The Nats are in a *better* place to re-sign Soto after 2024

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Mike Condray

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Game #109 Corbin for the 65th time since the World Series!

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Since Patrick Corbin earned the win as the relief pitcher in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, we will see the lefty in his 65th consecutive start with no appearances out of the bullpen. From the 2020 forward, Corbin has recorded ERAs of 4.66-to-5.82 in 2021, and this season so far, he has regressed further with a 6.57. Is it insanity to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result? Corbin has thrown some gems since the end of the 2019 season, but his last gem was against the light hitting Marlins on July 4. He’s had five excellent starts of his 22 so far this year. That’s not a good percentage as 78 percent would not be excellent.  Continue reading →

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The Glimmers You May Not Have Noticed

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Forensicane

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Game #108 Josiah Gray’s Friday Night Lights

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Rain was the issue last night for the rare 4½ inning final. The Nats were a few feet from tying the game before the skies opened up, and it certainly seems like that is the story of the season in which the Nats lose a game by being thrown put at home. Paolo Espino pitched 4.0 innings and got credited with his first career complete game last night. Continue reading →

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Nationals’ off-season plan

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Granit Rocmonster

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Game #107 Nats in Philadelphia with a Voit to fill!

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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The Washington Nationals cut Alcides Escobar last night to make room for Luke Voit who the team got as the sixth player from the San Diego Padres in their blockbuster deal this week. Continue reading →

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Comparing the Juan Soto Trade To One Of The Most Crazy Trades In Sport’s History

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Garren Ouellette

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How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Dan Keegan

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How can you not be romantic about baseball? Think of all the ways to fall in love with this sport. You might love the idyllic summer afternoon, a cold beer and a country song and a hot dog while the local nine plays in the background of a good time with your friends and family. You might love the highwire acts of October baseball, the chess match between the game’s most fearsome closer and all-star slugger with a pennant on the line. You might get a kick out of the innocence of youth ball, or the promise of college kids in a wood bat league, or the various ways the game has evolved in international leagues, or an old-timer’s day at the stadium. Maybe you first fell in love with baseball cards, or understand the sport through the egghead lens of the sabermetrician, or marvel at the athletic prowess of MLB’s brightest stars. Maybe you can’t help but understand baseball as America, its triumphs and its evils, the history of capital vs labor and western expansion and civil rights and television stardom intertwined with a game. Maybe it’s all of the above. Continue reading →

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Game #106 Mike Rizzo had a lot to say on the radio

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

What a win last night. Who would have thunk that Cory Abbott could beat Jacob deGrom. Without Juan Soto and Josh Bell, it was Joey Meneses and Luis Garcia stepping up along with Abbott and most of the Nats bullpen courtesy of a slick Houdini act by Kyle Finnegan who was not traded yesterday. Continue reading →

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Analyzing the Nationals’ prospect haul from the 2022 Trade Deadline

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Marc Goldstein

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