

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The Travel Travails of Jackson Rutledge

Posted on August 11, 2022 by DonH

This short Point-CounterPoint is a lightly edited Twitter DM exchange between Don and Steve that occurred after Jackson Rutledge‘s last start. Looks like Rutledge has a traveling issue 😃. The former 1st round pick (17th overall) of the Washington Nationals … Continue reading →

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Point-CounterPoint – Draft Order Possibilities

Posted on May 9, 2022 by SteveR SteveR

Don: The discussion within the TalkNats community has already started about who to draft for the Nationals and what spot the team will get in 2023. As we all know, the new CBA introduced a lottery for the draft. While it … Continue reading →

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Nationals Draft/Development – Is It As Bad As You Think It Is?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by DonH

The conventual wisdom is that the Nationals have been historically awful, compared to other teams, when it comes to developing players. That is really a two part question: Do they draft badly? Do they fail in properly teaching their draftees … Continue reading →

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Point-CounterPoint: The Facts and the Fictions of the DH

Posted on January 20, 2022 by DonH

It has been stated as a given that the current CBA negotiations will almost certainly lead to the implementation of the Designated Hitter. So let us take a look at the arguments for and against the universal DH: For the … Continue reading →

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Point-CounterPoint: Welcome Back Ryan Zimmerman

Posted on November 27, 2021 by DonH

Steve: While not official, Ryan Zimmerman said in a recent radio interview that he wanted to come back for at least one more year, but will discuss it with his family. The great thing is Zim can also mentor. It gives him … Continue reading →

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Point-CounterPoint: How Bad Was the Nationals Bullpen

Posted on November 19, 2021 by DonH

It is the off-season, so time to bring back our Point-CounterPoint series. Today we cover the Washington Nationals’ bullpen that set a record in ineptitude in 2021 for most blown saves in a season (36), and their 5.08 ERA was the … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of How Carter Kieboom Will Perform and the Story of a Groin Injury

Posted on February 14, 2021 by DonH

It was known that Carter Kieboom had a groin strain as the 2020 season opened from a report from Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post. But the CBS report also said, “the injury evidently only hurts when he moves laterally, … Continue reading →

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#Nats LineUp Options

Posted on January 25, 2021 by DonH

Now that Ryan Zimmerman is on board with the Washington Nationals, we can expect he will get a number of the starts at 1B when the opposing starter is a left-hander. It is time to evaluate alternative lineups. Steve: Sound … Continue reading →

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Are Platoon Splits Almost a Certainty for the #Nats – 2 of 2

Posted on January 21, 2021 by DonH

Time for Part 2 of what we started to discuss in Are Platoon Splits Almost a Certainty for the #Nats – 1 of 2. So lets look at 2B (Starlin Castro and Luis Garcia), Catcher (Jason Castro and Yan Gomes) and … Continue reading →

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