by Andrew Lang
by SaoMagnifico
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that is in place now from 2022, put measures in-place to discourage service time manipulation. One measure is the Prospect Promotion Incentive and for the first time, it could impact the Washington Nationals. What impact could the PPI have on how the Nationals treat the three players that qualify in 2024 for them? Those players are pictured above in Dylan Crews, Brady House, and James Wood.
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All eyes in the ‘informed’ baseball world are on James Wood as he made headlines and the lede for MLB Network’s morning show today after he obliterated two baseballs in his first five at-bats. But hey, Dylan Crews smoked to liners to the outfield that were caught. Both were well over 100 mph, and BABIP didn’t work for him — a different story for Robert Hassell III who has the highest batting average of this trio (small sample size alert) at .600. Hassell has smoked three line drives into the outfield with two going oppo.
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The Washington Nationals travel to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium and that is a mouthful. At one time it was just Roger Dean Stadium. The largest self-described Corvette dealer of the southeast is a big deal in Palm Beach County. Not a far drive for the Nats and many have homes closer to Jupiter than West Palm Beach. MacKenzie Gore is set to start this game against ex-Nats draftee Jesus Luzardo in a battle of young lefties. Game time is 1:10 pm and only on radio unless the Marlins put up a video camera like they often did last year.
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We have semi-real baseball today as it is Opening Day for the Washington Nationals Spring Training schedule in the Grapefruit League. This will be a 6:05 pm start and the game will be available on TV via the Houston feed, and on Nats Radio via MLB.com.
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That photo says it all in Trevor Williams kicking dirt after being pulled from a game. Considering there were no complete games by Washington Nationals starting pitchers, manager Dave Martinez pulled his starting pitcher 162 times in 2023. That is not uncommon in baseball these days. But looking at the five main starting pitchers from last year, should they all be guaranteed spots in the 2024 rotation?
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For 2024, the Washington Nationals focused on rebuilding with some low-risk additions, after they cleared roster spots by parting ways with a few players since last August when the purge started, and strategically improving their team by adding some power to the lineup to compete more effectively in the Major League Baseball season. The beginning of the year is crucial for setting up the team’s direction, with important decisions about adding new players, making roster changes, and getting ready for spring training.
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Just prove them all wrong. The current PECOTA projections has the 2024 Washington Nationals team at 103.8 losses. Play the games — and do what you did last year, and beat all of the projections and estimates.
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Much has changed this month since the news broke that the Orioles will be sold — and the Washington Nationals were taken off of the shelf as a team for sale. These two teams are still tied together through the MASN TV contract and per the Baltimore Sun — that contract might be severed to give the Nats back their RSN autonomy. For years, the Nationals have suffered in restrictive revenues — but they must take some of the blame for their own failures in not taking advantage of available revenue streams such as stadium naming rights, jersey patch sponsorships, and of course attendance that has been in a freefall.
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In 2009, the Washington Nationals were in the enviable draft position to select the most coveted starting pitcher in decades, and add an ace to their staff. The young San Diego State pitcher, Stephen Strasburg, was a game-changer for this losing franchise. Remember, Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League baseball. All Senators fans knew that — and most Nationals fans just accepted it as fact. But Strasburg changed the narrative. His 2010 MLB debut was pure electricity. Two years later, the Nats won the NL East pennant.
There was no shortage of chatter and sightings that Washington Nationals principal owner, Mark Lerner, was more engaged, and around his team more than he had been in years, during the 2023 season. And even though the team was technically “for sale”, sources said that was more of a facade since the team was still under the contractual process when they engaged the investment banking firm, Allen & Co., to explore a possible sale in early 2022. Two years later, and here we are with the team officially taken off the market as Lerner told the Washington Post that the team is no longer for sale. A Nationals spokesperson confirmed the Post’s report.
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"Opening Day should be a National holiday"
