Category Archives: Turner

Fifth 18-gamer: A breakout for the Nats?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Section222

Fortuitously for your faithful contributor who needed a little more time to pull together a post, the Nats 90th game of the season was last Sunday, with five days before the next game.  So this 5th 18-gamer of the year … Continue reading →

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It was the Trea Turner show and that was about it folks: Postgame

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

As everyone knows, tonight was Trea Turner‘s 2016 debut, and he was 3-3 with a walk and a double. His OPS is 2.333 and his defense was perfect. The only other highlights from this game were Jayson Werth‘s HR and … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Ryan Zimmerman to paternity leave and Trea Turner to take his place on roster #Nats

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

BREAKING: Source: Ryan Zimmerman headed to paternity leave & Trea Turner will take his spot on the roster. Nationals breaking news! — Talk Nats (@TalkNats) June 2, 2016 Was it any coincidence yesterday when Trea Turner played 2nd base for … Continue reading →

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Another Perspective on When to Call Trea Turner Up

Posted on May 12, 2016 by DonH

In his chat on Monday, Thomas Boswell was asked about Espinosa’s performance vis-a-vis when Trea Turner would be called up. His response (quoted below) is thought provoking:

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The future of shortstop for the #Nats

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Section222

There’s been some discussion recently of the earliest date that Trea Turner could be called up and not reach a full year of service time (172 days) by the end of this season.  The various people who have weighed in … Continue reading →

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#Nats News -n- Notes: Revere, Turner, Harper

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Andrew Lang

Ben Revere started his rehab assignment on Thursday with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, and Revere made an immediate impact in the game going 2-3 with a run scored and a RBI. Revere batted lead-off with Trea Turner in the 2-hole. … Continue reading →

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We’ve said it about Ben Revere and Trea Turner. Now Dee Gordon speaks up about it!

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Andrew Lang

We have written this off-season about how traditional statistics do not fairly portray the value of speedsters. We wrote about the speedster Trea Turner and his intangibles.  We did the same for Ben Revere after Rizzo traded for him. Ben … Continue reading →

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Scherzer tunes up for Opening Day

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Today might feel like a playoff game with Max Scherzer and Adam Wainwright pitching for their respective teams today as we head into the final week of baseball in Florida. The Cardinals travel to Viera for this matchup of Aces. … Continue reading →

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Trea Turner is better than any standard stats show #Nats

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Andrew Lang

After the Nats traded for Ben Revere, Steve M. dove into the deep end to look past traditional Slugging % and OPS and even OBP to try to make sense of the greater value for these speed demon players like … Continue reading →

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St. Paddy’s Day & Another Spring Training Thursday: Strasburg, Harper, Zimmerman, Werth, Ramos were there

Posted on March 17, 2016 by NatsRed4DinDC

Crawling out of bed at 4:10 AM this morning to head to Viera, we had to remind ourselves that the reward was Harp and Zim, JDub and Ant-knee, Stras and the Buffalo. OK, it was worth it. There was baseball in … Continue reading →

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