Category Archives: FreeAgents

Winter Meetings sweep into Nashville tonight!

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Winter Meetings start officially tomorrow, but Rob Manfred is already there and speaking at the annual Winter Meeting Banquet that takes place on the eve of the Winter Meetings. This year, the trades and Free Agent signings didn’t all … Continue reading →

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Perez is back! #Nats “It’s like déjà vu all over again” —Yogi Berra

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Not Odalis Perez, it’s Oliver Perez who is back! “It’s like déjà vu all over again” —Yogi Berra.

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Priorities, priorities. What are the #Nats off-season priorities?

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We all have an idea of the Nats off-season needs; however, do we know the true priorities from top to bottom?  Are Dusty Baker’s priorities the same as Mike Rizzo’s? While Dusty Baker was out pheasant hunting, Mike Rizzo was … Continue reading →

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Mike Rizzo and the big Free Agents

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Will this be the year the Nats stay away from the big Free Agents? Rizzo has given some mixed signals, and this year seems like the Nats will not be the big buyers this off-season. That would mean for the … Continue reading →

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Pre-Black Friday shopping list for Mike Rizzo #Nats

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Mike Rizzo has to buy some gifts for his new manager Dusty Baker, and we aren’t talking about a shirt and tie combination.  Rizzo has only given Dusty some housewarming gifts in Mike Maddux, Chris Speier, Davey Lopes, Jacque Jones, … Continue reading →

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Free Agency or Trade Route? What’s the better path? #Nats

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We certainly know from Dusty Baker’s radio interview on Friday that Dusty wants a prolific lead-off man and he made it clear that he wasn’t enthused over the Nats lead-off situation.  Dusty said he hadn’t discussed with Rizzo what the … Continue reading →

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The SB Meetings, uh, GM Meetings were real busy today with #Nats News

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Scott Boras was the center of attention at the GM Meetings today at the Boca Raton resort today in Florida. Boras had many subjects to talk about today which included talk on everything from Bryce Harper to Max Scherzer to … Continue reading →

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Who are your Free Agent Reliever Targets? #Nats

Posted on November 9, 2015 by DonH

It is pretty clear that Mike Rizzo needs to build a better bullpen for 2016 than he did in 2015. Continuing our Rizzo for a Day series, who are your free agent reliever targets?

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Nats News | -n- Notes

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Lots of different notes to go through this weekend on Dusty Baker, the training staff, and the health of Denard Span, and whatever happened with managerial candidate Dave Martinez.  Lastly, what’s Bryce up to?

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The Desmond Gamble

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Ray Wyvill

It’s fall of 2013.  Ian Desmond is 27 and is coming off his best year ever.  He had hit 24 Home Runs, stolen 24 bases, carried a nice WAR of +3.6, and had two years remaining before Free Agency.  The … Continue reading →

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