Game #65 The Nats are back in Houston!

The Washington Nationals are back at the scene of the celebration of the team’s first World Series win in Game 7, back on October 30, 2019. It was exactly 3.62 years ago (1,322 days) from today when Howie Kendrick hit the go-ahead homer off of that right field foul pole that was the “Clang heard ’round the world.” Closer Daniel Hudson got the strikeout to end the game, and the party was on. This should give Nats’ fans hope that the team knows how to win. Think about all of the teams that have not won a World Series in the past 30-years. The list is long.

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Series Preview: Nationals at Astros

The Washington Nationals will play in Houston for the first time since game 7 of the 2019 World Series when the Nats became World Champions. Since then, the Nats victory lap was victimized by COVID, and then a painful rebuild while the Astros continued to soar. Baseball cycles will do that. The Nats had nearly 10 years of great baseball, and the Astros are now in year-8 of their winning ways — but they were also part of one of the biggest cheating scandals in baseball history that tainted a lot of that winning. At some point the Astros will falter, and the Nats will soar.

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Baseball America’s mid-season Top-30 Nats’ prospects!

Baseball America has published a new Washington Nationals top-30 prospects list. There is a lot of movement as you would expect, and expect more as the draft is less than four weeks from now, and the Nats top pick will slide into the №2 and expect that to be Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews or Wyatt Langford when the name is called. Also the Nats second round pick could seed into the back of this Top-10.

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Should the Nationals draft LSU OF Dylan Crews if he is available?

The 2023 MLB draft is fast approaching and exactly four weeks from today, so the time is ticking for the Washington Nationals to make a franchise-altering decision. Do they go with the standout LSU pitcher, Paul Skenes, who has been compared to Stephen Strasburg? Or do they go with the jaw-dropping outfielder Dylan Crews? That’s a loaded question because most likely the Pittsburgh Pirates will draft one of them with the No. 1 pick in the draft. The Nats draft pick is directly after Pittsburgh in the first round.

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Game #64 Six-game losing streak as of last night!

The “CAUTION BE ALERT” sign in the foreground can be seen just before Ronald Acuña Jr. unleashed the decisive 2-run homer; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

When will it end? The Washington Nationals enter this game stuck in a 6-game losing streak, and the blurred lines of managerial strategy and two costly mistake pitches that turned into a pair of 2-run homers were the big difference in this one.

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Game #63 has the Nats entering in a funk

The Washington Nationals enter this game stuck in a 5-game losing streak, and mistakes once again K.O.’d the team. Tell me if you heard this before: Another winnable game lost in a 1-run game. Errors, pitches in the dirt not blocked, plays not made, walks not accepted, and the 14th blown save of the season.

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Game #62 Nats need a stopper!

The Washington Nationals are mired in a 4-game losing streak. Another winnable game on Wednesday was just a 1-run deficit until the bullpen gave away another three. No easy task this weekend as the red hot Braves just swept the Mets in three games in which the team from New York had at least 3-run leads in each game.

Tonight, it is Josiah Gray who steps in as the stopped and the Nats pitcher with the best ERA numbers. He is pitching on two days of extra rest and he will face a Braves pitcher who will make his first career start. That starter,  AJ Smith-Shawver, began his season in High-A in Rome, Georgia and is now in the big leagues.

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The History of Sports Betting on the Washington Nationals

The History of Sports Betting on the Washington Nationals

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The online gambling market is incredibly competitive, even in the regions that recently legalized it. New markets are popping up in both US and Europe and the operators use modern incentives to acquire new users. In the Czech Republic, for example, it’s quite easy to find operators that give out freebies. There are dozens of online casinos with free spins in Czech Republic that don’t require you to make a deposit. It may seem counterintuitive but, casinos really want players to focus their spending on slots, rather than other games with a lower house edge.

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Series Preview: Nationals at Braves

The Washington Nationals will play at Truist Park for the first time this season when they kick-off a three-game weekend series with their division rival, the Atlanta Braves. After going on a hot streak in early May, the Nationals have started to cool down as they’re on a four-game losing streak and are 3-7 in their last ten games. It’s noteworthy they have played some tough opponents, but still, the Nationals have looked lackluster at times.

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Baseball America drops Elijah Green from their Top-100

A walk-off single on April 9 had Elijah Green floating through the air. The 19-year-old entered the season ranked at No. 58 of all prospects in baseball by Baseball America. In fact, Keith Law had Green at No.35, and every evaluator except for Kiley McDaniel of ESPN had Green in their Top-100 prospects before the season started. Yesterday, Baseball America dropped Green from their Top-100. Why? If you have been watching the games, you would have your answer.

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