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2025 Season Predictions: Can the Nationals Surpass Last Year’s 71 Wins?

The Washington Nationals are looking poised to make waves in the 2025 season, aiming to surpass their 71-win benchmark from last year. While the team continues its planned rebuild, the addition of seasoned hitters like Josh Bell and Nathaniel Lowe … Continue reading

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Game #12 Nats already clinched the series win against the Dodgers!

Baseball is a game of curveballs — figuratively and literally. You never know what will happen in a baseball game. Brad Lord, a former Home Depot seasonal worker, started his first MLB game — and his first strikeout victim of … Continue reading

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Game #11 Nationals went after it!

The morning discussion on MLB Network between Eduardo Perez and former-GM, Steve Phillips, was that the Washington Nationals showed “urgency” last night. Yes, manager Dave Martinez went after that Curly W, and it felt like a playoff game for Martinez. … Continue reading

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Game #10 Nats have the World Series champs in DC

The Washington Nationals were able to win the past two games against the Diamondbacks to take some positivity into this three game series against the reigning World Series champs. In fact, the Dodgers are at the White House today.

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Game #9 Nats face Corbin Burnes in series finale

The Washington Nationals squeaked out of yesterday’s game with a win. Finally, BABIP was on the side of the Washington Nationals in the 4-3 final. Mitchell Parker earned his second win, and Kyle Finnegan notched his second save. The game … Continue reading

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Game #8 Time to try a new strategy

The Washington Nationals are off to a terrible start at 1-6 on this young season. However, they have been in the majority of every game to start this schedule yet have lost two-thirds of their games in the bullpen. The … Continue reading

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Can you believe CBS Sports has already ranked the July 31 trade deadline candidates?

The regular season for 28-teams gets started next week, and CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa just released a list of the 10 players he ranks as most likely to be traded at the deadline. The 8th name on that list is Josh … Continue reading

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Clean baseball turned to slop. 18 unearned runs, base running mistakes, and wild pitches.

Spring Training camp on the Washington Nationals side of the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches had a different vibe from past years. Players showed up early. The air you breathed felt like this was about winning now. “The future … Continue reading

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Streaky Teams in MLB History: How Hot Runs Have Defined Past Seasons

There’s an old saying that goes “nothing succeeds like success” – and that’s certainly true for some MLB teams. These teams find themselves in cycles of extraordinary winning streaks that redefine their seasons. The Washington Nationals would like to catch … Continue reading

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The Best 26 SHOULD Go North

Recent comments on Talk Nats were spot on with the reasons that Dusty Baker was so successful as a regular season manager. The month of April wasn’t for finding your footing, it was for winning games by putting your best … Continue reading

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