It’s official — the Nats are definitely sellers as baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline looms. I had only just pondered losing Matt Capps to the Twins a few hours ago, and now it’s time to say goodbye to Cristian Guzman, who was traded to the Texas Rangers this afternoon. Guzman had a disastrous first season with the Nats in 2005 and missed all of 2006 — but he had been holding down the shortstop position,…
Nationals 5, Marlins 4: Who is this team? Surely, it’s not the same Nationals which we grew accustomed to in the first half of the season, is it? Last night, the Nationals showed that when they’re on a tear, they can be a very tricky knot to untangle.
Prompted by the opening of online balloting for the 2007 All Star Game a few weeks ago, we recently started wondering who might represent the Nats in San Francisco (since, you know, somebody has to). Dmitri Young? The guy’s hitting for a scorching .500 average over the last 21 games. But he’s mired behind popular stars like Albert Pujols and Nomar Garciaparra, as well as reigning MVP Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder’s 23-homer bat. Even…
We were rubbing our eyes last Sunday as we watched the Nationals sweep the Florida Marlins to win their first series of the year. Then they took 3 of 4 from the Braves and knocked them out of first place in the NL East, and now we’re asking ourselves, “Who the hell are these guys?” With only two of their regular starters hitting over .250 and none of them within shouting distance of .300, they…
The talk about the Nationals being the worst team in major league history seems to have been slightly exaggerated. That being said, they’ve been pretty awful in losing 5 in a row, including being swept by the Cubs this weekend. The Nats are 9-22, 10.5 games out of first place in the National League East and 5.5 behind the fourth place Phillies. And they face the surprising Brewers, who have the best record in baseball,…
We’re still a couple of weeks away from putting together a comprehensive Nats season preview like last year’s, but we just wanted to pass along this sunny bit of optimism from the Sports Bog: Vegas gives our motley bunch 1:300 odds to bring home a World Series trophy this year – the longest odds in baseball. This year’s roster, plus a heap of injury-riddled regurgitation known as “non-roster invitees” begin assembling in Viera this week…
For weeks, the Nationals have been bracing for a barrage of player moves before the July trade deadline. Just yesterday, the Post prepared for the onslaught with a detailed analysis of who’s on the trading block. Yesterday afternoon, Kasten & Co. launched the opening salvo: young pitchers Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, and Daryl Thompson, along with veteran playa hatin’ Royce Clayton and utility infielder Brendan Harris were all sent packing. In return, the Nats picked…
After dropping three of four in Milwaukee over the weekend, the Nationals hit the reset button and return home for a seven game homestand, welcoming NL West bottom-feeder Colorado to DC for a three game series that begins tonight. The Nats lead the NL East by 1.5 games over the Atlanta Braves, who split a four game series with the NY Mets over the weekend. The good news is that the Nats have played…
(Entry written by DCist contributor Chris Kelly) So it’s a fact that the banged-up Nationals need a breather, after playing .500 ball over their last 10 games leading up to the all-star break and losing 2 in a row. And it’s a fact that at 52-36, tied for the 3rd best record in the majors, the Nationals are the best story of the 2005 season (so far), improbably leading the NL East by 2.5 games…
The Marlins just seem to have the Nationals’ number. At least that’s our conclusion after last night. Even though the Nats had won 5 straight going into Monday, no one could be much surprised when the D-Train ran them over, 9-4. But getting laid low 6-3 by pitcher Brian Moehler, who hadn’t notched a major league win in two years? That’s gotta hurt. Two Saturdays ago, the Nats did manage to beat the Marlins, albeit…