Washington Nationals

After a 2026 season that saw several Washington Nationals players have breakout seasons, who are 3 more that could be next in line to follow suit?

Paul Toboni had an interesting first draft for the Washington Nationals. Despite the obvious need for pitching in the organization, Toboni spent his first three picks on position players. While...

Since he was called up in 2023, Jake Irvin has been an ever-present in the Nats rotation. He has been a durable arm, tallying 595.1 innings since he got called up. In the first half of the 2024...

Former Nationals GM Mike Rizzo was interviewed by the Houston Astros for the same role he held for many years in Washington on Monday and Tuesday.

When he was fired in July of 2025, I was curious to see what was next for Mike Rizzo. At the time, he was 64 years old, but he did not seem to have any desire to step away. After a year on the...

The Nationals overhauled many aspects of the organization in 2026. Changes in the front office and coaching staff produced the best season since the 2019 campaign, which ended in a World Series...

The Nationals are expected to hire David Besky as pitching strategist, per Kyle Williams of the Baltimore Banner. Besky most recently served as the director of baseball sciences for the Red Sox....

So far this offseason, we have talked about some of the bigger names on the free agent market. That includes the likes of Michael King, Adrian Morejon and Brandon Lowe. Today I want to discuss...

The Washington Nationals’ pitching philosophy has come a long way since the days of the “I don’t care how fast you throw ball four.” sign posted in the team’s Spring Training facility. Their...

On October 30th of 2019, the Washington Nationals won their first ever World Series title. In the nearly 7 years that have passed, a lot has changed. There are no members of that roster still on...

Entering 2026, the catcher position was one the Nationals were dying to get more production out of, as their catching room ranked dead last in fWAR in 2025 with -1.3. Keibert Ruiz had steadily...

These are the important dates to know about the upcoming offseason for Major League Baseball. Including free agency, trades, deadlines, and the impending lockout.

Red Sox add a catcher in free agency.

As we all know, the Nationals bullpen was bad in 2026. The unit set the all time record for blown saves and imploded in spectacular fashion many times. There is no denying that the Nats bullpen...

The Nats had a lot of prospects take meaningful strides in 2026, but the one I want to talk about today is Miguel Sime. When the Nats took Sime in the 4th round of the 2025 draft, he was a raw but...

It has been a long time since he has pitched, but Travis Sykora is still arguably the best pitching prospect in the Nationals organization. Before undergoing Tommy John Surgery in July of 2025,...

Corey Dickerson is the Tampa Bay Rays' first-base coach, having played for the Washington Nationals before retiring after an 11-year career.

The looming lockout hangs over baseball like a dark cloud at the moment. All indications point to no CBA agreement being reached by the December 2nd deadline. Once the sport is locked out, no...

The Nationals’ dugout will look the same in 2027. The club plans to bring back manager Blake Butera’s entire staff, reports Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic. Washington underwent a massive overhaul...

This morning, Spencer Nusbaum broke the news that the Nationals will be retaining their entire coaching staff. After an 11 game improvement from 2025, this is not much of a surprise, but I wanted...

The current state of the Washington Nationals’ offense, especially after the trade deadline departures of Luis Garcia Jr. and Curtis Mead, is heavily driven by the dynamic duo that is James Wood...

Discussing how five players on the Nationals in the early-to-mid 2010s influenced my fandom of the team and turned me into the fan I am today.

This World Series matchup is truly a treat for the baseball nerds out there. It may not get massive ratings, but the Brewers and Rays provide a guide on how to build a winning team without a big...

One of the more interesting stories to follow in 2026 was the case of Yohandy Morales. The slugging corner infielder had a great season in AAA, yet the front office was reluctant to call him up....

Both a lefty and a righty, two bullpen options for the Nationals to consider taking a flier on this offseason for the 2027 offseason.

The Nationals could decide to trade their star shortstop.

The Washington Nationals 2026 pitching staff was quite the assortment of names. Not including position players, the Nats used 41 pitchers this season. Even in 2025, when the Nationals had some...

The biggest complaint many Nationals fans have about the organization right now is the lack of spending and questionable commitment from ownership. Since winning the World Series back in 2019, the...

With the Washington Nationals season over it’s time to look ahead to free agency. Given the relatively shallow class, what are 2 positions the Nationals could look to improve?

The other day a report came out that the Yankees have had interest in Jacob Young for a long time. This report brings up the interesting conversation of whether the Nats should trade their center...

The Yankees have shown past interest in Nationals center fielder Jacob Young, writes Joel Sherman of The New York Post. It’s unclear whether the two sides engaged in formal talks or if it was just...

Last offseason, the Nats traded MacKenzie Gore in exchange for five prospects. Four of those prospects have already played, and have shown varying levels of promise. However, there was a 5th who...

After a long 2026 season, here are 3 Washington Nationals players that will not return to the team next year if this offseason goes according to plan.

For Nationals fans accustomed to watching promising innings disappear on the basepaths, 2026 offered a welcome change. The Nats played aggressive baseball, but with better results. Stealing bases...

Foster Griffin and Curtis Mead are among the great roster moves that Paul Toboni and his Nationals front office made ahead of and in the 2026 MLB season.

The first major trade Paul Toboni made as Nationals POBO was to acquire Harry Ford in exchange for Jose A. Ferrer. Ford was expected to emerge as the Nats catcher of the future without an elite...

Daylen Lile of the Washington Nationals was named as a 2026 Gold Glove award finalist in left field for the first time in his career on Wednesday morning.

Daylen Lile had a tremendous rookie year in 2025. However, he had a really tough time on the defensive side of the ball. This offseason, Lile made a major effort to improve defensively. That hard...

Who will be tendered a contract among the players that the Washington Nationals have eligible for arbitration, if there are contracts to tender at all?

If you watched any Nationals baseball in 2026, you would know that the bullpen was not good. The unit actually set records for their ineptitude, with the 2026 Nats blowing more saves than any team...

The Nationals won the World Series in 2019 but their fortunes faded after that and they pivoted into rebuild mode. At the 2021 deadline, they sent Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Dodgers for...

Entering the 2026 season, who would you have expected to be the Nationals second best starter at the end of the year? I am sure it would have taken you a while to get to Andrew Alvarez, but here...

Foster Griffin performed well in his first ever appearance in the American League Championship Series for the Cleveland Guardians last night.

When Paul Toboni took over as Nationals President of Baseball Operations last year, one of his main goals was to build a “scouting and player development monster”. We saw plenty of development at...

For most players in the Nationals organization, the season is over. However, there are still prospects competing in the Arizona Fall League. The most notable one is Jarlin Susana, the giant right...

During the 2026 season, these players from the Washington Nationals stood out for not their struggles for the club overall.

Jordan Zimmermann and Ryan Zimmerman in the inaugural Banana Bowl from Nationals Park, where they were only 2 of a handful of celebrities to appear in the event.

The Washington Nationals saw 4 of their players get rewarded by the local DC media for their contributions during the 2026 season both on and off the field.

With the notable exception of the Dodgers, this has been the October of small market teams so far. Of the four teams remaining, three of them rank in the bottom half in terms of payroll....

It would be hard to find a Washington Nationals fan who would be against the idea of adding pitching this offseason, especially with the emergence of multiple key offensive pieces. The free agent...