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A Look Back At The Gio Gonzalez Trade

Back on December 23, the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics made a trade that few could have seen being beneficial to both sides for the 2012 season. What ended up happening was both teams winning…Read More

Looking Back At Washington’s Winter To Do List, Part Two

We looked back at the first half of Washington’s To Do List yesterday. This is the continuation of that list. 5. Filling out the bullpen and the bench. Perhaps adding some Triple-A depth as well. Collin…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 what the organization’s To Do List might look like heading into the offseason. We’re about a week…Read More

Recapping DoD’s First Annual Top Prospect List

We’ve recently completed our very first annual Top Prospect list here at DoD. It was a valuable experience, both in terms of learning about the team’s top prospects and personally, as this…Read More

Nationals Acquire Gio Gonzalez from Oakland, But at a High Cost

Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo entered this offseason with a goal in mind. He was determined to find another starting pitcher to place near the top of the Nationals’ rotation. He wanted someone…Read More

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District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #11 Derek Norris

Name: Derek Norris Date of Birth: February 14, 1989 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Height: 6’0″ Weight:…Read More

Previewing the Winter Meetings

The annual Winter Meetings are always a source of countless rumors, rumblings, trades, and signings.…Read More

Baseball America’s Top 10 Nationals Prospects

Admittedly I’m overdue in writing this post, but sometimes things are better late than never. Baseball…Read More

MLB.com’s Top 10 Nationals Prospects

MLB.com draft and minor league guru Jonathan Mayo has decided to join the annual tradition of publishing…Read More

Nationals Prospects Shine in Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League’s regular season ended on Nov. 17th, and with it, the entire 2011 minor league…Read More

Four Added to 40-man Roster

Teams face a midnight tonight deadline to add players to their 40-man roster in order to avoid potentially…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…Read More

Should Washington make a big free agent splash?

This offseason, GM Mike Rizzo has repeatedly stated his wish to acquire both a centerfielder and an innings-eating…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…Read More

Who needs to be protected from the Rule 5 Draft?

The Rule 5 Draft, an annual tradition as part of baseball’s Winter Meetings that take place each…Read More

FanGraphs’ Top 15 Nationals Prospects

The crew at FanGraphs have started to publish their organization top prospects lists – which are…Read More

7 Nationals Currently Playing in AFL

The 2011 Arizona Fall League season is just about at its midway point, so it seems like a good time to…Read More

Looking Ahead: Adam LaRoche’s 2013 Option

While a host of teams across Major League Baseball have upcoming decisions to make regarding contract…Read More

Scott Olson to Miss Next Start; Top Prospect Norris Concussed

MLB.coms Bill Ladson reported(via his Twitter) that Nationals Lefty Scott Olson will miss his next start…Read More