by Andrew Lang
by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
by Andrew Lang
by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
The Washington Nationals got into their hotel room in Atlanta around 10:00 PM last night. This wasn’t a ‘happy flight’ after a getaway game with a win. In the postgame, MacKenzie Gore used the word “frustration” and that seems to be the way you should feel when you lost five straight games. The Nats had a real chance to get above .500 if they could have piece together wins on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It wasn’t meant to be.
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A 5-game losing streak pushed the Washington Nationals to their low mark in 2025 at 7-games under .500. The fans want to know who to blame. The answer isn’t easy on where to point all of the fingers. The best answer is shared blame towards the players, coaching staff, front office, and ownership.
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Another third game of a series, and another salvage game to avoid getting swept. This seems like something the Washington Nationals have faced too often this season. The team has their ace, MacKenzie Gore, on the mound to try to get a Curly W for the Nats. After the game, the team will head to Atlanta for a 4-game series, and the first time they face the Braves this season.
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The Washington Nationals have just reached the 25 percent completion mark in the season, and last night DFA’d another of general manager Mike Rizzo’s offseason free agent signings. This time it was Lucas Sims and his 13.86 ERA. Sims joins Colin Poche who was DFA’d last week. That is $4.4 million of wasted money just flushed away. Normally, Rizzo waits a lot longer to make these moves. Could Josh Bell be next? He currently has the lowest WAR value on the team per BBRef at -1.0. That is tough to do at the 1/4 pole of the season.
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The Washington Nationals have the St. Louis Cardinals in for the weekend. This series will have the first postgame concert of the season with Rockville’s O.A.R. as the band tonight. They created a song to commemorate the new City Connect theme with a song titled, “Our Diamond. Our District.” This will be the first time the entire song will be heard in public. You have heard clips of it. Now you get the full release.
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Talent alone does not always cut it. Reputation matters until you cannot perform. The back of the baseball card stats for Nelson Cruz meant nothing back in 2022 for the Washington Nationals. His -0.5 WAR wasn’t awful until you consider that general manager Mike Rizzo paid him $15 million for a .234 batting average and 10 homers over 507 plate appearances. He never got close to his .277 batting average on the back of that 2021 Topps baseball card or the 5.5 HR Rate per plate appearance. The sad part is you wish current Nats’ DH, Josh Bell, was at Cruz’s -0.5 WAR and batting .234. In fact, Bell is exactly 100 points below Cruz’s 2022 batting average. Right now on Baseball Reference’s WAR calculations, Jose. A. Ferrer has Bell beat for the lowest WAR on the team at -1.0.
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On April 25, the Washington Nationals had the 6th best starting rotation in baseball at a 3.41 ERA. That is considering all of the inherited runners the bullpen allowed to score on the starter’s ERAs. Today, the starting rotation is the 10th worst at a 4.26 ERA.
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The Washington Nationals welcome back Michael Soroka to the rotation today from the IL in a stint that began after his only start of the season on March 31. Soroka’s only start for the Nationals was against the Blue Jays, and did not go well. He gave up four runs over 5.0 innings. Afterwards, Soroka felt bicep tightness and was placed on the IL.
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The Washington Nationals had an ugly blown save in the 7th inning but then tagged a blown save of their own on the Cleveland Guardians bullpen as the Nats won a 10-9 thriller with Kyle Finnegan‘s 100th career Save.
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The Washington Nationals finished off their weekend in Cincinnati with two impressive wins, and came home Sunday night on a happy flight. Weather permitting, the Nats planned on sending Jake Irvin to the mound on Monday and the game was rained out. Today we get a traditional one-ticket = two games for the price of one admission. With an extra day of rest, what version do we get today of Irvin?
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