Category Archives: Analysis

Unless you missed the memo, Spring Training camp opens tomorrow for the Washington Nationals. That officially ends the offseason which finished with massive turnover from the 2024 roster of players. If we look at players who provided no positive WAR … Continue reading →

While it is definitely still winter in Washington, D.C., the air feels like spring time in West Palm Beach, Florida. When Super Bowl LIX ends, the baseball season unofficially begins. This is the final weekend before the Washington Nationals open … Continue reading →

Up until September 21 of 2024, CJ Abrams was active daily on posting stories on his Instagram account. Since then, nada. His agent put up a collaboration post on Abrams’ page on October 7, and then the well went dry … Continue reading →

  The Washington Nationals pitching staff went through a lot of changes when long-time pitchers like Patrick Corbin and Kyle Finnegan headed to free agency. While the starting rotation had a vacant spot with Trevor Williams departure as a free … Continue reading →

Let’s assume for a few hours that general manager Mike Rizzo is finished adding starting position players to his Washington Nationals roster. That would give us an opportunity to project a lineup.

Rizzo spent $40 million so far on new acquisitions, but why didn’t he spend some of that on a top free agent? Was it all about the money — or was it about how the money was spent? Another local … Continue reading →

On August 6 of last season, Luis Garcia Jr. captured the lead in WAR (Wins Above Replacement) for position players on the Washington Nationals roster. That was a positive impact from Garcia who was demoted a year before in that … Continue reading →

Times flies when you’re having fun. Are you? Fans of the Washington Nationals are still probably a little unsettled at this point in the offseason. Building a roster is tedious work for a team trying to transition out of a … Continue reading →

As they say, you might not like the process in how the sausage is made, and that has a parallel to how a roster is built. The behind-the-scenes process isn’t pretty. So let’s deal with some facts and not the … Continue reading →