Category Archives: Starters

The Nats needs for 2020 begin with starting pitching!

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Every team enters the off-season in need of starting pitching. For the Washington Nationals, they have built around elite starting pitching since they began their winning ways. They enter the offseason with a need to replace Stephen Strasburg and Jeremy … Continue reading →

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3rd 18*-gamer: A Breakout Set, Even With an Asterisk

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Section222

Click here for links to previous 18-gamers. When the umps stopped the Nats’ first scheduled game against the Yankees on May 15 because of rain, little did they know what havoc they had wreaked on my 18-gamer. With the score … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 14, 2018 by SaoMagnifico

At long last, the Washington Nationals have announced who will be suiting up in red and white for the team’s second major league spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida. Along with 39 players on the major league roster (Joe … Continue reading →

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Is the Hot Stove heating up? Does it matter for the #Nats?

Posted on February 11, 2018 by SaoMagnifico

There are, roughly speaking, two schools of thoughts about the Washington Nationals at this juncture. Although the long, dark winter without baseball is nearly at an end, the off-season has moved very slowly for free agents. Yu Darvish, projected as … Continue reading →

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#Nohtani for the #Nats. Now what?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by SaoMagnifico

Like 29 other teams in major league baseball, the Washington Nationals could have really used the services of Japanese phenom and international megastar-in-the-making Shohei Ohtani. Among the items on the Nats’ to-do list this winter are finding a fifth starter … Continue reading →

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Updated: Max Scherzer wins his 3rd Cy Young award; Only the 10th player ever to join that grouping!

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

UPDATED: Max Scherzer has won his 3rd Cy Young award. Congratulations! Stephen Strasburg finished in 3rd place and Gio Gonzalez finished in 6th place followed by ex-Nats farmhand Robbie Ray. Voting is here. The BBWAA will announce the winners of … Continue reading →

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Grading the 2017 Washington Nationals: Pitchers

Posted on October 15, 2017 by SaoMagnifico

The term has ended, and now the report card is due. How did the Washington Nationals fare in 2017? Some excelled. Some disappointed. While we lick our wounds from another first-round loss in the playoffs, let’s take a look back … Continue reading →

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4th 18-gamer: Fits and Starts

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Section222

For previous 18 gamers, click here. The fourth 18-game set was the worst of the Nats’ season so far, 9-9. As regular readers of these 18-gamers know, averaging 10-8 in the nine sets in the season gets you 90 wins, … Continue reading →

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And they’re back! First 18-gamer of 2017 #Nats

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Section222

My 18-game posts have a long and sordid history.  For those who are new to this rodeo, check out the first few paragraphs of last year’s first 18-gamer for an explanation of what these posts are all about.  And for links to … Continue reading →

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The pitching from the Nats top 4 starters has been excellent

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Andrew Lang

You would never know it from the last week in the standings, but the Nationals 1-4 starting pitchers are all ranked by ERA in the Top 38 of the Major Leagues. They say if you are Top 30 in the … Continue reading →

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