MacKenzie Gore was the Ace of Aces yesterday

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Game #1 Opening Day 2025; New faces and a new mindset!

As we begin the 20th season of Nationals baseball, the team will celebrate the top moments is finally here after a very long offseason and Spring Training that spanned 179 long days filled with lots of daily chatter. Now we are here. What began with the humble beginnings at RFK Stadium in 2005 to this 17th year at Nationals Park, a stadium that could have a new name mid-season, it seems like we have lived through a lot in those 20 years of history. Today is Opening Day, and with it comes the pomp and circumstance of a big day.

The final roster has basically been set. There had been plenty of leaks with surprises to the Nationals’ Opening Day roster. There was also the news we broke yesterday on DJ Herz‘s injured elbow as well as news that Jackson Rutledge was not going to make the Opening Day roster. Others broke news that told us that Brad Lord will make his first MLB roster, and we saw news that Juan Yepez was not going to make the roster. All of this was confirmed in a Press Release by the Nationals in the late afternoon with Herz going on the 60-day IL which freed up a roster spot for Lord.

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Getting down to the final Nats’ 26-player roster

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The Battle of the Beltways has a new feel now!

When news broke directly from Major League Baseball that the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles were ending their MASN agreement after this season, the long and deep fractures between the two teams could become more of a unified front. So much so that beginning with today’s exhibition game, the two teams agreed to move forward starting next year with home/away exhibition games to run through at least 2029.

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Spring Training Game #29 and #30; Final day in Florida with a split-squad doubleheader!

A busy day for the Washington Nationals that started with the new City Connect jersey unveiling back at Nationals Park with Ryan Zimmerman and Mayor Muriel Bowser will then turn to a split-squad doubleheader that features what should be the Opening Day lineup at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches against Houston at 12:05 pm ET followed by the travel game in Jupiter at 1:05 pm ET. Both games are radio only.

The team will fly back to Washington, D.C. in the early evening, and tomorrow is an exhibition game at Nationals Park against the Orioles at 1:05 pm ET.

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Spring Training Game #28; Final 2-days in Florida

The Washington Nationals are now in their final weekend of Grapefruit League play. There are only two days of games remaining in Florida for Spring Training including this afternoon’s game against the Mets in Port St. Lucie.

There is no way to sugarcoat things this week. The quality of play has been close to awful. Michael Soroka, who struggled through 43 pitches at the start of the 5th inning, which he didn’t finish, was charged with six earned runs against a Marlins team that looked like a lineup they concocted in Triple-A. Josh Bell is batting .140 with a .478 OPS. Amed Rosario is even lower with a .411 OPS. And Jose Tena is even lower at .317. What is going on here?

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Spring Training Game #27; Final weekend in Florida

The Washington Nationals are now in their final weekend of Grapefruit League play. There are only three games remaining in Florida for Spring Training including tonight’s game at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches.

Today’s game will be a 6:05 pm EDT start time against the Marlins. There is no scheduled TV for this one, but there is radio from the Marlins both. The Nationals are at 12-13-1 in Grapefruit League play, and fell under .500 for the first time this spring.

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Spring Training Game #26; Ogasawara gets the start!

The Washington Nationals are now exactly one week from Opening Day on March 27. There are only four games remaining in Florida for Spring Training including tonight’s game at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. The Nats will give Shinnosuke Ogasawara the start with Mitchell Parker starting this afternoon on the minor league side of camp.

Today’s game will be a 6:05 pm EDT start time against the Mets. Unfortunately, there is no scheduled radio or TV for this one.

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Can you believe CBS Sports has already ranked the July 31 trade deadline candidates?

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Spring Training Game #25; Nats in Jupiter

The Washington Nationals are now in their final rotation starts in Grapefruit League games starting today with Jake Irvin on the mound. That tells you that there are only five games remaining in Florida for Spring Training.

Today’s game will be a 1:05 pm EDT start time against the Cardinals in Jupiter. This game will be televised on MASN and on Cardinals radio via the MLB app.

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