Game #100 The final homestand of July

The Washington Nationals have just 62-games remaining in the season that is over 60 percent completed. This is the final homestand in July.

Did you know that the Nats are 25-14 when James Wood has an RBI? The team is 14-45 with no RBI from Wood. He finally broke up his 0-20 slump with a hit on Sunday. Now Wood has to get hot again.

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Finding Some Optimism Against the Rising Tide of Pessimism

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Postgamer #99: Nats Routed In Series Finale: A Recap

Today was another ‘burn the tape’ day for a Nationals club that’s had way too many of them already this season. Anyone who tuned in any later than five minutes after first pitch likely never saw a close game today, as the Padres opened this game with a five-spot on MacKenzie Gore, the worst first inning of his career so far. The bats weren’t much help to him either, as the Nationals scored just seven runs in this weekend’s series across all three games. Of course, credit needs to be given to the San Diego pitching staff, but as a fan base, we have every right to be critical of such a low output, especially when it seems to be becoming the new normal.

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Game #99 Nats have a series to win today!

The Washington Nationals needed a stopper and Mitchell Parker and his teammates stopped that nasty five game losing streak. Now the team’s ace, MacKenzie Gore will need to lead his team to a series win. The Padres have former Nats 2013 fourth round draftee, Nick Pivetta on the mound. It was Pivetta who former GM, Mike Rizzo, traded for Jonathan Papelbon in 2015.

While Gore and James Wood repped the Nationals in the All-Star game this past week, Wood is in a long O-fer slump. Did you know that the Nats are 25-14 when Wood has an RBI? The team is 14-44 with no RBI from Wood. In his last 10-games, Wood is batting .083 with a .362 OPS and a 43.9 percent K rate. Some think the HR Derby sims for Wood ruined his swing due to his timing being off. Obviously Ricky Gutierrez was throwing BP pitches at slower velos during their HR Derby practices.

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Ranking the Top Five All-Time Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals have been an MLB franchise for 20 years, relocating to Washington D.C. in 2005 after debuting as the Montreal Expos in 1969. Let’s review the past two decades and analyze the five greatest players in Nats history.

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Postgamer #98: Nats Finally Get One! Solid Performance Snaps Losing Streak: A Recap

The Nats bounced back strong from last night’s frustrating finish with a win that we can all be thankful for. It’s not been often this season where I’ve left a game against one of the better teams in the majors thinking, “that was nine innings of well played baseball on both sides,” but tonight is one of those nights. The pitching did a great job of holding a fierce lineup quiet, and the offense did just enough against that stout San Diego pitching staff. The large crow of 31,136 got to see No. 1 draft pick Eli Willits make an appearance at the stadium and see a well-played Nats win.

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Game #98 Can Mitchell Parker be the stopper?

The Washington Nationals were in last night’s game until the top of the 9th inning. The 2-2 tie disappeared in one swing of the bat. This team got good pitching until Kyle Finnegan unraveled again. That is two losses in three games for Finnegan. Not only is that bad for the Nationals, it is bad for Finnegan’s trade value. On top of that, another O-fer for James Wood.

Did you know that the Nats are 25-14 when Wood has an RBI? The team is 13-44 with no RBI from Wood. In his last 9-games, Wood is batting .094 with a .404 OPS and a 45.9 percent K rate. Some think the HR Derby sims for Wood ruined his swing due to his timing being off. Obviously Ricky Gutierrez was throwing BP pitches at slower velos during their HR Derby practice.

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Postgamer #97: Nats Take Extended All Star Break, Another Uninspiring Loss: A Recap

The Washington Nationals picked up tonight right where they left off in Milwaukee on Sunday, with another pitiful offensive performance, laced with comical miscues and dumbfounding base running. All topped off by another trademarked Kyle Finnegan ninth inning collapse. Now that that’s out of the way, here’s how it happened.

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Game #97 Rested and ready?

The Washington Nationals get started in their first game after the All-Star break and get to look at Dylan Cease, the Padres’ ace. Cease will be a free agent after the season. The Nats are in need of more top-end pitching. A kid can dream, right?

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Midseason Prospect Report Cards: A look at the first half of the Nats’ top-30 prospects

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