by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats
With the loss in this series to the Red Sox, the Nats dropped to 12-19 in a new low for the season. The team is digging a deeper hole in the cellar of the NL East, and at some point you have to wonder what direction ownership and general manager Mike Rizzo will want to go for a team that has not had a losing season for 9-years. Continue reading
Fenway Park by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Digest this record at the halfway point of a 162-game season: 32-49. If this was early July in a normal season, the Nats would be 17-games under .500 based on their disappointing .400 winning percentage and would be sellers at a July trade deadline. Those are facts, yet they are 12-18 in reality in a 60-game season while desperately needing a Ruthian 10-game winning streak to force Matt Williams to fulfill his promise and do his “Great Bambino” circling the bases. Okay, right right, Williams is out of MLB. Manager Dave Martinez needs to do his version of the Babe Ruth to get a 10-game winning streak. Anything is possible as the 2019 Nats showed. Continue reading
Fenway Park; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
In a short season, you cannot try to repeat a 19-31 start to the season and expect to make the postseason. The Nats are at their halfway mark and are at 12-18 in this 60-game season. The Nats lost this game 5-3 on a night that their leadoff man, Trea Turner, went 5-5. Continue reading
The #Nats have announced they will wear #42 jerseys all weekend for an extended Jackie Robinson tribute; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
With all of the postponements, the Nationals were supposed to have played Game #34 today, but here we are at the team’s mathematical final game of their first half tonight. The Nats are on the outside looking in for that elusive lengthy winning streak to get in the eight team playoff race. The team stands at a disappointing 12-17 going into tonight’s game in Fenway Park. Of course the Nats continue to be the road warriors. Nobody can explain their reverse splits while batting a healthy .314 on the road versus a pedestrian .237 at home. Continue reading
Max Scherzer on Jackie Robinson Day in Fenway; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
On this day, Max Scherzer controlled the game, and the Nats cruised to a 10-2 victory in venerable Fenway Park as they ended a 3-game losing streak. Scherzer notched his 173rd win of his career while keeping perfection at 108-0 when his team gets him five or more runs in support. Continue reading
Jackie Robinson Day is normally April 15th and MLB moved it to August 28th for 2020
Equality. All men are created equal. Actually, the quotation “all men are created equal” is part of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which Thomas Jefferson penned 244 years ago. Jackie Robinson was one of a kind when he played nearly 75 years ago, and prior, before his inclusion into the Minor Leagues. Who would think today we are still dealing with some of the same issues that maybe never left the dark corners of America. While Jackie had no equal on the field, equality was about fairness in equal treatment as a human — as a man. Then let the best man win as they say. Jackie’s legacy of breaking the color barrier was still done at a time when there was segregation and discrimination, and while baseball is more accepting now, the world still must change and be better. Continue reading
Garcia debuted 8/14/2020; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
In shocking but never surprising news, the Nats sent their top prospect Carter Kieboom to the Washington Nationals’ minor league camp at the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg today to make room for Sean Doolittle who was activated from the 10-day IL. On the latest prospect rankings from Baseball America, Kieboom is their 17th top prospect, and Luis Garcia their 100th top prospect. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Nats for the last two weeks of baseball have been hovering around the .500 mark at 7-7 until last night, and in order to get things righted, this Washington Nationals’ team needs one of those long winning streaks to make manager Dave Martinez smile again. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Even in what has been a stressful and somewhat of an underachieving season for the Washington Nationals, there are many bright spots. As the sample sizes get larger, and the stats reach comparable levels, it is evident that Juan Soto is the best player in the Majors with some reasonable age adjustments or none at all. With Fernando Tatís Jr. nipping at his heels, Soto is just ahead of Tatis in WAR per plate appearance. While the media is already crowning Tatis as the NL MVP, on ESPN’s Sunday Night game, Alex Rodriguez was asked to pick a player he would take between Tatis, Soto, and Ronald Acuna Jr., and ARod said he would build his team around Soto. Continue reading
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