by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Mathematically we are not starting the second half of the season, but baseball calls the first game back after the All-Star game as the start to the second half of the season which has always seemed odd. Especially this year that might have Ruthian ramifications if Juan Soto is traded along with the entire middle of the Washington Nationals batting order. Continue reading
When the final Washington Senators team vacated RFK Stadium after the 1971 season, owner Bob Short did not care about the fans — he only cared about his own interests. We did not just lose our Juan Soto of that team, Frank Howard, but we lost everything and everyone.
Gone were some of our favorite Senator players including Dick Bosman, Denny McLain, Paul Casanova, Mike Epstein, Tim Cullen, Toby Harrah, and manager Ted Williams. There was no MLB.TV app or cable TV in those days to watch our favorite players in their new uni’s and pro baseball ended for many of us. Baseball in D.C. was gone for us for nearly two generations.
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The Major League Draft can be overwhelming for fans as they watch their favorite team draft 20 players over the course of three days. Anyone who watched the draft broadcast on days two and three saw players picked at lightning speed – so quick that the analysts couldn’t keep up every once in a while. Continue reading
To make the 2025+ Nationals the Best They Can Be, if Juan Soto (through agent Scott Boras) Never Makes a Solid Counter-Offer the Nats Would Be Foolish Not to Explore Trades When Soto’s Value is Highest. Continue reading
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News broke over the weekend via Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic that the Nationals had offered a contract extension to Juan Soto for 15 years, $440 million, and that the offer was declined by Soto. Rosenthal’s report indicates Nationals GM Mike Rizzo would now be open to trading Soto as early as the 2022 trade deadline; this means Soto’s time in Washington could be over in a matter of weeks, as stunning as that may seem.
There are a number of factors at play here, from the business of baseball to team construction strategy to my now-fragile emotions. So let’s examine some of them.
The Future of the Nationals
We’ve know for over 9 months that the Washington Nationals owned the №5 pick in the first round today. With four teams picking ahead of the Nats, most likely Druw Jones and Jackson Holliday are the only sure things that they will be off the board by the time the Nats pick. Continue reading
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When news broke yesterday of a confidential offer that Juan Soto turned down at $440 million for 15 years, Soto made it clear he was not happy that the news was made public. Those terms were leaked by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic through his sources. The offer was the largest ever made in baseball history and exceeded Mike Trout‘s deal of $426 million. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Mathematically we aren’t at the halfway point of the season, just at the final game before we enter the All-Star break. After today, there are just 68-games remaining. Continue reading
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Things just hit the proverbial wall with superstar Juan Soto — if you believe the rumors that he just rejected the largest single contact in MLB history at $440 million. That contract would be $14 million more than the greatest player of this century, Mike Trout. Continue reading
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