Category Archives: Roster

47 days to Spring Training & Rizzo has more work to do. Let’s Talk Nats!

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

New Years seems so yesterday! Spring Training has an official reporting date on February 18th for MLB, and players will start reporting to Viera Florida long before Spring Training officially begins. Wishing you a Happy New Year, #Nats fans! pic.twitter.com/xXizwY4AH5 … Continue reading →

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The 40 man roster shuffle #Nats

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals are currently at the maximum limit on their 40 man roster, and unless Rizzo can pull off a trade to remove a player(s) from the 40 man roster, the Nationals will have to waive a player to vacate … Continue reading →

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The Bench before and after Daniel Murphy #Nats

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There was quite the discussion on Sunday on what the Washington Nationals 2016 bench could look like for 2016. Bench personnel change and evolve during the course of a 162 game season. Most fans expect Espinosa to be a starter … Continue reading →

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What the Talk Nats community thinks about line-ups & CF!

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We had well over 200 comments on TalkNats, Twitter comments, and emails as to our poll questions and line-up construction. We had sjm308 with the most creative of line-ups as he went “LaRussa” on us. "OK – just read up … Continue reading →

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Politics: The back of the bullpen is occupied by Papelbon and Storen

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Washington DC mixes business and politics all the time so why not the business of baseball?  Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell who is a die-hard Nats fan gave his 2¢ when it came to Jonathan Papelbon (video below) as he … Continue reading →

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Your 2016 Washington Nationals roster, payroll, projections as of today!

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Mike Rizzo wrapped up his last few hours in Nashville to pull off a trade that needed to be done at some point this off-season.  No, not Papelbon, it was Yunel Escobar who was traded from the Nats along with … Continue reading →

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Does Dusty Baker subscribe to statistical splits in setting line-ups and roles?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

You must be a TalkNats Subscriber to access this content. Subscribers have access to exclusive content on the TalkNats website and can engage in discussions with other Nats fans. Click here to become a subscriber. First two weeks are free … Continue reading →

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Updated: Front of the bullpen constructed in Nashville. Trevor Gott, Oliver Perez, Shawn Kelley, Yusmeiro Petit.

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Many of the GMs and agents have done like Elvis and left the building!  The Winter Meetings are winding down, and Rizzo has made many moves and planted many seeds. Mike Rizzo didn’t get Darren O’Day as he wasn’t going … Continue reading →

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Rizzo actively talking trades. Mike Leake rumor surfaces! #Nats #WinterMeetings

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Mike Leake is one of the most sought after Free Agents still available on the market.  He got his start in 2010 for the Reds while Dusty Baker was his manager. There is no Qualified Offer on Leake and Ken … Continue reading →

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Dusty Baker did have other things to say in his interviews at the #WinterMeetings

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Dusty Baker did have other things to say yesterday at the Winter Meetings, and had a better early evening interview on the MLB Network Radio on Sirius/XM which was much better for Dusty as his old friend Casey Stern who … Continue reading →

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