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Paul Toboni and the Washington Nationals made a bold move hiring Blake Butera. At just 33 years old, he will be the youngest manager in over 50 years. Thursday was a big day for Butera, as he not only became a manager, but also became a father. Talk about living the dream. The last manager […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
New Nationals skipper Blake Butera, as noted by many, does not have much professional playing experience, spending just 2 seasons in the minor leagues for the Rays before calling it quits, peaking at the Low A level. Before that, he spent 4 years playing collegiate ball at Boston College, where he was a spark-plug up […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Washington Nationals are truly starting over. Today, they hired 33 year old Blake Butera to replace Davey Martinez as the club’s manager. However, things were a lot different six years ago. On this day in 2019, the Nationals reached the top of the baseball mountain. They won their first ever World Series in a […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Blake Butera, famed for managing within the Rays minor league system to great success at a very young age, has been poached by the Washington Nationals to be their new manager at just 33-years old. Butera’s most recent role with the Tampa Bay Rays was as the senior director of player development, a position he […]
From DRaysBay | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Washington Nationals have a new manager! According to multiple reports, the team has decided to hire Blake Butera, a former minor league manager and player development guru with the Tampa Bay Rays. My first reaction was ‘who is that guy’ and I am sure I am not alone. We will dive into who Blake […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Washington Nationals have hired their next manager, but it is not somebody whose name has been out there. Paul Toboni has decided to hire 33 year old Blake Butera to be the next manager of the Washington Nationals. He will be the youngest big league manager in over 50 years. This is a very […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It was expected, but Paul Toboni has shaken up the Nationals coaching staff. Along with that, Andrew Golden of the Washington Post revealed that Miguel Cairo is out of the running for the Nationals managerial job. None of this is surprising news given the team’s front office overhaul and 66-96 record in 2025. A lot […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
As a fan of a struggling team you get to learn a lot about the MLB Draft every year. It is what provides fans of rebuilding teams hope. While you can’t get the instant impact from draft picks like NBA or NFL teams do, you can still strike gold. However, the new draft system is […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Building strong bullpens was never a strong suit of Nationals’ former GM Mike Rizzo, and that fact was on clear display this season, as the Nats’ relief unit was as bad as bullpens come, finishing last in baseball with a 5.59 ERA and second to last with a 4.86 FIP. While some additions to the […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
After last night’s epic World Series game, I wanted to talk about a World Series legend in Stephen Strasburg. Yesterday, Strasburg’s alma mater, San Diego State announced that the former World Series MVP would be joining their coaching staff. After being out of the public eye since his forced retirement, Strasburg is starting the next […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 1 read
2025 was a strange year for Nathaniel Lowe. He was coming off 4 straight years averaging 2.8 bWAR per season with a .274/.359./.432 batting line. He was joining a new team — the Washington Nationals — who many believed to be something of a sleeper in the National League with young stars James Wood and […]
From Over the Monster | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Washington Nationals season was sunk by many things, but a poor pitching staff was the biggest culprit. They posted a 5.35 ERA as a team, the highest in franchise history. It will take a lot to fix that, including help from outside the organization. However, there is help on the way from a couple […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
So the Craig Albernaz dreams died pretty quickly for the Washington Nationals. Just a day after it was reported that he interviewed for the job, Jeff Passan reported that he was taking the Baltimore Orioles job instead. I wrote that Albernaz was my favorite candidate, so seeing him go to a rival is tough. Albernaz […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
After slogging through a horrifying 41-year-old season in which time once again remained undefeated, Max Scherzer somehow found a bit of his old self against the Mariners in the ALCS, logging 5.2 innings and keeping Seattle’s offense at bay. It was a hell of a way to cap off a Hall of Fame career. Except […]
From Over the Monster | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Meet the Mets Mets assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel will be leaving New York (Queens) and returning to New York (Bronx) to take back his old role as an assistant to Yankees’ pitching coach Matt Blake. Around the National League East Federal Baseball wondered whether this is the year that the Nationals dip more than […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 2 months ago | 1 read
We have talked a bit about some of the names on the free agent market. Players like Dylan Cease, Pete Alonso and Alex Bregman would be dream targets for the Nats. However, there is another side of free agency we have not touched on. Every year, we see new Japanese stars come over to the […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
So we are finally starting to get some updates on the Washington Nationals managerial search. For a while, there was radio silence as Paul Toboni was settling into his role as Nats President of Baseball Operations. However, three candidates for the job have become public. They are former interim boss Miguel Cairo, former Orioles manager […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Hello, friends. There are now 151 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. How many of them are involved in finishing off the 2025 season depends on how many games the World Series goes. After Saturday night, we know that the series is going at least five games. The Dodgers evened up the series as […]
From Camden Chat | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It has been well established that the Washington Nationals pitching staff was a disaster in 2025. They posted a 5.35 ERA as a team, which was the worst in team history. Unsurprisingly, there were not a ton of bright spots on this staff. However, Andrew Alvarez was the rare exception, as he was lights out […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
When Paul Toboni was hired as the Washington Nationals President of Baseball Operations, a lot of people assumed he would hire a GM underneath him. That structure has become very popular in the modern game. The POBO is the big boss, who makes all of the biggest decisions, while the GM is more involved with […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Back in late September, I wrote an article, which can be found here, that brokedown 4 potential candidates for the Nationals vacant General Manager position. They quickly kept one of those candidates, Mike DeBartolo, in the organization as an assistant general manager, a win as he did a fine job in his short term as […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Just like the big league level, the performances in the Nationals farm system were largely disappointing. There were some stand out performers, but there was more bad than good. That is due to a combination of injuries and underperformance from players in the 2024 draft class. However, there are three players in the system that […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It is no secret that the Washington Nationals pitching staff was really bad in 2025. They posted a 5.35 team ERA, which is the highest in Nationals history. However, heading into the season, the starting rotation was seen as a strength. That was due in part to Mitchell Parker. Parker had a strong rookie season […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Remember all of those MacKenzie Gore trade rumors at the deadline, well they are back as we approach the offseason. In the last 24 hours, we have gotten even more smoke about the Nationals trading their 26 year old ace. The Nats were close to trading Gore at the deadline, but did not pull the […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
To put it simply, the catching position was a disaster for the Washington Nationals in 2025. As a positional group, Nats catchers finished last in wRC+ with 65 and 28th in Defensive WAR, resulting in a league-worst -1.4 fWAR, worse in the league and one of only 2 teams to be in the negatives, with […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read