Trade Deadline is less than 2 weeks away

This year’s trade deadline is on August 1 at 6 pm ET. We are officially on “hug” watch. The Washington Nationals are going to make trade(s) of players on the final years of their contracts. Of course teams want healthy -AND- productive players — and the most popular name we were told that teams were inquiring on is closer Hunter Harvey, who is currently on the 15-day IL. Another trade candidate, Carl Edwards Jr. is readying himself to return from the IL, and will need to show that he can help a team.

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Game #95 Nats coming off of a good win have Corbin on the mound

The Washington Nationals are in Wrigley Field for their second of three games against the Cubs. For the Nats, it is Patrick Corbin fresh off of the paternity list, and he should have a fresh arm after he has not pitched since before the All-Star break on July 9. After midnight tonight, Corbin turns 34 years old.

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The Nats get Sykora signed with 8 other draft picks with just Crews to go in Rounds 1-to-10!

We all celebrated a great Washington Nationals draft of three projected first round talents in Dylan Crews, Yohandy Morales, and Travis Sykora. But the challenge always comes down to getting the players signed — because you never know. Sykora, for instance, had sizeable leverage on the Nationals since he was a top-rated high schooler at 19 years old, and he would be draft eligible in two years if he decided to honor his college commitment. The Nats signed him today at $2.6 million (pick 71 value = $1,021,300), and that was nearly at $1.6 million over-slot signing. We are told that Sykora will be represented by CAA.

Sykora, along with Morales, Andrew Pinckney and Marcus Brown, were all at Nats Park to officially sign. Morales also signed over slot, and nearly $600,000 above the suggested slot value.

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Game #94 Nats in Wrigley Field

The Washington Nationals are in Wrigley Field for three games against the Cubs. For the Nats, it is MacKenzie Gore on the mound, and LHP Drew Smyly for the Cubs.

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Game #93 is the finale with St. Louis

The Washington Nationals split yesterday’s doubleheader making this a rubber game to win the series. This is the final game of the season between the Nats and Cardinals, and while the Nats are looking up from last season, the Cardinals are spiraling down. The Nats have won 4-of-their-previous-5 series.

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Game #92 could the road record go over .500?

The Washington Nationals finished their suspended game from last night with a 7-5 extra innings win, and by doing so got their road record to .500 at 22-22. This game is the second game of this doubleheader, and Jake Alu has been called up as the 27th player.

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Game #91 Suspended game continues

The Washington Nationals returned from the All-Star break on a high-note for the MLB players, and the organization that crushed it in the MLB Draft. Josiah Gray pitched a perfect 1-2-3 inning in the actual All-Star game, and top prospects James Wood and Brady House impressed during the All-Star Futures game. The Nats have won 4-of-their-previous-5 series, and started off the traditional second half of the baseball season in St. Louis, and of course it rained.

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The 2024 MLB schedule has posted. What dates will Wood, Crews, and House arrive?

The Washington Nationals will begin their 2024 season on the road in Cincinnati on March 28. That will be a short three-game road series with the Reds through that weekend with the Nats’ home opener on April 1 against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Could we see Paul Skenes against Dylan Crews in a matchup? You have to wonder given the new CBA’s rules on what is known as the Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI). Just ask the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles how that worked out or did not work out respectively.

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From Expos to Nationals: The Transformation of a Baseball Team

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This 2023 Nats’ draft class changed everything!

The 2023 MLB Draft was a smashing success for the Washington Nationals with two elite players in Dylan Crews and Yohandy Morales, and that can change all the strategies on how general manager Mike Rizzo approaches his off-season. If you go by Baseball America’s final rankings of the draft class, they ranked Crews as the №1 player overall, and Morales at №27. Two clear first round talents. By the way, Bleacher Report ranked the Nats’ draft as the best with an A+. After adding two skilled bats like this to the mix, the Nats focus in free agency should put almost all of their financial resources into securing a true ace of the pitching staff for the long-term, via free agency.

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