The International Signings have the Nats in a great position to sign Cristian Vaquero. But what about Anthony Gutierrez?

(L-R, Juan Soto, Cristian Vaquero, Victor Robles, Armando Cruz); Photo from Cristian Vaquero to TalkNats

We are just about two weeks from the official start to the international signing period on January 15, 2022. According to Baseball America, Cristian Vaquero will receive the largest signing bonus in this class and head to the Washington Nationals. But what about the rumors of the Nats signing Anthony Gutierrez? According to Baseball America, Gutierrez is “expected to wait for the next signing period (2022-23) to sign.” Continue reading

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What I learned watching LIDOM games

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By ArVAFan55 aka Laura Peebles

For those who do not know what the acronym LIDOM stands for, it is short for the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana which translates to The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League. This league is essentially the Dominican winter league and composed of six teams across the Dominican Republic. It is the Dominican’s highest level of professional baseball played in their country. There is a great pride factor in LIDOM baseball among Dominicans. Also, you do not have to be Dominican to play in the league.

MLB is perfectly capable of making mistakes (“man on second in extras” comes to mind). Offering a livestream of the 2021-22 LIDOM games to the US subscribers of MLB.tv was not one of them. Perhaps they didn’t mean to, but they gave us a glimpse of the past and the future of major league baseball. The past? Think bunting and base-stealing. The future? Think DH and ads everywhere. I did hear the Dominican Republic broadcasters welcome their “worldwide audience through their partnership with MLB” a couple of times at the beginning of the broadcasts.

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Baseball Carols of 2021

Agents We Have Heard Today

 

Agents we have heard today

Decry expired CBA.

Owners would love to reply,

“Kiss free agency goodbye.”

Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, disputes are the reason,

Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, we might lose a season.

 

Robo-umps and pace of play?

Leave that for another day!

‘Tween the sides it’s trust they lack.

Diss the fans, they’ll still come back.

Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, disputes are the reason,

Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, Mo-o-o-o-o-o-ney, we might lose a season. Continue reading

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The future of this team with a Gray/House!

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The Nats are stocking up on infielders!

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Donate Your Unused Red Carpet Rewards Points to the Nationals Youth Academy.

Final Update – we were able to get folks to redeem items and donate points for a total of 43 items, including some red Nationals caps the staff of the Nationals decided to add. Many thanks to all who contributed. This is a picture of Section222 with all the goodies. Apparently, we were the talk of the Nats office staff about this.

This effort started with comments a few days ago based on an exchange between Section222, AllStars and me – asking the TalkNats community to pool our leftover points together to get a small gift for Ghost as a thank you for all the work he puts into this site. Ghost, being Ghost, graciously demurred any gift and asked the RCR points earmarked for him be used for the Youth Baseball Academy. Continue reading

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The Nats get a haul in the MiLB portion of the Rule-5 Draft!

The 2021 Baseball Winter Meetings wrapped up yesterday in Orlando, Florida with little fanfare due to the MLB lock-out. The only permissible activities were on the Minor League side of the business. The highlight for most, was the Minor League portion of the Rule-5 draft. For the past decade, the Washington Nationals have rarely been buyers in the Rule-5, and the last moves on the MLB side were in 2010 when they selected Brian Broderick and Elvin Ramirez. The Nats activity in the past was generally losing players in the Rule-5 draft. Continue reading

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The power was turned off on the Hot Stove! Baseball is frozen!

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The days when Lucius Fox was rated higher than Juan Soto; The Nats finally get Cesar Hernandez. So much more going on!

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The Nats had 10 tender decisions to make!

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