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MLB Network ranks the Top 100 players and the #Nats have 7 players who made the list!

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

MLB Network’s annual Top 100 Players Right Now! program last night placed seven Washington Nationals in their Top-100 players and right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer was ranked fifth on their list.  Scherzer, who ranked 11th on last year’s countdown, finished one spot ahead of the Houston … Continue reading →

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A lesson in baseball analytics for pitching staffs! #Nats

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Happy New Year and if Mike Rizzo of the Washington Nationals reads just one of our articles, we hope it is this one. The new-age of baseball analytics blossomed years ago and with software and high-speed cameras you would think … Continue reading →

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We name the remaining free agents who can move the needle! Here’s the Top 100 who are unsigned!

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Using FanGraphs projections from Steamer’s 2019 WAR for remaining free agents, here are the top 100 (chart below) who could potentially move the needle for the upcoming season. At the top of the list, you will see some familiar names. … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Fall Leagues ends on a walk-off; Carter Kieboom raised his stock!

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Arizona Fall League ended with a walk-off home run in the championship game. It was a good showing by many prospects, and Carter Kieboom stepped up in the league as a Fall Star and in the championship game reaching … Continue reading →

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Small sample size clutch in the postseason is a factor of circumstance!

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Overall, the amount of “clutch” we have seen in this postseason has to go to the pitching and defense and maybe even to fan interference. Last night’s Astros’ game practically started with an historic umpire call that negated a two-run … Continue reading →

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Game #28 & #29 Cole vs Cole and the debut of Jeremy Hellickson in split squad games!

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Andrew Lang

The pitchers in the photo above are the current clubhouse leaders  in ERA (sort of). It is hard to compare apples to apples because Fedde has done most of his work in relief and is actually tied with Tommy Milone … Continue reading →

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Bryce Harper started a revolution to “Make Baseball Fun Again”, and it is on full display in this World Series!

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Bryce Harper got plunked and it turned into a brawl…three years after he hit two NLDS home runs off of Hunter Strickland in 2014. A year and a half before that brawl, Harper was talking about emotion in baseball in … Continue reading →

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Tanner Roark and Daniel Murphy are the best of baseball

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Erika C.

Do you think Abner Doubleday could have envisioned that baseball would be played worldwide? Chevrolet tried to show the symbolism of America as “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet”. Baseball has risen to a fever pitch worldwide as witnessed … Continue reading →

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Back to Jupiter with Stephen Strasburg; Team USA wins Roark/Murphy

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals travel less than 14 miles north once again to Roger Dean Stadium for a game against the NL East Miami Marlins in Jupiter, Florida. Roger Dean Stadium is also the home for the St. Louis Cardinals which makes … Continue reading →

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Talking with Top Prospect Sheldon Neuse #Nats

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Andrew Lang

In 2016, the Washington Nationals used their 2nd round pick (58th overall pick) to select Sheldon Neuse. His last name so everyone knows is pronounced like the word ‘noisy’. The former college shortstop and reliever, who had a 94mph fastball for … Continue reading →

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