2010’s Rebound Team

“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.”
Except in the Nationals case. They can’t get much worse in D.C.
With a dismal 59-103 effort in 2009, the Washington Nationals shared the infamy of the Pirates as laughing stock of the league. However, there is reason to consider that their worst days may be behind them.
Yes, [...]

2010 MLB Off-Season Review: NL East

Atlanta Braves
Key losses- Javier Vasquez, Kelly Johnson, Rafael Soriano, Mike Gonzalez, Garrett Anderson, Adam LaRoche
Key additions- Billy Wagner, Melky Cabrera, Troy Glaus, Takashi Saito
Off-season grade- B
Justification- I feel they upgraded the bullpen with the addition of Wagner and Saito. The Vasquez deal seems like a salary dump, but they got a nice defensive center fielder [...]

Washington Nationals Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Stephen Strasburg-SP
Do I really need to say why?
2) Drew Storen-RP
Outstanding young reliever. Closer of the future? I think so
3) Danny Espinosa- SS
I think he could be a pretty decent offensive shortstop. He’s got some decent power, hits to all field, seems to just know how to play at a high level. Above Average glove [...]

Capps chooses Washington over Cubs and Mets

Matt Capps has agreed to a 1 year 3.5 million dollar deal according to ESPN with the Washington Nationals. Speculation emerged that the Cubs and Mets were the front runners, but apparently Capps believed closing was more important than anything and that’s what Washington offered him.

Pudge a National

Pudge has agreed to a 2 year deal worth approximately 6 or 7 million. I actually love the sign. Pudge has had the reputation of going to young teams and really helping out the pitching staffs. He’s a real professional and one of the best defensive catchers ever. I think he’s got some baseball left, [...]

Stephen Strasburg- The Real Deal

By now, every baseball fan in America has heard of Stephen Strasburg. The hard throwing right handed pitcher out of San Diego State University was drafted as the first overall pick by the Washington Nationals in 2009 and signed the biggest deal as a draft pick in the history of the draft. And why not? Strasburg [...]