by Stan4Nats
by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
How I see it today for the Washington Nationals Opening Day roster. Much of the roster will depend on health, and the only projected players for that roster with injuries are Amed Rosario with a knee issue, and Andres Chaparro with oblique injury. If Rosario is back soon, he should make the roster. The roster battles are for the final bench spot, final starting rotation spot, and the two final bullpen spots.
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The Washington Nationals have two overlapping games on the schedule this afternoon. The first game is the final game of the Nats’ west coast of Florida games, as they play the Atlanta Braves in Venice, Florida. An hour later is the first pitch of the Nationals top prospects who will be playing in their first of two SPRING BREAKOUT games, with the other game on Sunday.
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The Washington Nationals have their first road trip outside of their normal comfort zone that has only entailed trips to Jupiter and Port St. Lucie. Today, the Nationals are in Port Charlotte, Florida on the west coast of Florida to play the Tampa Bay Rays. The bus ride is just over three hours. Port Charlotte is south of Sarasota and north of Fort Myers.
Tomorrow, the Nats play the Atlanta Braves. Tonight, the team will stay overnight in the I-75 corridor between close to Venice, Florida. Also on Friday, the Nationals top prospects will be playing in their first of two SPRING BREAKOUT games with the other game on Sunday.
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The Washington Nationals are the home team today at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches again their neighboring Houston Astros. We have no TV coverage on a day when 9-of-the-10 projected Opening Day starters are in the lineup and on the mound for the Nats. MacKenzie Gore is set-up perfectly on regular rest to make the Opening Day start on March 27 which will include a start on Monday then a lighter load with a start on Saturday March 22. Today’s lineup has all projected starters except Luis Garcia Jr. who is probably sitting it out against a lefty starter today (h/t Stever20).
Tomorrow and Friday are long road trips to play the Tampa Bay Rays and the Atlanta Braves, and you can expect those to be a mixture of minor leaguers and some players with MLB experience. The team will stay overnight on the I-75 corridor between Tampa and Venice, Florida. Also on Friday, the Nationals top prospects will be playing in their first of two SPRING BREAKOUT games with the other game on Sunday.
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In August of 2023, the Washington Nationals promoted that year’s №2 overall draft pick Dylan Crews to Double-A Harrisburg after just 62 at-bats in Single-A Fredericksburg. That promotion set into motion a Harrisburg outfield of Crews, Robert Hassell III and James Wood. At that point in time, Jacob Young was a week away from making his MLB debut, and it looked like Wood, Crews, and Hassell were the future of the Nats’ starting outfield.
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Spring Training camp on the Washington Nationals side of the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches had a different vibe from past years. Players showed up early. The air you breathed felt like this was about winning now. “The future is now,” Dylan Crews said. “I think we’ll surprise some people,” James Wood said. The defense looked crisp. The base running looked smart. The at-bats had thought in the batter’s box. Then it all unraveled on Friday as if Cinderella’s time had reached midnight.
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The Washington Nationals fly out of Florida in two weeks from tomorrow to head to Washington, D.C. Most likely, they will bring about 30-to-32 players with them for the exhibition game on March 24, and then they will quietly have their final cuts that they will make official three days later for Opening Day on Thursday, March 27 against the Phillies.
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The Washington Nationals traveled to Jupiter to face the Marlins in the first game of a split-squad day/night road/home doubleheader and finished with a tie. Once again, Robert Hassell III and Nasim Nuñez impressed. Both with two hits in the game, and each played the full game. They both had to face Sandy Alcantara as a starter in this one and Hassell singled off of him and finished the day with a .400 batting average and a 1.047 OPS. Nuñez, not too far behind, has a .450 batting average with a 1.042 OPS.
Shinnosuke Ogasawara will be getting the start in tonight’s early evening second game. Tomorrow is the final off-day in Florida on the Grapefruit League schedule. We could see a lineup on Wednesday that looks like an Opening Day type of lineup. Then Thursday and Friday are long road trips to play the Tampa Bay Rays and the Atlanta Braves, and you can expect those to be a mixture of minor leaguers and some players with MLB experience.
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The Washington Nationals travel to Jupiter to face the Marlins in a split-squad day/night road/home doubleheader with both games against the Marlins. With less than two weeks remaining in Florida for Grapefruit League games, starting pitchers might be down to their final two to three starts of the pre-season. After being scratched last week with neck stiffness, Mitchell Parker is back on the mound for the first game today.
Shinnosuke Ogasawara will be getting the start in tonight’s early evening second game. Tomorrow is the final off-day in Florida on the Grapefruit League schedule. We could see a lineup on Wednesday that looks like an Opening Day type of lineup. Then Thursday and Friday are long road trips to play the Tampa Bay Rays and the Atlanta Braves.
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The Washington Nationals have a new marketing slogan, Next Gen Natitude that is part of an advertising campaign. That aligns closely with the buzz in camp among the players and management’s, “The future is now.” Spring Training has been the proving ground so far with key prospects and players who are aged 25-and-under in this organization who are among the top producers.
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