Spring Training Game #12 Michael Soroka against Erick Fedde

The Washington Nationals travel to Jupiter today for a game against old friend Erick Fedde and his Cardinals. The Nationals will start Michael Soroka in this one.

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The 2025 SPRING BREAKOUT rosters revealed!

Get ready for four-days of top prospect baseball when all teams will showcase top prospect games with the inaugural SPRING BREAKOUT held from March 13-16 at Grapefruit and Cactus league stadiums starting a week from today and through that weekend. The Washington Nationals will get two Spring Breakout games that will be played on March 14 and March 16. The Cubs and Nationals are the only teams playing in two games this year.

The “Spring Breakout” game, which was a new concept that debuted last year, fields rosters of team’s future stars for a showcase in the middle of the Spring Training schedule. Teams are paired against nearby teams in the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues, and the Nats prospects will face the Astros prospects in the Friday night exhibition game and then the Mets prospects in the Sunday exhibition game.

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Buzz around Nats’ camp is that the future is now!

From the long winter in Washington, D.C., baseball fans can vicariously enjoy what their favorite baseball players are feeling in the sunshine at Spring Training. This is the time for dreaming about the future. A time of hope. Each team is tied at this time of year at 0-0 in the regular season. The Washington Nationals are talking like a team that believes they are better than how the “so-called” experts are projecting them. Their new marketing slogan is NexGenNatitude with visions of the young prospects and core of promising players.

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Spring Training Game #11; 今日は小笠原慎之介とアルカンタラの投げ合いを観戦できる。

The Washington Nationals lost another game in the 9th inning, and that is only somewhat acceptable as these late Spring Training games are a battle of minor league players. Manager Dave Martinez welcomes James Wood into the lineup for the first time this year in the outfield.

In case you missed it, Wood was recovering from minor quadricep tendinitis. Also, Luis Garcia Jr. returns to the lineup after an illness.

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Spring Training Game #10; Jake Irvin on the mound

The Washington Nationals had another day-off yesterday that manager Dave Martinez said that was a true day-off, and we heard that the gates were locked to the team’s complex at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. By the looks of it on social media, there was a lot of boating, golf, and video games being enjoyed by the players.

Of course there was huge breaking news on the MASN contract ending at the conclusion of this season, and that most likely the Nationals will have a new stadium name sponsor and jersey patch that they will unveil this summer per Chief Revenue Officer, Mike Carney, of the Nationals. Chief. Revenue. Officer. We love revenue enhancement when that turns into money to spend on players.

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Orioles’ control of the Nats’ TV rights through MASN will end at the conclusion of the 2025 season; Forbes reports Nats will also sell lucrative sponsorships!

The Monday morning news on the Washington Nationals was far from the mundane on the team’s scheduled day-off from games and practice. After over 20-years under the Orioles’ MASN-controlled ownership of the Nationals local TV rights, Major League Baseball announced this morning that after the end of the 2025 season, “The Nationals will be free to explore alternatives for their television rights for the 2026 season and beyond.” The press release also added that, “As part of the settlement, all disputes related to past media rights … have been resolved, and all litigation will be dismissed.”

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Spring Training Game #9 with a day-off tomorrow

The Washington Nationals split their doubleheader yesterday to get to 4-4 on their Grapefruit League record. They have a game early this afternoon followed by another day-off tomorrow that manager Dave Martinez said that is a true day-off, and he is not planning on heading to the team’s complex at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches.

Yesterday’s games got in the work for both MacKenzie Gore and Michael Soroka — both throwing three innings of zeroes. Trevor Williams gets the start today, and we will see how far he pitches today as we are 3½ weeks to Opening Day.

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Spring Training Game #8 Split-Squad 2nd game of the doubleheader

The Washington Nationals were scheduled for a split-squad afternoon/evening doubleheader that started for the team in Jupiter, Florida against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nats lost in the 9th inning by a final score of 3-2.

This evening game features several starters with MacKenzie Gore making his Spring Training debut. He had been pitching in unofficial outings to ramp up to at least two innings today. Michael Soroka had been doing the same, and he pitched the first game today and went three hitless innings and exited with a 2-0 lead thanks to a Josh Bell 2-run homer.

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Spring Training Game #7 Split-Squad 1st game with Soroka

The Washington Nationals have a split-squad afternoon/evening doubleheader that starts for the team in Jupiter, Florida against the St. Louis Cardinals. This game features five free agent signings who are all expected to making the roster: Nathaniel Lowe, Michael Soroka, Josh Bell, Amed Rosario and Paul DeJong. And it is Soroka who makes his first start of Spring Training.

With the aforementioned starters are only two players from last year’s roster with Jacob Young and Trey Lipscomb. A top prospects gets a chance to start as the team is challenging Robert Hassell III to play well as a starter against a true MLB pitcher as the Cardinals go with Miles Mikolas.

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BASEBALL’S IMPORTANCE TO OUR CIVILIZATION 

In the heart of America, amidst the sprawling fields of dreams, lies a game that has woven itself into the very fabric of our civilization — baseball. More than just a sport, baseball is a timeless tapestry of stories, a symphony of emotions, and a testament to the enduring spirit of humanity.

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