Category Archives: SpringTraining

The Mixed Bag of Spring Training Stats for the #Nats

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We all know the dangers of relying on Spring Training stats; however, they also can’t be totally ignored in some cases. Danny Espinosa for instance shows that he is struggling in a small sample size while Scott Sizemore looks like … Continue reading →

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#Nats travel back to Osceloa Stadium. Gio vs Collin McHugh

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Gio Gonzalez and the Washington Nationals travel this morning to face the Houston Astros and catch the 9AM bus to Kissimmee, Florida. Danny Espinosa is back in the line-up and a few starters will also be in this line-up like … Continue reading →

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The January 8th 2016 line-up all appears together on March 13th 2016 #Nats

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It took exactly a dozen games into the Spring Training schedule for the January 8th line-up to debut. Why January 8th you may ask? That was the date when Mike Rizzo traded for Ben Revere as the speedy lead-off man … Continue reading →

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Updated: Scherzer named Opening Day starter; Ryan Zimmerman in the line-up! #Nats Bryce Harper New Gatorade commercial

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With the daylight savings time change, it feels like 7:30 and the clock has to change to 8:30 which makes that 1:05PM start feel like 12:05. As Bryce Harper sort of spilled the beans in his interview on MLB Network … Continue reading →

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Tanner Roark gets the start in Disney! 3/12/16

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The Nats will have a game under the lights at 6:05 at Champion Stadium in Disney World against the Braves. Tanner Roark will start against former Yankee top prospect Manny Banuelos. The Nats will send a travel roster featuring a … Continue reading →

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Game Recap 3/11/16 As Charlie Slowes said, “Put a Curly W in the Books”

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

March 11, 2016 Game:  Mets @ Nats, Space Coast Stadium The game started with the National Anthem as usual—sung by a girl who looked about 6 years old with a great voice and a working microphone. Strasberg may have been … Continue reading →

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The Washington Nationals host the Mets in Viera 3/10/16 Wilson Ramos scheduled to return!

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

At 1:05PM today, Wilson Ramos is penciled in to catch Stephen Strasburg with a line-up that looks to be very close to what’s projected for Opening Day! Blake Treinen should also pitch today and go 2 innings with Michael Brady, … Continue reading →

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Post-game report of #Nats and #Astros 4-3

Posted on March 10, 2016 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Here’s tonight’s report:  a sequence of random observations. Not an auspicious start to the game:  no one realized that the National Anthem singer’s mike wasn’t on.  But the fans gradually began to sing along with her, starting with the ones … Continue reading →

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Bronson Arroyo gets the start in the 1st Nats home TV game of the Spring

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats have their 1st MASN broadcast of the Spring for this 5:05PM start time. The line-up features mostly players who we expect to be in the starting line-up on Opening Day with just Wilson Ramos and Ryan Zimmerman absent … Continue reading →

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Spring Training Scores don’t Matter, but the Games Do

Posted on March 9, 2016 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

We’ve all heard some variation on the theme: “Spring Training games don’t matter” and  it actually was brought up today in the in-game post in the variation, “You do realize that this game doesn’t count, right?”. This attitude is understandable:  the … Continue reading →

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