The Boston Red Sox are looking for a significant boost for their offense as we approach the trade deadline. Their first gamble on this front, this past week, has fallen flat, as they sent promising young left-handed starter Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. But Mead will be out for 6-8 weeks after suffering a fractured hand in his very first game with the BoSox. Their next move could be much bigger, according to insider Jeff Passan . He suggested the R...
The Atlanta Braves are back home to face the Washington Nationals after a series with the Mets that they likely wish to forget. The Braves are finishing up the month of July as one of the top offenses in MLB for the month, but it did not seem that way last series. The Nationals have […]
We are just days away from the August 3rd trade deadline, and the Nationals are in a unique spot, sitting at 55-54, 2 games out of the third NL Wild Card spot, but behind 2 teams for it and tied with 2 others. The Nationals have overperformed expectations in Paul Toboni and Blake Butera’s first […]
The trade deadline is rapidly approaching and with it are the expectations of moves. We’ve already seen the opening salvo of deadline season last weekend with the Nationals and Red Sox swinging a swap of former Phillies prospect and noted “guy traded for Cristopher Sánchez” Curtis Mead heading to Boston in exchange for Connolly Early. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Nationals entered Wednesday afternoon’s rubber match with the Toronto Blue Jays just one game back of the final National League wild card spot. In a pivotal contest for the team’s playoff hopes, the Nationals lost, 5-2. Outfielder Jacob Young got the scoring started for Washington, lacing an RBI double in […]
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The Nationals tabbed Jake Irvin to start against Grant Holmes in tomorrow’s opener of a four-game weekend series in Atlanta. Washington will officially active him from the 60-day injured list before the game. That’ll bring their 40-man roster to capacity, and no additional move is necessary after they optioned reliever Paxton Schultz this afternoon. Irvin is back after […]
The Nationals announced that left-hander Matt Krook, who was designated for assignment earlier this week, cleared outright waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Rochester. The southpaw has exercised his right to elect free agency. Krook, 31, has been through this before. The Nats claimed him off waivers from the Athletics at the start of this […]
Blue Jays 5 Nationals 2 That was a fun game. Until the sixth inning, we were losing 1-0. Well, from the fourth inning until the sixth inning we were losing 1-0. We tied it in the sixth. George Springer walked to lead off the game. Two outs later, Ernie Clement doubled him home. And we […]
I can't figure out if Cade Cavalli's success is sustainable.
The Nationals reinstated righty Trevor Williams from the 60-day injured list prior to this afternoon’s game, per a team announcement. Washington already had an open spot for Williams on the 40-man roster. Righty Gus Varland was optioned to Triple-A to clear an active roster spot. Williams, 34, has been with the Nats since signing a […]
Left-hander Foster Griffin is having a really good year for the Washington Nationals. He’s 12-2 in 21 starts with a 2.76 ERA, 1.032 WHIP and only 28 walks and 113 strikeouts in 124 innings, and he was named to the National League All-Star team. Can I stop for a minute and say “I told you […]
The Nats are no strangers to rubber matches, and they find themselves in another one today. This time they will look to take the series from the Blue Jays. The Nats have won three straight series coming out of the break, and they will look for number four. This is a big opportunity for the […]
We’re less than a week away from Monday’s trade deadline! Activity has yet to really pick up outside of a fascinating pitcher for hitter swap between the Nationals and Red Sox over the weekend. There have otherwise been mostly depth moves. The compressed standings mean all but six teams (the Angels, A’s, Royals, Rockies, Mets […]
Shane Bieber melted down, which cost the Jays a chance to win but probably more importantly derailed a string of solid starts that had hopefully been pushing his trade value back up. Also, Vladimir Guerrero jr. left the game before the bottom of the fourth after legging out an infield single and throwing error in […]
The start of the game will be delayed because of ‘inclement weather’. So Ernie will be called inclement today? Yesterday’s game was very entertaining, and the good guys won. Hopefully, tonight will be more of the same. And it is Canada-US Friendship Day. We steal your team, and put tariffs on your products, but let’s […]
Breaking down the Nats-Red Sox trade, as well as some teams that are breaking down themselves.
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As we inch closer to the final third of the season and the end of July, the leaderboard for the top hitters in fantasy baseball gets another shake-up. Last week, we looked at the outfielders, but this week it's the infield positions that take center stage. Who would have thought that the Washington Nationals would […]
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of our weekly waiver wire rankings. We are already onto Week 18, and we are a week away from the MLB trade deadline. We saw the Red Sox acquire infielder Curtis Mead from the Nationals for left-hander Connelly Early. At RotoBaller HQ, we have freshly updated our waiver wire […]
Where is Tarik Skubal going? Is Mason Miller on the move? Will the Nationals actually trade CJ Abrams? MLB trade deadline talk gets stale fast, because the same names get floated over and over. I’m always searching for updates, but at some point, how many do we really need on the same handful of players? […]
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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s daughter’s first MLB game, and Ben briefly interviews the four-year-old Sloan about her spectator experience. Then they discuss the MVP races (with an emphasis on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s status as the NL frontrunner over Shohei Ohtani), the Nationals and Red Sox swapping Curtis Mead and Connelly Early, a […]
Blue Jays 3 Nationals 2 A lot happened in that game. But that Kazuma Okamoto stole a base was the biggest surprise to me. And it led to a run. He singled with one out. Stole second and scored on a Myles Straw single (yes, there was a Luis Urías walk that would have moved […]
Game 107. The first of three against the Nationals. Tomorrow’s is a 6:45 start time too, then a 1:00 game on Wednesday/ It is Max Scherzer starting for us tonight. And James Wood, taking a few years off acting, leads off for the Nationals. I was trying to think of the best movies I’ve seen […]
After a massive series win this weekend, the Nats kick off another series against the Blue Jays. Last season’s AL pennant winners have not had a great season, and are likely to sell at the deadline. However, the Jays still have plenty of firepower. The Nats also welcome back the greatest pitcher in franchise history […]
Joey Votto made his broadcasting debut during NBC‘s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast of the Phillies’ win over the New York […]
We have speculated about some relievers the Nats could target in the past, but with the deadline just a week away, it is time to do it again. I am going to take a look at three potential hidden gems the Nats could look at. These guys will not grab a ton of headlines, but […]