Yes it's disappointing the Nats have seemingly passed on the season. But there's still reason to be excited about baseball this year in DC. Let's think about it.
1) This is the first full season for James Wood, who was good last year, and Dylan Crews, a consensus Top 5 prospect in baseball. The future is NOW (even if it is JUST the future)
2) Luis Garcia took a real step forward last year and it'll be interesting to see if that's a fluke, his ceiling, or the prelude to a break-out
3) CJ Abrams had extended moments of looking like one of the most exciting players in baseball. If he can string more of those together....
4) Nathaniel Lowe is pretty good! That'll be fun after a year of crappy 1B. Nats fans appreciate a solid 1B
5) Trevor Williams looked like an ace every time he was on the mound last year. If that keeps up the Nats will have a steal
6) Gore and Herz and Parker are 26 and under and pitched better than their ERA suggested. Gore has the pedigree. Herz had something of a break-out season continuing the numbers he showed in the minors despite fancy stats suggesting he might not. Arms to watch!
That's a pretty decent list right?
There is a youth movement here that should blossom into something better than the team is now. There is talent here and the likelihood of more fun and interesting baseball in 2025. Will it be more WINNING baseball. Well, the team left it up to the baseball gods but while that's a shame it doesn't mean the season is 100% over or unwatchable.
AND if they do blossom and it's a fun season of near contention then we can REALLY yell if they don't put money in next off-season
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That's all true. And - fair enough. But, to me at least, it doesn't feel that way. Maybe it'll kick in once they start playing games.
Three years ago, the games were unbearable....the last two years, they weren't quite good enough, but they were watchable. I think this year will be fun but growing pains will be evident.
I want wins, but will settle for progress and entertainment. There are, after all, differences. Getting beat 9-2 is not very interesting; 4-3 is usually fun, even if we are on the losing end more than any of us want.
4-3 is usuaully fun, but not when your bullpen blows a 3-2 lead in the 8th or 9th
I feel like people are sleeping on Dylan Crews because he wasn't Paul Skenes or Wyatt Langford right away. The dude figures it out at every level and will figure it out in the majors.
The bullpen is gonna be a trainwreck but that just means more opportunities for James Wood walkoff bombs.
Someone will come out of nowhere and pleasantly surprise like Mitchell Parker last year and Jacob Young before him.
It's okay to be exciting and bad, baseball is supposed to be fun! Let's gooooooooooooo!!!!
Yeah and James Wood blew past him. I'm not as sure as you are he'll figure it out but he doesn't have to in the same way. He can just be Lane Thomas + at the plate and with his defense the Nats have a very good player at low cost for years
Watching guys have terrible ABs isn’t fun. No pop (we only out homered the CWS and only by 2) and pretty bad patience just doesn’t do it for me. I like having a couple swing first singles hitters. I don’t like 6 or 7 of them.
Trevor Williams pitching like an ace? He went like five innings every start. Aces don’t go five innings.
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