Author Archives: Granit Rocmonster

Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals -Outfielders down on the farm!

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Outfielders – Down on the Farm Welcome to the last installment of this series, and potentially the most interesting, as we look at the deepest pool of minor league outfield talent that the organization has had since they became the … Continue reading →

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Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals -Outfielders!

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Outfielders – MLB Lane Thomas, 27 How Acquired: Traded by the Cardinals for the remains of Jon Lester, 7/30/2021 Prospect Rank: N/A 2023 Level: MLB The Numbers: 2.7 fWAR/3.2 rWAR G PA HR RBI SB/C TB AVG OBP SLG OPS+ … Continue reading →

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Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals -Infielders down on the farm!

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Infielders – Down on the Farm 3B Brady House, 20 How Acquired: 2021 Amateur Draft, 1st round (11th overall) Prospect Rank: MLB #40/WAS #3 2023 Level: A/A+/AA The Numbers:  G PA HR RBI SB/C BB/K AVG OBP SLG OPS+ wOBA … Continue reading →

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Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals -Infielders!

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Infielders – MLB 1B Dom Smith, 28 How Acquired: Signed as a free agent (1/$2), 01/04/2023 Prospect Rank: N/A 2023 Level: MLB The Numbers: 0.1 fWAR/0.9 rWAR G PA HR RBI SB/C BB/K AVG OBP SLG OPS+ wOBA wRC+ 153 … Continue reading →

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Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals -Catchers!

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Catchers C/DH Keibert Ruiz, 24 How Acquired: Traded by the Dodgers for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, 7/30/2021 Prospect Rank: N/A 2023 Level: MLB The Numbers: 0.0 fWAR/1.3 rWAR G PA HR RBI SB/C BB/K AVG OBP SLG OPS+ wOBA … Continue reading →

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Individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals!

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

Welcome to the first installment of individual player recaps for your 2023 Nationals! Over the next several days, we will be looking at a synopsis of the season that was for every player who is still on the 40-man roster … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Reliever Roles is fun and alliterative

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Granit Rocmonster

For this off-day in the Nats’ schedule, I’m going to dust off an idea I first wrote about eleven-years ago as a potential solution for the Giants related to the declining effectiveness (at the time) of Tim Lincecum, albeit with … Continue reading →

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Pitching Management

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Granit Rocmonster

On the heels of last night’s loss in St. Louis (and how much of the blame we can ascribe to Kyle Finnegan not pitching in a week), I thought it might be interesting to resurrect and update an idea for … Continue reading →

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The future of the Nats management under new ownership

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Granit Rocmonster

One of the things that regular posters like to speculate about frequently on this site is when changes in management might be made once the sale of the Nationals to Michael Kim, or Josh Harris, or David Rubenstein and Ted … Continue reading →

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Nationals’ off-season plan

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Granit Rocmonster

Hello and welcome to the 2022-23 off-season preview — two months early! We are going to do a deep dive into all things roster construction-related in the wake of Tuesday’s massive Juan Soto trade and how to set the Nats up … Continue reading →

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