Category Archives: Roster

This trade deadline puts Mike Rizzo in a unique situation

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Extrapolating the Washington Nationals’ 12-19 record to a 162-game season would put this team at 32-51 to give you some perspective on how dire it looks.  To lose this weekend’s series in Boston could have changed the outlook on this … Continue reading →

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Baseball America’s Top 100 rankings mid-season update; Luis Garcia up-to-date!

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There is a new mid-season update from Baseball America that has Carter Kieboom ranked as their 17th top prospect, and Luis Garcia as their 100th top prospect. No other Nats players made the list as expected. As always on that … Continue reading →

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BBRef values Tanner Rainey & Erick Fedde in the team’s Top 4!

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you use BaseballReference.com (BBRef) you will certainly see their rankings have some interesting names as the most valuable on the Nats. Not surprisingly, Max Scherzer and Juan Soto were their № 1 and № 2 on their list. What may surprise … Continue reading →

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Updated: Today is “cut” day to 28 and on the surface it seems clear, but it never is. The 2 cuts were Bonifacio and Bourque.

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Teams will be trying to trade players as one option to get to twenty-eight players which is now the new limit for roster sizes for the rest of the year. MLB was supposed to have one more cut to twenty-six … Continue reading →

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A week of roster moves for the #Nats is on the agenda!

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Fifteen days go by quickly as the season reaches that mark on Friday and as such rosters by rule must be pared down to 28-players from the current thirty unless MLB agrees to continue with the larger rosters which seems … Continue reading →

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If Howie Kendrick didn’t hurt his back, Kieboom’s groin wouldn’t have magically healed!

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When Howie Kendrick was suddenly scratched from Wednesday’s lineup with upper back stiffness, Carter Kieboom’s groin mysteriously healed simultaneously, and he was inserted into the lineup. Yes, the groin they said kept him from moving laterally was healed. It had … Continue reading →

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One week and a day from Opening Day for the #Nats; Soto, Robles and Kendrick status!

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

No team at this point has been hit as hard by the COVID procedures than the Washington Nationals. Opening Day for the team is just eight days away, and the team is missing one-third of their starting lineup from COVID … Continue reading →

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Source: Some #Nats players on self-isolation should return soon!

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There are at least seven Washington Nationals players on the big league roster in self-isolation on the COVID-19 protocol. Two of them had reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, and the others came in close enough contact to go into mandated … Continue reading →

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Nats summer camp’s first week was missing their youthful stars and oldest stars!

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats will not have Ryan Zimmerman for the entire 2020 season due to his opt-out, and Howie Kendrick has been in self-isolation for undisclosed reasons. That is a big part of the Washington Nationals veteran leadership. Absent during the … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Opening Day roster for two weeks from today!

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Let’s try to come up with the 30-player Opening Day roster, from the 42 players who are still in big league camp at Nats Park. We already have some clues from both General Manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez … Continue reading →

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