Willie Harris Part Deux; Also reading the tea leaves in NatsTown

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Best player available works for MLB Draft but does it work for signing free agents?

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Last year was quite the year for doing it the #Nats way!

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We’re number 1!

We can now say “last year” or “last season” when we refer to the Nats’ World Series 2019 season since the calendar turned to 2020. General manager Mike Rizzo has less than ten days to ink players to get them to the Washington Nationals annual offseason Winterfest fan event. This is not your typical offseason for Rizzo. He enters this new decade with only one full-time infielder in Trea Turner and Howie Kendrick who could play in 350 plate appearances (526 if you think Fangraphs knows something or 401 on Baseball Reference’s projections), but seriously, Rizzo has to figure out where Carter Kieboom will play and who else he could add to this year’s roster. Don’t worry — it will happen. But let’s talk about last year now. Continue reading →

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New Years and the Nats; What a year 2019 was for the Washington Nationals!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

There was no point in doing New Year’s Resolutions for the Nationals, because they would have all been the same: “Win Another World Series.”

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Why Mike Rizzo has not moved in a new direction

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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The math says the Mets, Nats, Braves, Phillies, Marlins are the current pole positions in the NL East

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Mike Rizzo is back to work for the Washington Nationals and some important shoutouts!

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Laura’s annual Christmas stockings for the Washington Nationals!

Posted on December 24, 2019 by ArVaFan aka Laura Peebles

Ho ho ho home run Ho-wie Kendrick! It is that time of year again, and while the Astros had Cole in their stockings, the Nats got rings in theirs! A tip of the cap to Casey Stern because nobody can complain any more about that Lucas Giolito, Reynaoldo Lopez, and Dane Dunning trade for Adam Eaton because “Prospects are cool, but parades are cooler!”  Continue reading →

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Days of Rest – Why Only for Pitchers? Could the Howie system work for Zim?

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Baseball analytics cover most anything you want to analyze including days-of-rest statistics if you can crunch the numbers yourself for position players. If you go to the Baseball-Reference and look at the splits for pitchers, you see their numbers broken down by the number of days of rest. But that split is not there for position players. Presumably because they are expected to play every day. With the expertise of Don Henderson’s data mining, he discovered a pattern with Ryan Zimmerman that was never really discussed like the more noticeable plan manager Dave Martinez used for Howie Kendrick who was returning from an achilles injury.

We know there was a plan in place to try not to play Howie Kendrick on consecutive days, and it paid dividends as Kendrick compiled some impressive numbers in small sample sizes and besides a hammy injury on a questionable “send” home, he stayed healthy. And in clutch spots, Mr. Kendrick was a hero in the postseason! But this goes more to the viability of doing the same with Zimmerman who would benefit from a similar plan.  Continue reading →

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Donaldson – Bryant – Seager a trio of choices for third base

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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