by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
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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The Washington Nationals, once a beacon of hope in the National League, now find themselves mired in a troubling four-game losing streak as they entered their All-Star break.
This recent skid, punctuated by a painful sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers, has left fans and analysts alike searching for explanations. The firings of the manager and GM have not righted the product on the field. As the defeats pile up, questions about the team’s direction, player development, and management strategies have taken center stage.
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The T-Mobile Home Run Derby is tonight! Fans of the Washington Nationals will be watching to see James Wood win this HR Derby in Atlanta. His HR Derby pitcher will be Nats’ 3rd base coach, Ricky Gutierrez. They’ve been practicing over a week for this event, and Wood will be batting first in the event.
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For anyone who follows TalkNats, the Eli Willits pick was not a surprise for you. As we reported, the 17-year-old high school player was in the Nats’ final-3 going into this weekend, but if you listen to interim-GM Mike DeBartolo, Willits was always their guy. As the days got closer to draft day, the Willits name was gaining steam. We do not know if this would have been the pick if Mike Rizzo was still the GM, but DeBartolo made it clear how much they liked Willits by selecting him at №1 overall.
The rumors had been Ethan Holliday and Kade Anderson among the national evaluators, but Willits made the top of the conversations in our draft discussion very prominently. While this draft group likes to go underslot with their first pick, like last year, expect that money will be used to go upside in the second or third round.
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Lest we forget, amidst the drama of the abrupt dismissal of Manager Dave Martinez and President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo, we are now closing in on hearing the words: “With the first pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the Washington Nationals select…”
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The Washington Nationals finish up their pre-All-Star game schedule in Milwaukee with James Wood out of the starting lineup. After this game, the season is 60 percent complete. Both Wood and MacKenzie Gore will head on a private jet for Atlanta after the game, while their teammates get a few days off to go on vacation.
For the Nats’ front office, they are assembled in Washington, D.C. in their war room preparing for the draft as they hold the coveted No. 1 pick in this draft. Tonight, we will get to see the first three rounds on MLB Network.
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