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The NLDS and the End of the Nats 2016 Season

October 14, 2016 no comments

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...

Will Koda Glover Be a Closing Act for the Nats Bullpen?

July 20, 2016 no comments

Coda (noun) 1. a) a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure b) a concluding part of a literary or dramatic work 2. something that serves to round out, conclud...

The Nats Didn’t Lose Their Best Reliever, but it Could Hurt All ...

June 15, 2016 no comments

It’s one thing to lose a reliever, it’s another to lose a closer. The Nationals’ relatively effective closer, Jonathan Papelbon, went on the DL yesterday, and this is an issue for the team. Despite t...

Nats Fans Looking through the Wrong Window

April 20, 2016 1 comment

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...

2016 NL East Rankings Part 2: The Pitchers

March 29, 2016 1 comment

After examining the position players last time, here’s where we stand coming into the pitching round of the competition: SCORE: DC (32), NY (32), MIA (26), ATL (18), PHI (12) This whole ranking is fa...

Moving Beyond Windows – Building the 2016 Nationals

October 5, 2015 1 comment

2015 was the end of an era for the Nationals, with a couple of long-tenured big contributors leaving. But while some think the window of opportunity for them has closed, I think that is a bit too par...

Keith Law and the Nats Top Prospects

January 30, 2015 no comments

On the heels of his overall minor league top 100 and his overall organizational rankings, Keith Law just came out with his top 10 for each team, including the Nationals. He didn’t dive into spe...

Nationals Sign Scherzer

January 19, 2015 no comments

The Nats went ahead and went crazy today, signing Max Scherzer to a seven year deal. They now have the best rotation perhaps in the history of baseball – heck, they’ve got enough guys to ...

Nationals 2015 Top 10 Prospects – Baseball Prospectus

November 17, 2014 no comments

Baseball Prospectus was kind enough to put out their top prospect lists in some order other than worst record to best, so we don’t have to wait 2 months to see the Nats list. You can see it her...

Offseason Questions for the Nationals

October 8, 2014 no comments

I’m not going to rehash the NLDS, I rarely “cover” individual games, and I’m sure you’re sick of it anyway. Rather than talk about the mistakes, issues or decisions, I&#...

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