Category Archives: Lineup

Point-CounterPoint: Upgrading the Nats Offense

Posted on November 10, 2020 by DonH

Welcome to our first Point-CounterPoint post where Steve debates a topic with someone. This idea grew out of emails that Steve and I regularly exchange on ideas I have that I am not sure I should post. Our first topic is how … Continue reading →

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2nd 18 gamer: A Tale of Two Streaks

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Section222

Click here for links to previous 18-gamers. When last we left the Nats, they had just escaped the first 18 games of the season with a 9-9 record by winning the first two games of a series against the then-division … Continue reading →

Posted in 18GameRecap, AdamEaton, AJCole, Analysis, DaveMartinez, Difo, Doolittle, Eaton, Gio, Harper, Hellickson, Lineup, NLEast, Rendon, Roark, RyanZimmerman, Strasburg, Turner | Leave a comment

Who the heck is that guy? — 2018 edition! A guide to #Nats non-roster position players

Posted on February 15, 2018 by SaoMagnifico

As the Washington Nationals players trickle into West Palm Beach for spring training camp, there will be a few faces on the position-player side who may be unfamiliar to baseball fans. A few are minor league fixtures for the Nats, … Continue reading →

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Who Makes the Nationals Postseason Roster?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Michael Daalder

With the Washington Nationals clinched, the National League East is set for 2017. It’s time for Nationals fans to start shifting their attention once again towards October. For the fourth time in the last six years, the Nats will play meaningful … Continue reading →

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Who’s heading north? Mike Rizzo has options for the #Nats

Posted on March 6, 2017 by SaoMagnifico

The Washington Nationals are almost fully constructed for Opening Day, barring a significant injury during the month of March. After a (sometimes aggravatingly) sleepy winter, general manager Mike Rizzo emerged from hibernation last month, snapping up first baseman Adam Lind, … Continue reading →

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Filling in the pinholes as #Nats don’t have gaping holes

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals have no post-season starters that will be Free Agents. They have pinholes as Mark Melancon and Wilson Ramos are the two key players that could be headed to free agency. With Ramos recovering from a knee surgery, he … Continue reading →

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On Base Analysis by Batting Order

Posted on May 22, 2016 by DonH

In the last couple of weeks there have been questions about the batting order. And historically there has much debate about who, and what kind of batter should bat in certain spots in the order. So in response to those … Continue reading →

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A Totally Subjective Analysis of Why the 2016 Nationals Will (Finally) Win 100 Games

Posted on April 3, 2016 by NatsRed4DinDC

I love analytics. Really. The numbers quite often confirm what we see on the field, and indeed they often explain why things are the way they are. You want to know when Bryce Harper  took that next step and became an … Continue reading →

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Florida weather causing issues with starting rotation #Nats + Today’s line-up

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

After Friday’s wash-out in Jupiter and yesterday’s cancellation of the game in Viera, the Nats  shuffled the starters to go with Stephen Strasburg today for a 1:05 start in Jupiter vs. the Cardinals, and the Nats move Scherzer to tomorrow … Continue reading →

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The January 8th 2016 line-up all appears together on March 13th 2016 #Nats

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It took exactly a dozen games into the Spring Training schedule for the January 8th line-up to debut. Why January 8th you may ask? That was the date when Mike Rizzo traded for Ben Revere as the speedy lead-off man … Continue reading →

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