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Friday morning Nats Q&A

Friday morning Nats Q&A
Good morning, everybody. We are now a mere 12 days from pitchers and catchers reporting to West Palm Beach and the beginning of the Nationals' defense of their 2019 World Series championship. It's still hard to believe, isn't it? At this point, we have a pretty good idea what the Nats roster is going to look like. Ryan Zimmerman was the last key piece of the puzzle to re-sign, and though there could still be more additions to come, the Nationals could go into the season with what they have...
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As Baker joins Astros, Nats get ready to enter Bizarro World

As Baker joins Astros, Nats get ready to enter Bizarro World
The first time the Nationals take the field as defending World Series champions, they'll be facing the same Astros team they beat in Game 7 four months earlier, with one small exception: Houston's manager will be Dusty Baker. No, we haven't been transported to a parallel universe, folks. We're still living right here on good old Earth 1. Even if it feels like this place has suddenly turned into Bizarro World. The Astros, who spent the ensuing weeks after losing Game 7 getting embroiled in...
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Nats acquire reliever Harper from Twins for recent draft pick

Nats acquire reliever Harper from Twins for recent draft pick
The Nationals added another major league arm to their bullpen today, acquiring right-hander Ryne Harper from the Twins for 2019 draft pick Hunter McMahon. Harper, 30, spent eight seasons in the minors with the Braves, Mariners and Twins before finally making his big league debut last year. He wound up becoming a prominent member of Minnesota's bullpen, going 4-2 with a 3.81 ERA and 1.178 WHIP in 61 appearances. Relying on a slow curve that he threw a whopping 60 percent of the time, Harper...
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Zimmerman speaks out against Astros, Nats sign Bonifacio

Zimmerman speaks out against Astros, Nats sign Bonifacio
The Nationals beat the Astros in the 2019 World Series, and because that is true they will never have to look back at those nine days in late October with any sense of anger or feelings of "What if?" the way members of the 2017 and 2018 Dodgers will for the rest of their lives. Dodgers players and executives have been careful with their public statements in the two weeks since Major League Baseball punished the Astros for electronically stealing signs during their 2017 championship run and...
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Zimmerman embraces reduced salary, role in 16th season

Zimmerman embraces reduced salary, role in 16th season
As the weeks went by and the Nationals signed or re-signed eight other members of their World Series-winning roster, Ryan Zimmerman sat at home in Northern Virginia, technically a free agent but never for a moment worried he wouldn't join that list and re-join the Nats for a 16th season. "I don't think there was ever really any doubt," he said. Zimmerman, a free agent for the first time in his career, treated this offseason just as he did every previous one. Yes, he had a little more fun...
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Fans' guide to spring training, Part 2: The town

Fans' guide to spring training, Part 2: The town
So you want to go to Nationals spring training. You know they train in West Palm Beach, Fla. And if you read yesterday's article, you know what to expect when you arrive at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. But you may not know what to do or where to go the rest of your time in town. Well, you're in luck. Because today we present Part 2 of our annual fans' guide to spring training. This time, we'll focus on everything other than baseball. First, you need to decide how you're going to...
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Fans' guide to spring training, Part 1: The complex

Fans' guide to spring training, Part 1: The complex
It's Super Bowl Week, which means a lot to a lot of people but to baseball fans means something particularly meaningful: Spring training is fast approaching. Yes, once the Chiefs or the 49ers hoist the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night, baseball season officially will be right around the corner. Nationals pitchers and catchers report on Feb. 12, a mere 16 days from now. And there's a decent chance many of you are making plans to report to West Palm Beach yourselves to enjoy the Nationals'...
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Top prospect lists still lacking Nationals pitchers

Top prospect lists still lacking Nationals pitchers
The Nationals won the World Series last year with the oldest roster in baseball, so it's not surprising they went out this winter and either signed or re-signed a bunch of veterans who will help keep the team's average age near the top of the sport again. Nothing wrong with that philosophy, especially when it worked so well in 2019. But it's worth noting that a Nats farm system that was so instrumental in the franchise's initial ascension from laughingstock to annual contender might be as...
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The ramifications of Zimmerman's new contract

The ramifications of Zimmerman's new contract
If you went to bed early last night, the Nationals and Ryan Zimmerman finally worked out a new deal. Zimmerman will return on a one-year contract that guarantees him $2 million plus the potential to earn another $3 million in incentives, according to two sources familiar with the terms. The deal will become official once he passes a physical. There are plenty of ramifications and follow-ups to this news, so let's run through some of them this morning ... * This deal is a bargain for the Nats....
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Sources: Zimmerman agrees to return on one-year deal

Sources: Zimmerman agrees to return on one-year deal
The only person to play in at least one game for each of the Nationals' 15 years of existence is coming back for a 16th year. Ryan Zimmerman and the Nats have agreed to terms on a new one-year contract that will pay the veteran first baseman a guaranteed $2 million plus incentives that could push the total value up to $5 million, according to two sources familiar with the move. The deal, which is pending a physical and includes a full no-trade clause, gives Zimmerman the ability to increase...
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Nats sign veteran catcher Castillo to minor league deal

Nats sign veteran catcher Castillo to minor league deal
The Nationals have signed catcher Welington Castillo to a minor league deal, giving themselves another veteran behind the plate, where their depth was a bit thin. Castillo, whose signing was confirmed by a source familiar with the deal, has been a big league regular since 2013 with the Cubs, Mariners, Diamondbacks, Orioles and White Sox. The 32-year-old is a career .254 hitter with 98 homers, 339 RBIs, a .313 on-base percentage and .738 OPS in 726 games. Castillo struggled last season with the...
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Better, worse or the same in 2020: Pitchers

Better, worse or the same in 2020: Pitchers
Yesterday we looked at Nationals position players and tried to project whether the club will be better, worse or the same at each position. Today we'll attempt the same exercise for their pitching staff. Keep in mind, this is broken down into roles on the pitching staff (i.e. No. 1 starter, setup men). In some cases where there hasn't been a change, it's essentially a projection of how one pitcher is going to compare to last season. But in other cases where there have been changes, it's a...
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Better, worse or the same in 2020: position players

Better, worse or the same in 2020: position players
Though there are still a handful of moves that could be made - Hello, Ryan Zimmerman? Hello? Anybody there? - the Nationals have a pretty good idea at this point what their roster will look like when pitchers and catchers report to West Palm Beach in a mere 20 days. And that roster, for the most part, looks a lot like the roster that won the World Series just a few short months ago. The question, though, is whether that roster ultimately will outperform the 2019 version, underperform it or...
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Wednesday morning Nats and Hall of Fame Q&A

Wednesday morning Nats and Hall of Fame Q&A
Hey, did you know pitchers and catchers report for spring training three weeks from today? Wow, time flies when you're having fun (and when your previous season doesn't end until the day before Halloween). The Nationals have made plenty of news this winter, whether re-signing free agents off their World Series roster, adding a few strategically placed newcomers or losing one of the best players in club history. At this point, we've got a pretty clear picture what things will look like when...
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My 2020 Hall of Fame ballot

My 2020 Hall of Fame ballot
After a string of 20 new electees in the last six years, the Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 was always destined to be small. But not so small that there wasn't room for two electees. Derek Jeter, the obvious choice in his first year of eligibility, will be joined on the stage in Cooperstown this summer by Larry Walker, who narrowly earned election in his 10th and final year of eligibility. Jeter was named on 396 of 397 ballots submitted by members of the Baseball Writers' Association...
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Previewing tonight's Hall of Fame election reveal

Previewing tonight's Hall of Fame election reveal
It's been a rough week for baseball, unless you're of the opinion that bad publicity is better than no publicity. Regardless, the Astros' sign-stealing scandal - and the still-falling domino effects of it - has shown us some of the worst baseball has to offer. Which makes today a good day, because we're going to get to experience some of the very best baseball has to offer. (Plus some controversy, because this sport simply isn't allowed to just celebrate the good things without having a...
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Returning coaches embrace change of roles

Returning coaches embrace change of roles
The Nationals return all but one of the members of their World Series-winning coaching staff this season, with only assistant hitting coach Joe Dillon (who got the lead hitting coach's position in Philadelphia) departing. But there are some significant changes to the roles some of the returning coaches will hold in 2020. Manager Davey Martinez decided to rotate three key members of his staff - Chip Hale, Tim Bogar and Bob Henley - around the diamond and dugout, in an attempt to keep everyone...
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Martinez on his No. 3 hitter, Zimmerman, Doolittle and the Astros

Martinez on his No. 3 hitter, Zimmerman, Doolittle and the Astros
The most newsworthy thing Nationals manager Davey Martinez said Friday following his taping of an hour-long special with "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd at SiriusXM's local headquarters was that Carter Kieboom will have an opportunity to win the starting third baseman's job this spring. But it wasn't the only newsworthy thing Martinez said while talking to reporters for the first time since the Winter Meetings in early December. Here are some more highlights from the session ... *...
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Martinez: Kieboom will get chance to win third base job

Martinez: Kieboom will get chance to win third base job
Who's going to replace Anthony Rendon at third base for the Nationals? Davey Martinez intends to give top prospect Carter Kieboom every opportunity to seize that all-important job this spring. Martinez, in his first public comments since Rendon signed a $245 million contract with the Angels on the final evening of last month's Winter Meetings, said Friday that Kieboom will come to camp as the club's preferred starting third baseman but will have to earn it. "He deserves a shot to make the...
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Nats' primary goal needs to be a return to top of NL East

Nats' primary goal needs to be a return to top of NL East
The Nationals' primary goal for the better part of a decade now has been simple: Win the division. They've done that four times in the last eight years, though of course they immediately were eliminated in the National League Division Series each time. And of course the one time they reached the postseason via the wild card, they went on to win the World Series. So it might be easy for some right now to think it doesn't matter whether the Nats finish first or second in the National League...
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