It was the Trea Turner show and that was about it folks: Postgame

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

As everyone knows, tonight was Trea Turner‘s 2016 debut, and he was 3-3 with a walk and a double. His OPS is 2.333 and his defense was perfect. The only other highlights from this game were Jayson Werth‘s HR and Wilson Ramos came in to replace Jose Lobaton and was 1-1 with a double and a run scored. Ramos raised his batting average up to .342 and a .933 OPS. Continue reading →

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Game #55 Nats open in Cincy with Gio and Trea Turner!: Game Thread

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #55 begins with a new look to the Washington Nationals as they have activated Trea Turner to take Ryan Zimmerman‘s spot on the roster as Ryan was moved to the paternity leave list.

laura 25 Turner being agile

We had been speculating since Spring Training about when we would see Trea Turner back in a Washington Nationals uniform. Turner’s team control date was set at May 30th, and we ran a poll piece on when readers thought Trea would be called up. Then we started speculating on Ryan Zimmerman’s ‘paternity leave’ coming up at the end of May (turned out to be June 3rd) and when Ryan was struggling it became an interesting discussion of playing Zim less and putting Murphy at 1st base where he played his best defensively which was snuffed out when Ryan Zimmerman stepped up his offensive output near the end of May. Continue reading →

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It’s time for the third 18-gamer so we’re a third through the season

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Section222

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Catchers have been at the center of World Series Championships for a while

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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A big relief and help from the firemen. #Nats bullpen is on fire!

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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BREAKING: Ryan Zimmerman to paternity leave and Trea Turner to take his place on roster #Nats

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Was it any coincidence yesterday when Trea Turner played 2nd base for his Syracuse team?

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Trend lines are a tricky thing. Zim and Rendon are up. Others, not so fast.

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Payback with a sweep & a dozen over .500 with a day off tomorrow: Postgame

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Everyone can take a rest which is well earned, and a job well done as the Nats swept the Phillies after being swept by them in DC in May. The Nats now have 5 sweeps on this young season, and have moved 12 games over .500 in the standings at exactly the 1/3rd point completed in the season.

The Nats won this game 7-2 and improved to 33-21 on the season. Max Scherzer earned his 6th win and dropped his ERA to 3.87 while recording 11 strikeouts.

Wilson Ramos again with the game-winning RBIs, and the Buffalo had 4 RBIs tonight racking up a 3 run HR, an RBI single and another single to go 3-4 and raise his BA to .338 and his OPS to .919. Ramos is now batting .400 in RISP spots as he added 2 more RISP hits, and is 18-45. Please vote for Wilson Ramos as an All-Star. Continue reading →

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Game #54 Scherzer looks to go Aces again in series finale in Philly: Game Thread

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats wrap up this 3 game series in Philadelphia as the Nats will try for the 3 game sweep before heading on the road for a weekend series in Cincinnati with a day-off tomorrow.

Tonight’s game at it’s finish will be the 1/3rd completion point of the season, and in just 27 more games, we will quickly reach the halfway point of the season. Sample sizes are becoming more meaningful for projection purposes, and the weather is getting warmer. The Nationals are 11 games over .500 going into this game.

Max Scherzer and Adam Morgan are their team’s respective starters for tonight which is also the start of the month of June on the calendar. Continue reading →

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Ranking the top pitchers in the MLB and 5 points about the Nats.

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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