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Ross Detwiler, a regular role, and regular work
Yesterday Ross Detwiler was traded to the Texas Rangers. The Nats received two marginal prospects, Chris Bostick and Abel de Los Santos, in return. From the Nats perspective, however, the trade was...
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Souza trade yields shortstop, pitcher
In a three-way trade with the Padres and Rays, the Nats sent Steven Souza and Hagerstown pitcher Travis Ott to the Rays, receiving shortstop prospect Trea Turner and right-handed pitching prospect Joe...
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Clippard traded for Escobar
The Nationals announced that they’ve traded Tyler Clippard to the Oakland A’s for Yunel Escobar. A shortstop with Oakland, Escobar is likely to play second base for the Nats. He’ll be 32 years old next...
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Nats sign Max Scherzer; What’s next?
Baseball’s big news this holiday Monday is that the Nats have signed free agent pitcher Max Scherzer to a contract reported to be roughly $210 million over 7 years. What does it mean for the Nationals,...
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Trade Storen now!
After game 3 of the Mets series, my opinions are the same as those of Harper at Nationals Baseball: “Fire Matt Williams,“ and “Today, for me, the season is over.” But I’ll also add a third...
View ArticleFarewell to Dusty Baker
On Friday, the baseball world was stunned by the announcement that the Nationals were letting Dusty Baker‘s contract expire, effectively firing him. The baseball baseball press called this move...
View ArticleNats’ 2020-2021 offseason in review: ‘I like to learn a lot of new things...
After winning their championship in 2019, the Nats’ front office mostly held pat heading into 2020. The result was brutal—the team’s first losing season in a decade as they tied for last place in the...
View ArticleNats’ 2021-2022 offseason in review: ‘We’ve got to build you up’
With the Nationals in rebuilding mode, the team patched some gaps during the offseason but did little that seems likely to affect their longer term hopes of reconstituting a winning team. Here’s a...
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Nats’ August in review: ‘You’re going to figure it out’
August 2 was the trade deadline, and Nats fans braced themselves to say goodbye to Juan Soto and Josh Bell. There was also a worry on many of our minds—how much worse would this already awful team be...
View ArticleNats’ 2022–2023 off season in review: “The first rung on the ladder to get back”
On February 12, 2023, the Nationals founding principal owner, Ted Lerner, passed away at the age of 97. With the team up for sale, the Lerner era is soon likely to pass into history. The Nationals had...
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