The Official Washington Nationals Thread

[YankeeVol]

Trading Winker is just peak stupid. I can't take the Nats seriously.

It makes a ton of sense. Sell high on a 1 year flyer (coming off his worst season ever, and '22 wasn't much better).

 

[ButchPlz]

It makes a ton of sense. Sell high on a 1 year flyer (coming off his worst season ever, and '22 wasn't much better).

The thing is at the end of the day you've got to keep at least some of the players that are successful and that fans like, even if its keeping a guy for short term.

I'd give the Nats a lot more benefit of the doubt if it looked like they were actually trying to build something.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[005]

Ah, prospect weeks. A little injection of hope (hype), even if the y slowly and sadly replaces the o oftentimes.

NATS in the Fangraphs Top 100:

(3) Dylan Crews: "His best swings feature unbelievable verve and explosion, with Crews’ lower body usage evoking Mike Trout."
(10) Whomever they draft 1-1 midseason
(19) Jarlin Susana: Another part of the Soto deal. If you're gonna sell hype, best make it 6'6'' 240 with the best slider going hype.
(84) Travis Sykora: Perhaps we are accidentally developing some pitching after not doing so for a long, long time.

Brady House absent.

Wood, Crews, Laviolette with some pitching trying to peek through... could actually eventually be a thing.

 

[YankeeVol]

I liked the old one better

 

[005]

I liked the old one better

Tough to beat the cherry blossoms. These are a departure without being a disaster, at least.

Do we know when they'll don these?

 

[508mikey]

Tough to beat the cherry blossoms. These are a departure without being a disaster, at least.

Do we know when they'll don these?

Opening day

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[005]

Game was likely over already, but I do think we see Crews make that play on the Realmuto triple pretty routinely moving forward.

 

[005]

Jerseys actually look quite good out there today.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

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[chuckiepoo]

Ya left out “before the first full moon in June”…

 

[YankeeVol]

 

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[chuckiepoo]

…woof

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[knoxvol52]

Plays for a horrible team and Organization...

 

[005]

Nationals signed Matt Mervis to a minor league deal.

As you were.

 

[005]

The pitcher we got is a complete lottery ticket. Hurt, long timeline for recovery, we'll see him again when he's 24.

Fien and Fitz-Gerald are actual pieces, if not stardom-bound. Fien is pure bat projection but leaves us with solid pieces from last year's 1st round haul.

Cabrera is genuinely worth being excited about.

So, there we have it. Go strike people out in meaningful games, MacKenzie. Certainly was not happening in DC.

(u66.5 worth a sprinkle, folks)

 

[005]

Give It Away by George Strait plays, barely audible, in the background.

 

[005]

1. James Wood (L) LF
2. Andrés Chaparro (R) 1B
3. Brady House (R) 3B
4. Daylen Lile (L) DH
5. Joey Wiemer (R) RF
6. CJ Abrams (L) SS
7. Nasim Nuñez (S) 2B
8. Keibert Ruiz (S) C
9. Jacob Young (R) CF

SP: Cade Cavalli (R)

 

[005]

(sorry - should've added a content warning before posting ^^^)