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What Does The Nationals’ April Tell Us?
Anyone who has followed baseball for a few years knows that evaluating players and teams requires patience and ruthless objectivity. When the Nationals lose games like they did Saturday night, when a storybook…Read More
Nationals Make Flurry Of Moves, Set 25-Man Roster
The best 25 go North. Those words have resonated repeatedly from the organization’s upper management all Spring. With Opening Day set for Thursday afternoon in Chicago, it was one busy afternoon…Read More
Breaking News: Nats Plan to Option Lannan to Minors
In an absolute stunner, the Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore reports that the Nationals will option John Lannan to the minor leagues to start the season, making Ross Detwiler the presumptive fifth…Read More
Wang’s Injury Delays Inevitable Roster Conflict
On Monday, Davey Johnson announced that John Lannan would be the Nationals’ 5th starter for the beginning of the season. This announcement is unsurprising in light of the injury to the formerly presumptive…Read More
John Lannan Named Fifth Starter
Manager Davey Johnson has announced that John Lannan will be the Nationals’ fifth starter. “John’s my guy,” Johnson said. Lannan, the subject of many trade rumors this offseason, has…Read More
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Injury Update: Morse, Storen, Wang
Most players end up dealing with various nagging injuries throughout Spring Training and even the regular…Read More
Looking Back At Washington’s Winter To Do List, Part One
Back in early October in one of the first posts that I wrote here at DoD, I tried to take a crack at…Read More
Spring Training Rotation Plans
The Grapefruit League schedule of games will formally begin one week from tomorrow and it would seem…Read More
Questions Heading Into 2012: Pitching Edition, Part 2
Each year teams report to Spring Training with high hopes and expectations for the upcoming season. We…Read More
Examining the Starting Rotation
For the first time since their arrival in Washington, D.C. for the 2005 season, the Nationals have more…Read More
The Competition for Opening Day Starter
With the acquisition of two more quality starting pitchers this offseason, the Nationals can head into spring training with a legitimate argument that they have built their strongest starting rotation…Read More
Learning More About Edwin Jackson
Today the Nationals bolstered their starting rotation for the second time this season, agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with free agent righty Edwin Jackson. Dollar values of the deal have not…Read More
Which Nationals will pleasantly surprise us in 2012?
One of the best — and sometimes worst — things about baseball is its unpredictability. Every season, teams and players defy experts’ predictions. Take 2011, for example. Who foresaw a…Read More
Nats Notes: Innings Limits, Ankiel, Solis, Bullpen, Pudge
In 41 days players will begin reporting to the Nationals’ Spring Training home in Viera, Florida. For the most part it would seem the team’s roster is set, though there are still a few holes…Read More
A Closer Look at Wandy Rodriguez and Houston as a Trade Partner
Earlier this morning, Michael discussed the decision that the Nationals organization needs to make regarding catcher Jesus Flores. Michael concludes that the catcher deserves an opportunity to start and…Read More
What to do with Jesus Flores? Is Houston an option?
My oh my oh my…. Jesus, what shall we do with you? We should give you a chance to start. I hear the Astros calling, and they’re saying “Send us Jesus Flores plus a prospect or two and we will send…Read More