The Work That Werth Did
The news that Jayson Werth retired today was only surprising in so much as the timing. As a Nats fan, he seemed to have done so already, or at least should have. He hadn’t hit well for the Nats...
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Who Can Be Center Field?
The loss of Adam Eaton for the season is a brutal one for the Nationals, but that doesn’t mean it will be debilitating. What they need in center field, rather than a true replacement for Eaton,...
2017 NL East Rankings Part 1: The Position Players
It’s that time again… time to rank the NL East, position by position. Over the last few years, tradition holds that a musical theme aids the entries. This year, I asked Twitter to help me...
Picking at PECOTA, 2017 Edition
Baseball Prospectus came out with their PECOTA predictions for the 2017 season, and I took a look to see how the Nats fared. Remember that this comes from a set of algorithms that predict performance...
Don’t Hate the Player
The Nats acquired Adam Eaton from the White Sox today, in a trade that sent over three pitchers, including their two best pitching prospects, Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez. The Nats certainly adde...
Nats Might Be Getting Aggressive
There have been rumors the last few days that the Nats are going to be aggressive this offseason. And they should be, but what I’m wondering is what exactly that means. Sure, they need to fill ...
The Opportunity for Continuous Nationals Improvement
As the Nationals look to retool for the 2017, they are facing next season with largely the same team that they had in 2016. This is a good thing, considering that they won 95 games without a really h...
The NLDS and the End of the Nats 2016 Season
A few minutes after the first pitch of game 5, my daughter came downstairs and asked why I was watching baseball so late at night. She had gotten out of bed to ask me something, and was a little disa...
It May Not Be a Catcher that Replaces Ramos
The season ending injury to Wilson Ramos is obviously a big blow to the Nationals. And with everything Ramos has gone through, especially after the season he was having, it’s hard not to feel s...
How the 2016 Nationals Stack Up to Other Nats Teams
As the Nationals sit atop the NL East, with the second best record in all of baseball, I got to thinking about how this team might compare to other Nats teams. So, I took a look at the best seasons (...