The do-over opportunity for the Nats young players

Have you ever played the “blame game”?  It’s easy to point a finger at others, and when you do that — three fingers are usually pointing back at you. For some, it is difficult to choose accountability as you look into the mirror. After a firing of bosses, some use that as the excuse that the system was flawed — and maybe it was in partial terms. For others, it’s just a clean slate.

Almost every Washington Nationals player should have done their own introspective on what went wrong-and-right in their 2025 season. Some could decide to blame their previous manager and/or coaches for their shortcomings. In fact, only one MLB coach was retained in his previous role, and that is Sean Doolittle who will return as the Assistant Pitching Coach. Per a source, Gerardo Parra will move from being the MLB first base coach to a front office position (TBD) in player development. Even most of the front office personnel weren’t retained.

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Nationals Least Favorite Relief Pitchers

This article likely concludes our Most/Least Favorite series. To date, this is our list of recent articles on the all time Most and Least Favorite Nationals:

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“In NO WAY are we set going into West Palm” — Paul Toboni

The Washington Nationals President of Baseball Operations, Paul Toboni, appeared on MLB Network Radio on Sunday. Much of what was discussed you have heard before from Toboni, then he was asked by @JimBowdenGM and @JimDuquetteGM if he is ready for West Palm Beach, referring to the team’s Spring Training site. Toboni answered that, “We’re an attractive landing spot” for free agents, and he explained why. Toboni also said, “We’re continuing to have trade conversations with other teams … those conversations are ongoing.” Then he finished by saying, “In NO WAY are we set going into West Palm.” For anyone who read our sourced tweet five days ago, that confirmed what we wrote.

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Nationals All-Time Bullpen Pitchers

Inspired by an MLB Network’s segment about each team in which they named the top players — position by position, we did the position players, and starting rotation already — and now we move to the bullpen’s top relievers. This was tough coming up with the final few names. Putting them in order of impact was a even more difficult.

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Trade Candidates Other Than Gore

There has been a lot of discussion this Hot Stove season about trades regarding the Washington Nationals. Not just discussion on TalkNats, but also on the national stage. Some would say that no player has received more trade buzz than MacKenzie Gore. On a more local level, CJ Abrams has received some trade buzz too. The trades that actually got done were both surprises with closer Jose A. Ferrer going to Seattle for catcher Harry Ford, and after that, minor league starter Jake Bennett got traded for minor league starter Luis Perales.

At his point in time, both Gore and Abrams are still with the Nats, and it is looking more likely that neither will be traded before Spring Training camp opens. But — you never know!

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Nationals Least Favorite Starting Pitchers

Erick Fedde, former 1st round pick of the Washington Nationals; (Photo by Sol Tucker for TalKNats)

To date this is our list of recent articles on Most and Least Favorite Nationals:

Continuing with this series, here is my list of least favorite starting pitchers. Permit me to add that “least favorite” is much harder to compile than most favorite. There are just way too many candidates. As a result, I am going to list just three starters who were cringe worthy and then 10 honorable mentions.

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The Washington Nationals announce their 2026 International Free Agent class of 15 players!

The wait to get to January 15 marks the date that the Washington Nationals will announce their newest international free agency (IFA) class. The signings today are led by four players ranked in Baseball America by the amount of their signing bonuses to include №16 Samil Serrano ($1.97 million), №18 Isaias Suarez ($1.9 million), №52 Angel Ramirez ($1 million), and №53 Juan Duran ($1 million). They are all listed as primary outfielders from the Dominican Republic. Official signing lists can get announced at 11am this morning.

Expect at least a dozen IFAs signed by the Nats today. Follow Nationals Source, @francysromeroFR rankings, and FanGraphs for additional information on the signings. Also, MLB Pipeline will putting up their rankings. Baseball America has a bonus tracker for all teams on this link.

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Nationals Storylines That Could Define the 2026 Season

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The Washington Nationals enter 2026 at a crossroads, though not the bleak kind fans remember. This year feels different, with something more revealing beneath the surface.

After years of stacking prospects, rethinking leadership, and resetting expectations, the question now is whether those choices finally take shape on the field.

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Official: Nats chart new course on TV

It’s the end of an error era as the Washington Nationals have officially split away from MASN after 21 years as TalkNats reported through a source two weeks ago. The team will now join Major League Baseball’s in-house structure with ESPN to produce and distribute their games as well as additional programming. They are officially the seventh team join the MLB regional sports network coverage.

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Nationals all-time favorites in the starting rotation

Inspired by an MLB Network segment about each team in which they named the top players — position by position, we did the position players already — and now move to the starting rotation. This was fairly simple doing the first four names. Putting them in order of impact was a little more difficult.

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