Nationals Baseball

I'm on vacation. Let's update!  Carter Kieboom did not make the team, nor should he have by play honestly. Now the point in sending ...

 Gio Gonzalez retired from baseball yesterday The South Florida native was a mainstay of the Nats organization window of success, pitching f...

The Nats had a plan.  The amazing development of a bevy of young talent around 2012, by a mixture of luck and design, allowed the Nats to pl...

Will Harris has a blood clot in his arm. The short of it is - that's not good and will likely to cause him to miss time. It sets the dom...

Carlos Carrasco, the Mets presumed #2, tore his hammy and is probably out - let's say the first two months*. The Mets depth chart shifts...

 While we wait to see if Davey Martinez's "ok" when it comes to Stras was a "He's ok! (big smile)" or a "ok...

 Injuries beget injuries and Strasburg is now dealing with a leg thing . Is it probably nothing? Probably. A twinge in the calf in a leg sti...

Let's keep moving! What else are we doing with our time?  First Base Freeman Hoskins    Alonso  Bell  Freeman in a perennial MVP candid...

 Tuesday was not quite complete and my loyal readers were clamoring CLAMORING for more.  The big questions were (1) Where would the Marlins ...

 The last of the big FA (for what it's worth) dropped over the weekend with Jake Odorizzi landing with the Astros. They had a starter br...

Just a minor note of interest as both the Phillies or the Mets could have used the upgrade to Jackie Bradley Jr, but instead it looks like h...

 There's not much to talk about in Spring even though we REALLY want to talk about baseball things.  Maybe this year it's more of a ...

 I'm pretty sure that's the way the saying goes.  The Nats had their first ST game. That it ended in a tie should only highlight the...

 For the most part we are ignoring last year. As a 40% of a season featuring 90% of the talent it usually does, it's just hard to take a...

The Nats rotation 1-4 is set (as long as everyone makes it out of Spring). Max, Stras, Corbin, and Lester - though probably in a different o...

 Strasburg hit the mound on Friday. Not a word about anything wrong. All the stories this weekend ( here's the Post ) about it were abou...

 Some Spring Training updates... well not really. Some quotes from Rizzo about topics of interest .  Max is hurt! He sprained his ankle.  Th...

 Last night Fernando Tatis signed a long term deal with the Padres for 100 years and a billion dollars.Ok it could have been closer to 14/34...

Every year you enter Spring Training with questions. You like questions like "Which one of our phenoms will win the 5th starter role?...

The NL East has changed very little in the last big moves of FA.  Justin Turner went back to the Dodgers. Paxton back to the Mariners. Mark ...