Category Archives: Roster

A crystal ball look into 2028 that will be impacted by one decision on July 13, 2025

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When the lottery ball bounced the way of the Washington Nationals to win the grand prize of the first draft pick in the July 2025 MLB Draft, the Nationals future changed in that instant. The Nats draft group, led by … Continue reading →

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What Position Players to Sign, That is the Question – Point CounterPoint 1 of 2

Posted on December 14, 2024 by DonH

Spring Training camp officially opens in 60-days. This is a good time to talk about that one impactful signing that Washington Nationals fans are hoping for at this time of year. This makes the perfect time for another Point-CounterPoint debate … Continue reading →

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Arbitration deadline decisions on Friday by 8pm

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals came into the off-season with nine arbitration-eligible players — and DFA’d Ildemaro Vargas to whittle down the list to eight players that the team has to decide before the Friday 8pm deadline as to the future with … Continue reading →

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Will Bryce Harper End Up in Cooperstown?

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Stan4Nats

Around Nationals Park in Washington D.C., Bryce Harper, gets booed on the regular. That has nothing to do with how good he is as a baseball player. Like him or not, Harper is a very good baseball player. In his … Continue reading →

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The Nat have 38 players on their 40-man roster with free agent acquisitions needed

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals added Robert Hassell III and Andry Lara to their 40-man roster. The number of players increased from 36-to-38 to protect Hassell and Lara from the Rule-5 draft. With two open spots on the roster until Spring Training … Continue reading →

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Rule-5 Draft decision day

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Stan4Nats

The Rule-5 Draft decision day is the deadline for teams to protect their players from the Rule-5 Draft by adding them to their 40-man rosters. That deadline is 24-hours away at November 19, 2024 at 6 PM ET. Any Rule-5 … Continue reading →

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The early free agent rumors tie the Nationals to 2 Gold Glovers who can hit!

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The rumor mill has not tied the Washington Nationals to any significant free agent in years … until now. In the span of a few days, the Nats have been tied to three of the top free agents in baseball with reports … Continue reading →

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Several Nats’ roster moves made. Some expected — some not!

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Andrew Lang

All MLB teams had to add back their 60-day IL players to their 40-man roster yesterday. For teams without open 40-man spaces, they had to make room on their rosters. The Washington Nationals made several moves yesterday that began with … Continue reading →

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The Nats and Juan Soto need to tango

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The phrase, “Takes Two to Tango“, actually came from a song that was written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, and sung by Pearl Bailey in 1952. Since, it has been used in a lot of sports idioms. LeBron James … Continue reading →

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For some fans, it is never enough!

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Andrew Lang

Say what you want about the frontrunner fans in Philadelphia. That team went through 10, yes 10 consecutive non-winning seasons from 2011-2020, even with Bryce Harper on their roster for 2019 and 2020, and they came back to the ballpark … Continue reading →

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