The Washington Nationals Biggest Priorities Entering the MLB Offseason

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Another year, another MLB season in which the Washington Nationals failed to sniff a winning season, let alone a playoff berth. So…what’s next?

This is the question the Nats are tasked with tackling over the MLB offseason. And it has a wide variety of potential answers. There are that many different directions in which Washington can head, and it will start with building a new front office that includes the player development group, draft group, and scouting. They could look to fast-track their timeline if they have broader budgetary constraints, and spend their way out in free agency which most don’t expect. They could consign themselves to the more gradual course they were supposed to have been on — you know, the one that derailed off the tracks this year — the one that has resulted in six straight losing seasons. Or they could look to straddle the line in between.

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Game #157 The Boys of Autumn are in Atlanta

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The Washington Nationals shocked the New York Mets over the weekend, and played the spoiler role to the point that if the season ended yesterday, the Mets would have lost the playoff tie-breaker against the Reds, and the Mets would not have made the playoffs.

Luckily for the Mets, three teams make the Wild Card in each league, and they just have to hope the Reds falter in this final week. Unfortunately for the Nationals and the Braves, they are both just playing for pride as both teams have already been eliminated from playoff contention. As summer officially ended today, the Boys of Autumn have six more games to play before their offseason begins later on Sunday.

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Game #156 Nats go for a tough series win as the spoiler!

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The Washington Nationals had the game seemingly won on Saturday with Jose A. Ferrer in to face the top of the order with 2-outs and a 3-0 lead. He did have two runners on-base with pinch-hitter Mark Vientos batting. For some reason, Brady House was not guarding the line and Vientos poked a grounder down the line and past a lunging House.

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Game #155 The current losing streak has made 71 wins impossible

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The Washington Nationals are down to their final 8-games of the season. With just 62-wins in the books, there is no way to sugarcoat it. The corner outfielders made three errors yesterday, leading to two unearned runs. The sloppy play was seen in the pitching and hitting approaches too.

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Game #154 Nats have just 3 series remaining in the season!

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The Washington Nationals are down to their final 9-games of the season. With just 62-wins, there is no way to sugarcoat it. The good vibes will only come from a strong finish and meaningful upgrades in the front office and coaching staff.

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A Top-50 Prospect List to Stir the Pot

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The top prospects list has completely upended from the beginning of the year until now. People like Brad Lord, Daylen Lile and others prove that while minor league success does not guarantee major league impact, prospect pedigree does not account for everything, either — the ability to establish a good record on the MLB roster and with good health has something to do with it.

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Game #153 Nats have a salvage game today!

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The Washington Nationals have had more ups and downs this year than the elevator in the in the media lobby. A gut-punch loss last night, and watching James Wood mightily struggle in a second half collapse is beyond troublesome. He is now pacing worse than Mark Reynolds’ MLB ignominious record of 223 strikeouts, set in 2009.

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That pain you feel when a W turns into an L

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You had Dylan Crews at third base in the bottom of the 9th inning with one out in a 0-0 game. A walk-off was there for the taking with the matchup you want — the best hitter in the month of September in MLB was at the plate– and you didn’t even need a hit — just a productive out to score the speedy Crews. But unfortunately, Daylen Lile popped the ball up, just 80 feet from homeplate, for the second out.

That was a moment set for glory like a Hollywood script for Lile who was just on MLB Network hours before, because of all the eyes he has opened with his impressive stats. A Gatorade bath would have been his reward if he succeeded, then the top was put back on that orange Gatorade Dunk Hydration cooler, kind of like a cold slap in the face to the thousands of Nats fans who braved a 2-hour rain delay, and rain throughout this game. The ending was more miserable than the weather. But there was more. There was another at-bat coming that would be gut-wrenching.

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Postgamer #152: Missed Opportunities Lead To Disastrous Tenth Inning For The Nats: A Recap

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The Nationals had every opportunity to win this one in nine innings; by that, I really mean they just needed to score one run in a nine-inning span. Unfortunately, the Nats got owned by another left-handed starter, this one a little better than Jose Suarez, but Chris Sale was masterful in his eight scoreless innings last night to hold the Washington offense silent.

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