There will be a rundown of everyone at the end of the year so no particular reason to go over Nunez's power surge or Wood's power drop (before today) right now. Instead let's meet some newer guys since there are a lot of new faces around Jorge Alfaro - in the "we gotta try something behind the plate" world that the Nats are in - here is Alfaro. If the name sounds familiar we was a big-time prospect about a decade ago for the Phillies, a key piece to the Rangers trade f...
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MLB's Competition Committee has approved the limited use of an automated ball-strike challenge system for the 2026 season by a vote of 7-4. MLB owners, in control of a six-seat majority on the 11-member committee, all voted in favour of robot umps. So – at long last – has MLB finally decided to join the 21st century (with 1/4 of it in the rear view mirror), acquire some long-overdue common sense, and agreed that baseball games should be decided by baseball players? . . . Not quite. The new bal...
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The boys of summer, the sun came out today, blah blah blah. Give me October baseball any day or night. A sharp chill in the ...
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Isotopes - 731 111 142 - 21 27 1 Chihuahuas - 000 007 102 - 10 17 2 The Albuquerque Isotopes scored in all nine innings on Wednesday, routing the El Paso Chihuahuas 21-10 , in a Pacific Coast League game. Brendan Samson (mlb.com) wrote : "In addition to hanging crooked numbers in all nine frames, the Isotopes also became the 21st full-season MiLB team to score 20 runs in a game this year." Is 1 considered a "crooked" number? . . . I have not taken a survey, but I don't think so. Albuquerque ha...
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Daylen Lile is hot right now. He's been up almost half a year and is closing in on 300 PA. in that he's hit a solid .282 / .327 / .450 line and it's only been better in the second half .318 / .360 / .523. How excited should you be from a guy that probably entered 2024 the 6th Nationals outfielder to watch on some lists* He's a legit prospect (2nd round pick) and while is isn't super young he's right in there with Wood and House which is frankly young enough for anyone that isn't a ...
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ok yes everything but nothing has gone right for this squad since early June. At one point they were 30-33, then went on a 20-53 stretch. The last 5-1 brings it up to 25-54 which is just over a 50 win pace for a season. Yikes. You can't blame the firings - Davey and Rizzo were gone in the middle of this. You can't blame the trade deadline. Yeah it made the team weaker but they aren't losing squeakers because of a weakened pen. Here are some 2nd half splits B...
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I didn’t watch a single pitch of the Yankees’ 8-7 loss to the Houston Astros...
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Yeah I was only doing bats. Gore is the only arm that I think deserves talking about in terms of a long-term signing. I like Lord and Ferrer but relief pitching is notoriously fickle, neither of these guys is lights out (or likely to be that) so they just feel very replaceable and not something you gamble money on keeping past age 30. As arms go Parker and Irvin are nothing to hold on to. I mean I guess if they want to be REAL reasonable and sign for cheap so they don't have to move...&n...
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No team in baseball boasts the history of the New York Yankees, and no team...
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The Nats brought up Dylan Crews today, back from injury and ready to get some more at bats. To clear a roster spot they didn't cut 32 year old signed for a single year Josh Bell, who is hitting average from the DH spot. They didn't cut 31year old, well he can field if he can literally do NOTHING else, signed for a single year Paul DeJong. They didn't cut 29 year old, never was catcher Riley Adams who doesn't do anything well. Instead they cut 29 year old Nathaniel Lowe, who b...
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The Red Sox signed outfielder Roman Anthony to an eight-year extension worth $130 million . Anthony, who turned 21 in May, made his debut on June 9. In 47 games, he's slashing .276/.392/.417 for an .809 OPS (126+ OPS, 5th best on the team). His .392 on-base is tops on the team. Molly Burkhardt (mlb.com) reports : The extension will begin with the 2026 season and includes escalators that could bring the overall value up to $230 million. The deal includes a 2034 club option for $30 millio...
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Monday
Texas 8, DAAAYANKEESLOSE 5 (10)
Yankees Will Play Closer Role 'Night By Night' After Devin Williams' Latest Meltdown
Greg Joyce, Post
When the Yankees acquired two closers at the deadline, they recommitted to Devin Williams as their ninth-inning guy.
Less than a week later, that job is more up for grabs.
A night after Williams blew a save and gave up a run for the fifth time in his last seven outings, Aaron Boone indicated he would be more fluid with who his closer is on a give...
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Ouch . Friday Yankees - 000 330 312 - 12 15 2 Marlins - 000 040 603 - 13 12 1 Saturday Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0 2 0 Marlins - 100 100 00x - 2 4 0 Sunday Yankees - 100 000 200 - 3 6 0 Marlins - 030 300 10x - 7 9 0 Never-Say-Die Marlins Storm Back For Stunning Walk-Off Win vs. Yankees Christina De Nicola, mlb.com The Marlins handed the Yankees their first loss on the road when scoring 12 runs or more since July 24, 1940 , vs. the St. L...
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Alex Call was the last domino to fall - over to the Dodgers for a couple arms. As noted before Call was actually turning out to be good but if there was one place the Nats didn't have space for a player like Call it was OF where they want to play Wood and Crews and cycle through whoever else they want to look at. Keeping a 4th OF is a luxury on a team like that. Sean Paul Liñan was a solid looking arm for High A that the Dodgers pushed to AAA to see if they had somethi...
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I did go on vacation again, yes. I also will again the second week in August. The Nats have begun their sell-off and it's mostly gone exactly as you could hope Chafin and Garcia and Soroka out. Chafin was found money, a DFA'd player who turned it around for the Nats and ended up part of a deal. Soroka didn't pan out exactly as planned but the fact he was sent out for anything means his signing was a win. Luis Garcia is at least a decent arm with ...
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The Yankees played their 100th game of the season last night, and without getting lost...
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The Nats season is over in the "compete for anything worthwhile" but it's far from over in the "kids development sense" we know about the kids that are here and doing well. What's coming down the pike? More time for kids here Brady House - looks like a talented kid up for the first time. Strong swing, solid form but he's getting fooled a lot. Works out to about an average bat in his limited time. A little iffy in the field so far. If he can just slightly i...
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Everything? Ha ha. No! Didn't you read the last post? There are some good and in the comments I mention the sort of neither good or bad (Garcia, Irvin, Parker, all the kids just getting their feet wet) But there are some bad things. You can't be 20 games under at the All-Star break on luck alone. Plan Ruiners Keibert Ruiz had a hot start making optimistic Nats fans say "forget about the last few years! Maybe he was hurt!" Nope. He stinks! Always bad behind the pl...
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With the team reeling there isn't much to say here but we generally start out with right so... Unqualified Successes James Wood is a bonafide star. All-Star. HR Derby participant. On pace for 40 homers, 100 RBIs, and 100 walks. He strikes out a bit much and never developed the skills in the field you'd hope but at 22 he's one of the best bats in the game and likely to get even better. He's a build around player. MacKenzie Gore is an ace. Maybe not a Skenes ...
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The Nats did not get better after the firings. The 1-5 run isn't anything off than expected, facing two good teams away from home 2-4 is the baseline with 1-5 and 3-3 happening almost as easy. This is not a good team, and it's still being run by Davey's guys so don't expect any miracles. The big thing that happened was the draft. I don't usually care much about the draft, but in the past the Nats having the #1 pick with generational talents has made me take a closer look at it. That was ...
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Baseball is often described as a game of inches, but it’s probably more accurate to...
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What's next? 1) New guys take over... for now. Mike DeBartolo is the new GM. He's young, with a business bent. He's been with the Nats a long time with a role in a lot of different aspects and he's familiar with analytics. Still I imagine with no baseball leadership experience and his history being the second guy on a team who just fired it's GM I assume he's a placeholder. Miguel Cairo, bench coach, is the likely choice for interim manager. What is on DeBartolo's...
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You all know how I feel. Davey deserved to get fired as much as any manager who won a WS has, at least on performance. His teams regularly underperformed expectations, including this year, and they regularly failed at the fundamentals, or at least it felt like it. I won't rehash it anymore. You can go back and read what I said a few posts ago. I think it's best for the Nats he's gone. Rizzo is more complicated. As others have pointed out, Rizzo has a skill s...
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DAVEY OUT! RIZZO OUT! The Post if you have it What was the final straw? You'd have to assume the lifeless play in the past month+ 9-23 since the end of May. The team looks bad. The feeling around the team is bad. More tomorrow later tonight. Too much to wait until tomorrow but you know I got kids stuff to do right now Ed Note- internet down and my cell reception at my house is spotty so nothing more tonight Ed Note 2 - It's back!
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The Red Sox beat the Nationals 10-3 on Saturday afternoon, evening their record at 45-45. It was the franchise's 10,000th regular season victory. Boston is the second American League team and the tenth major league team to reach 10,000 wins. The franchise has 108 postseason wins. Here are the franchises with more than 5,000 wins, as of a few days ago. Also: The second-longest World Series championship drought is 56 years, held by the Brewers and Padres . . . . Weird.
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