by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
This weekend series in Atlanta for the Washington Nationals has two teams going in opposite directions. The lineups are far different from what we saw on June 3. The Braves added at the trade deadline, and the Nats subtracted from the lineup the Braves saw last. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals were a first place team for a small sliver of hope in May, and that turned out to be more of a tease. People who were buying into Fool’s Gold were not seeing the true stones. They were wishing on the second coming of 2019 miracles. This team was stuck in neutral and had to decide to go into reverse or drive. They could have pushed ahead and won the weak NL East by buying early in July at the cost of selling more of their weak farm and patching the weak spots. They wisely sold in late July and started the “retool” as the Nats braintrust shifted into reverse. Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. | General Manager Mike Rizzo spoke to season ticket holders; Photo screengrab
With the Washington Nationals in punt formation on the 2021 season, General Manager Mike Rizzo took to ZOOM to brief season ticket holders on the “State of the Nationals” and what started with apologies ended with optimism for a plan and a blueprint for the future. He assured season ticket holders that the plan the team had in place in 2009-2011 that other teams have now tried to copy would be the same plan that he is re-executing again saying that, “The worst possible thing is to sustain mediocrity.” He is right that even sliding into an NL East crown in a weak division is not ideal to act like you are something you are not. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals have been in a freefall since July 1 and it has been worse since the trade deadline. Now the ball is given to Paolo Espino to be the stopper. Continue reading
Brady House with high school teammate Trevor Maddox; Photo provided by Trevor Maddox
Just by signing № 11 overall pick, Brady House (№ 90 Baseball America Ranking), in this year’s first round of the amateur draft, the Washington Nationals would have had two Top-100 prospects in their farm system with House and Cade Cavalli (№ 26) who was the team’s first round pick last year.
Adding Keibert Ruiz (№ 15) and Josiah Gray (№ 58) through trades this week to their top prospects, has now propelled the Nats to one of the strongest farm systems. But a year ago at this time, the Nats had no players ranked in the Top-100 and were rated last by Baseball America as the worst minor league system in baseball. Continue reading
Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals made some surprising roster moves in the pre-game this afternoon. General manager Mike Rizzo replicated what he did last week and sent another back of the bullpen arm down to Triple-A. This time it was Wander Suero who has been struggling, and the team called up their hybrid reliever of the past, Javy Guerra. The team also placed catcher Rene Rivera on the 10-day Injured List (retroactive to Aug. 2) with a right elbow contusion, and called up Riley Adams from Triple-A. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
We saw a glimpse of the future last night for the Washington Nationals, and it was encouraging to see one of the team’s top prospects, Josiah Gray, turn in a very good outing over his 5.0 innings last night. Add to that Mason Thompson‘s debut with the Nats and the first inning of work from Gabe Klobosits, and even former top prospect Carter Kieboom who turned the best singular game of his short MLB career last night. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
This could be the start of a new era for the Washington Nationals as they are giving the start tonight to one of those top prospects the team just traded for. Josiah Gray was acquired via the Max Scherzer and Trea Turner deal with the Dodgers that also yielded Keibert Ruiz and two lesser prospects. Gray was activated yesterday and was part of the walk-off celebration courtesy of Yadiel Hernandez. Tonight, he is the starting pitcher. The pressure on Gray needs to be on ‘low’ as the Nats were at this point in 2016 when Lucas Giolito made his debut with the Nats, and it was not handled well. Continue reading
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