Trea Turner to CF Just Makes Sense
The Nationals have, for a few weeks ago, inched closer to putting Trea Turner in centerfield, and last night they finally made the leap. Turner in center field makes too much sense to not at least tr...
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Lopez, Not Good but Promising, and His Uncertain Future
It wasn’t a good start, but it is hard to call Reynaldo Lopez’s debut last night awful, either. He started out poorly, giving up seven hits and four runs to the first 11 batters he faced....
Scherzer’s Mad Stats
Max Scherzer has had a good season – he currently ranks 9th in NL pitcher fWAR. He’s already at 155 strikeouts, but despite those positives, he’s also given up 21 home runs in only 18 starts. ...
Revere Doesn’t Need to Lead Off to Hit In Front of Everyone
Ben Revere had a really good day on Monday, going 4 for 5. Maybe it’s a sign that he’s returning to form. Then again, he didn’t get a hit last night. But even if he is getting back ...
The Nats Should Call Up Trea Turner Next Week
The Nationals offense has made some strides in the last few weeks now that Ryan Zimmerman, Anthony Rendon and Ben Revere have started hitting. Unfortunately, Danny Espinosa has yet to get on track, a...
He’s Not the Good Old Gio, but He Is Good
With an ERA that is top-10 in the NL, and a FIP that is top-20, Gio Gonzalez has looked really good this season. But he’s not the good, old Gonzalez of 2012, who placed third in Cy Young voting and l...
Strasburg’s Surprising Contract
With a move that seemed to surprise everyone, the Nationals signed one of the best pitchers in baseball to a long term contract. And he happens to be one that is already on the team, Stephen Strasbur...
Nats Fans Looking through the Wrong Window
Last year there was quite a bit of talk about how the Nationals “window” was closing, because Jordan Zimmermann and Ian Desmond were leaving, along with a few others. But I never bought into that, an...
The Key to the Nats Season is… Playing
Programming note: This is the first in a set of weekly posts that will run this year on MASNsports.com. I’ll will post these on Wednesday mornings, after they have time to first appear on the M...