The Washington Nationals continue to win series against teams that were projected to make the postseason like the Dodgers, Orioles, and Diamondbacks. But they two lost series on their last road trip to teams that are not expected to come close to the playoffs like the Pirates and the Marlins. If the Nationals just took care of business in Pittsburgh and Miami — they would have a winning record. Instead, they are at an 11-14 record with slim chances of going at least 5-1 to finish April with a winning record.
The Washington Nationals won the first two games of this series against Baltimore to take their record to 11-13. This series wraps up tonight against the Orioles. A key is for the Nationals who must go 5-2 or better to finish with a winning record on April 30 — something that manager Dave Martinez has not been able to do in his managerial career that began with the Nats in the 2018 season.
The Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles have even more competition today from the Washington Capitals who are in playoff hockey just up the street. Last night, there was just under 30,000 in paid attendance to watch the Nats dominate in a 7-0 1-hit win with 8.0 strong innings from Mitchell Parker.
The Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles turned a big page in their storied and mostly acrimonious history recently. When the Orioles changed ownership before the 2024 season from the Angelos family, the lawsuits and bickering have finally ended. The teams finally terminated their MASN relationship effective after this season, and the teams seem to be working together towards some joint marketing to the fans in the region including exhibition games to finish up the offseason for years to come. Just yesterday, they jointly announced a streaming service to watch games. Today, they will face each other on the field where both teams are under .500 and each want to win this series.
In the offseason, the Washington Nationals outfield was supposed to be a strength of the team. Two-thirds of that group in that photo had a slow start to their 2025 season. James Wood has done his part. Other than Wood on offense, CJ Abrams, Nathaniel Lowe, and Keibert Ruiz all had good starts to their season. The rest have been struggling, and Dylan Crews woke up in Colorado. Now he has to show that wasn’t a fluke. Baseball is always about, “What have you done for me lately.” That might not be fair, but it is what it is. Baseball has a marathon season, and we will cross the 15 percent completion mark on the season on Wednesday. What was done in the offseason to build this roster — and the commitment from ownership is still being debated.
The Washington Nationals have won the first two games of this three game series and have already sealed a series win. Now we are in Game 2 of this doubleheader with Brad Lord poetically pitching on Easter Sunday.
Tonight’s split admission doubleheader finished with a thrilling 3-2 win in the first game of the twin bill. The Nationals enter this game at 9-12, and the Rockies are 3-17. After the game, the Nats will fly back to Dulles Airport ahead of their Monday day-off.
The Washington Nationals found their missing offense in Colorado yesterday. Dylan Crews turned in a career game with two homers, a double, and a spectacular catch on defense. You could say the Nats were ‘Crewsing’ with a 12-2 lead behind a MacKenzie Gore gem until the ball was handed to the Nats’ bullpen and between some horrible pitching, bizarre defense (all ruled hits), and bad luck — the bullpen gave up 9-unanswered runs to squeak out a 12-11 win.
Today is a split admission doubleheader that will be seen in DC as a day/night twin billing. The Nationals enter this game at 8-12, and the Rockies are 3-16.
The Washington Nationals got snowed out yesterday in Colorado. The hope is that they will not have any weather issues this afternoon for today’s game or tomorrow’s doubleheader. The Nationals enter this game at 7-12, and the Rockies are 3-15.
This 2025 Washington Nationals season was supposed to be a turning the top prospects turning into bona fide MLB stars as the team exited the rebuild towards transitioning to being a contender. With James Wood and Mitchell Parker, we might be seeing that. But this offseason’s top prospect, Dylan Crews, is struggling, to be honest, and he was supposed to be a key to taking the Nats out of the rebuild. Yes, the season is young — there is no panic here — but all 10 of the offseason free agent signings except for Kyle Finnegan are struggling with inconsistency.
In fact, after Shinnosuke Ogasawara was optioned to Triple-A, seven of the remaining nine free agent signings made by general manager Mike Rizzo are sitting in negative WAR per FanGraphs. Yes, the season is only a little over 10 percent complete, but this sure feels like a repeat of last year and the year before — and the year before that, where the free agent failures far exceed the free agent successes. Andrew Ross termed it well as “subtraction by addition.” That is exactly what it feels like. This feels like a cycle of sign them, play them, remove them from the roster, and then repeat it the following season with a new cast of characters. Each offseason, you remove those players to achieve addition by subtraction, and repeat the mistake. It shouldn’t work that way. Especially when the budget was large enough at $50 million to sign quality over quantity. This is about consistently making good choices.
Symbolic of losses, a game of inches; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Yin and Yang are not simply opposing forces, but rather complementary and interdependent aspects that bring everything together. This Washington Nationals team is made up of 26 different types of personalities. You must have the right mix of yin and yang for the perfect balance to get the desired energy. You need your Brian Dozier and Adam Eaton types to bring the team together in harmonic flow.
