by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
The Washington Nationals are on the road in a game that has deep Washington, D.C. roots that can be traced back to the Griffith family and all the way back to the original Washington Senators and the lineage going back to Walter Johnson and the first of D.C.’s World Series in 1924.
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There are plenty of gut punches when times are good, and when times are bad, it’s insult to injury. When you heard that your best pitching prospect, Cade Cavalli, needed “Tommy John” surgery to his damaged UCL in his pitching arm, that injury pushed some over the edge. It also does not help that the Washington Nationals are 5-13 in this early 2023 season with an offense that has less horsepower than mom’s minivan. Rebuilds aren’t for everybody, and especially the faint of heart who can’t stomach the process.
Yes, it is frustrating to lose winnable games. No doubt about it. Add to that any exasperation you might feel on the daily managerial decisions if you do the part-time armchair manager thing. But then remember, this team wasn’t going to compete for the NL East pennant this year, and every analyst had the Nats finishing in last place in the NL East.
During general manager Mike Rizzo’s annual Hot Stove event, he was very open about the current team and what he saw. He talked about the current MLB roster and how the rebuild was going along with the good news on the state of the farm system. With less than three weeks into the minor league schedule, the news is fairly good overall. Maybe you are more concerned about Elijah Green‘s K% or Robert Hassell III’s slow start on his rehab assignment, but the rest of the top prospects are doing good out of the gates. And maybe some are better than expected like Sammy Infante, Jake Bennett, and Jackson Rutledge.
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Projecting when prospects will make their first appearance on an MLB roster is far from an exact science. Some would simply use the term guessing as the most appropriate term. At the beginning of 2018 who would have projected Juan Soto who had played only Rookie and low-A baseball would be on the 2019 Opening Day roster let alone be a starter in just two months. Injuries happen; players get called up early; and sometimes (albeit rarely) they click and stick around.
We’ve collected some guesses from some of our writers to get the conversation started.
Since these are guesses, there are no wrong projections; and no reason to explain the rationale unless you feel you want to. Keeping it simple: just a list of names of players to be on the 26 man roster on or before the 2025 Opening Day game. Along, perhaps with secondary guesses of what players might be next to make the 26 man roster.
The Nationals got swept by the Orioles in their two-game Battle of the Beltway, not scoring a run across Wednesday and Thursday. MacKenzie Gore went a quality six innings, allowing three runs on three hits while striking out seven and walking four but was outmatched by Orioles starter Kyle Bradish.
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The Washington Nationals once again found themselves on the short end of the runs tally losing another 1-0 game, and for the seventh time this year suffered a loss with a deficit of one-to-two runs. You cannot win when you do not score a run, and another good outing by Josiah Gray was wasted due to a stall of the offensive engine.
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Josiah Gray had a stellar start by the results, working into the sixth inning and allowing just a run, but Orioles’ Dean Kremer outmatched him in a Tuesday night pitching duel. Both sides collected five hits but the O’s beat the Nationals, 1-0 as they got the only hit with a runner in scoring position.
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The Washington Nationals came off of their best win of the season on Sunday, and they also had a bonus day-off today. They market this series between the Nats and their neighbors just to the north, the Baltimore Orioles, as the Battle Of The Beltways, but is it? The Orioles always seem to play these games as if they have the urgency of a playoff game, while the Nats just approach it as another regular season game.
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Yadiel Hernandez has been released by the Nationals 10 games into the Triple-A season, per the team’s transaction log.
Hernandez, 35, posted a .205 batting average (8-for-39) and a 16 wRC+, striking out at a clip of 37.5 percent. It ends a seven-year stint for Hernandez with the Nats’ organization.
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It’s time for the Beltway series to get underway as the Baltimore Orioles prepare to play the Washington Nationals. Led by manager Brandon Hyde, the O’s are off to a decent start in 2023, posting a 9-7 record. The Orioles are on pace to win 87 games this season, and the Nats are on a 50 win pace. Lots of things can and will change in this season as we have barely left the starting gate in a marathon of a season.
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