If rooting for (or against) former Nats in the playoffs is fun for you heres the list
Blue Jays : Max! although they left him off the ALDS roster as he struggled at the end of the year. Jacob Barnes would also get a ring if they are generous (release by Tor in August)
Yankees : Amed Rosario is it, though they have regular season Nats villain DJ LeMahieu and post-season Nats hero, Trent Grisham.
Tigers : "Garbage" Kyle Finnegan was acquired by Detroit in a trade. Tanner Rainey pitched two terrible innings for the Tigers, and has not yet been released I don't think - but he's not in the playoffs or anything.
Mariners : Super fun Davey mortal enemy Victor Robles is the only one here
Phillies : You know by now that the Phillies are built on the back of the Nats with Bryce, Trea, Schwarbs all in the starting line-up. Former Nats prospect Jesus Luzardo starts for them and Joe Ross was also on the team this year. The Nattiest team in the playoffs!
Brewers : Almost Nats free but ol' friend Erick Fedde threw some decent innings for them before being DFA'd to Nashville right before the end of the season.
Cubs : Nats free! Yes Mike Soroka is on the Cubs! Nats are everywhere!
Dodgers : You know mid-season acquisition Alex Call is playing important innings for LA in the playoffs. Did you know that they gave Eddie Rosario a brief shot at DH this year? Worked out like you think it would. You know Blake Trienen is still blowing games in the pen but did you remember Luis Garcia was a Dodger this year before he was a Nat before he was an Angel?
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Soroka?
Brutal
Soroka erasure
Just so long as Bryce loses again, my day will be made. Regular season wonder. Post season failure.
Harper has 17 HRs in 55 postseason games, with a .994 OPS. He’s done well in the playoffs.
Bryce and Trea were among of my favorite players when they were here, and I wish them well (even if it looks like they're doomed for this postseason). Scherzer is also on the list, but he's on the downswing of his career, so continued postseason success is not really due to his own performance. I've got a bit of a soft spot for Victor Robles and think he wasn't treated right in DC, but at this point it's clear he is a knucklehead that brought some of that on himself.
If Bryce and Trea were on any other team (well, maybe not the LOLMets), I'd be rooting for them. But it's Philly....
Anthony Banda has pitched some meaningful innings for the Dodgers in the playoffs.
Yep exactly
Why was Robles treated badly? I remember him striking out several times a game
No post yet about new manager? Harper really is “quiet quitting”
hope not, but, if so, it was great while it lasted.
Yeah it was nice while it lasted. I mean he’s been doing it since the expos days and I can’t blame him with how putrid the organization has been for half a decade. I do have renewed hope with this 180 change in philosophy with the young guys in charge, but I can see why he would have lost his enthusiasm.
Everything I have seen looks like they are trading away Mackenzie Gore and possibly CJ Abrams. I figured if they hired a thirty-something PBO and thirty-something manager both of whom focus on player development, then they aren't likely to make any free agent signings of substance. Looks like the rebuild is essentially starting over. Good times.
I don't see how this would help them. They traded Soto because they had multiple holes across the roster, getting three eventual all-stars and a couple other prospects that seemed very promising at the time. Now they have a couple specific needs. Could either Abrams or Gore get back more than one solid prospect, or would it be filling one hole by creating a new one? Is the goal simply to avoid arbitration with the cost being that the team sucks forever?
I agree with kubla. I think it signals that the front office and ownership don't think they will be any good in 2-3 years and have no intention of paying either Gore or Abrams. Thus you trade them away when their value is highest. I agree that it is a never ending cycle. Also, when did the Nationals become a small market team?
Well, the Nats used to be owned by one man (moreover, an elderly man who wanted to win a World Series before he died and actually got his wish). Now they're owned by a whole gaggle of assorted Lerners with widely competing interests, many of whom don't care at all about baseball but do care about money. I do hope that the hiring of Toboni and Butera at least means that the organization intends to put a premium on player development and analytics; I'd rather have them become a cheap-but-skilled team in the Rays/Brewers mode than whatever disaster they were these last five years, ignoring fundamentals and having the majority of prospects just bust instead of bust out. A good organization can always add money later if a new owner comes in, but a bad organization will always fail regardless of spending (see: Anaheim, Colorado).
I can see trading Gore, but if they do trade Abrams, it's going to hurt, because it'll mean the new administration is writing off 2027 and is highly dubious on 2028, which means that Toboni would be looking at what he inherited and reacted "WTF is this steaming pile?" I'd be much more sanguine about the future if they moved Abrams to 2B and traded Garcia.
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