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Nationals’ best deadline deal was the one they didn’t make

With trade season upon us, I’ve seen a couple of posts about the team’s best deadline deal ever. I’m going to remind us that maybe the best deal was the one they didn’t make. In July of 2006, Alfonso...

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Time to be realistic – No deadline deal this year

The Nats got swept by the Dodgers in two cliffhangers followed by a rout. They’ve slipped to two games below .500, and though they didn’t lose too much ground to the Braves who were 1–2 this weekend,...

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David DeJesus? Huh?

This afternoon the Nats announced that they had acquired outfielder David DeJesus from the Chicago Cubs and had released Roger Bernadina.  Many Nats fans are undoubtedly wondering why this move was...

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Just when I started thinking that Rizzo couldn’t do anything right…

The Nats have traded Steve Lombardozzi, Ian Krol, and Robbie Ray for Doug Fister. The move is already being described as a “steal”—read Dave Cameron’s analysis at FanGraphs. Fister is a relatively low...

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Trade deadline: Nats need a bullpen upgrade

Going into tonight’s game, the Nats’ relievers had the second lowest ERA in the National League. ERA can be deceptive, however, and if the Nats hope to be competitive in the post-season, their bullpen...

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Welcome, Asdrubal Cabrera

I like the Zach Walters for Asdrubal Cabrera trade deadline deal. I agree with Eno Sarris of FanGraphs—the Nats got a small but clear improvement for the rest of this season in exchange for a player...

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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...

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Farewell 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...

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Nats’ 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...

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Nats’ 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...

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Nats’ 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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