A Shot at Relief for the Bullpen
Have you heard? The Nats bullpen is bad. Also, and this may surprise you, they traded two of their best prospects this offseason for a player who unfortunately can’t contribute right now. The c...
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Imagining the Season with the Nats Current Bullpen
Like it or not, the Nationals bullpen may not change much before April. With the signing of Greg Holland by the Rockies, it’s starting to look like a well-known closer is not walking through th...
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 ...
Without a Race in September, Questions Can Be Answered
As September arrives, the NL East race is looking more like a stroll. The Nats still want to win enough games to keep home field advantage in the NLDS. But they are afforded the ability to rest some ...
Nats Key to 2016 is Balance
With 50 games left in the season, and the playoffs approaching, if you want to worry about the Nats, you can certainly find something. They scored a total of three runs in their last three games, and...
The Nats Didn’t Lose Their Best Reliever, but it Could Hurt All ...
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...
The Nats Bullpen – A Perceived Weakness Has Been a Strength So F...
It looked like one of their biggest weaknesses coming in to the 2016 season, and yet, almost a third of the way through the year, the Nationals bullpen has been a strength. Among NL bullpens, it rank...
Nats Don’t Have a Setup Man, Let’s Hope it Stays that Way
It’s a week into the 2016 season, and the Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon has looked good. But that most-important of baseball engineering marvels, the bridge to the closer, is far from conc...
Nats Gott Some Late Inning Potential
The Nats bullpen revamp continues – I’ve already profiled new relievers Shawn Kelley, Oliver Perez and Yusmerio Petit. Today, they added to that by trading away Yunel Escobar to the Angel...
Nats Bolster Beleaguered Bullpen
edit: After I wrote this post, the Nats also signed Yusmeiro Petit. It made sense to just add a little about him in here, so I did that, without changing the rest of the article. Therefore, it’...