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Matt of Matt's Bats: Taking the good with the bad

Matt of Matt's Bats: Taking the good with the bad
It's been a weird couple of days to be a Nationals fan. I am used to being excited after a walk-off win, or sad after a big loss. But the past couple of days I have felt a feeling that I have never felt before as a Nationals fan - embarrassment. I was embarrassed by the way Jonathan Papelbon bullied the best player on the team and best player in baseball, Bryce Harper. I was embarrassed that the Nationals coaching staff let Papelbon play after the attack. I was embarrassed all around that no...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Braves counting on trio of rookie pitchers to halt Nats' 2015 domination

Opposite dugout: Braves counting on trio of rookie pitchers to halt Nats' 2015 domination
Manager: Fredi Gonzalez (5th year) Record: 62-94 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: RF Nick Markakis (.297 with 51 RBIs), 1B Freddie Freeman (18 HR, 66 RBIs), CF Cameron Maybin (10 HR, 22 SB), RHP Arodys Vizcaino (1.80 ERA, 7 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 3-13 Pitching probables: Sept. 29: RHP Tanner Roark vs. RHP Matt Wisler, 7:10 p.m., MASN Sept. 30: RHP Jordan Zimmermann vs. RHP Williams Perez, 7:10 p.m., MASN Oct. 1: RHP Stephen Strasburg vs. RHP Ryan Weber, 7:10 p.m., MASN Inside the...
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Marty Niland: Enough blame to go around as promising season runs off the rails

Marty Niland: Enough blame to go around as promising season runs off the rails
How did it come to this? Six months after after Bryce Harper essentially predicted a World Series championship in the preseason, the Nationals were eliminated from postseason contention with more than a week to play. Despite Harper's MVP-caliber season and Max Scherzer's Cy Young-caliber first half, the defending National League East champions haven't even clinched a winning record with seven games to play. After supposedly trading to shore up their bullpen weakness, the Nationals stood by...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Struggling Reds interrupt homestand for makeup game in D.C.

Opposite dugout: Struggling Reds interrupt homestand for makeup game in D.C.
Manager: Bryan Price (3rd season) Record: 63-92 Last 10 games: 2-8 Who to watch: 1B Joey Votto (.318/.464/.556 with 29 HR, 78 RBIs), 3B Todd Frazier (35 HR, 88 RBIs), RF Jay Bruce (26 HR, 84 RBIs), LHP Brandon Finnegan (1-1, 4.97 ERA), RHP Aroldis Chapman (1.71 ERA, 32 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 5-0 Pitching probables: Sept. 28: LHP Brandon Finnegan vs. RHP Max Scherzer, 3:05 p.m., MASN Inside the Reds: Instead of enjoying a scheduled off-day to start the final week of the regular...
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Patrick Reddington: Harper walking toward a franchise record

Patrick Reddington: Harper walking toward a franchise record
The second of three free passes Bryce Harper took in the series opener of Washington's three-game set with the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night gave the Nationals' 22-year-old slugger 117 walks on the year, one more than the Nationals' previous single-season record holder, Adam Dunn, took in 2009. In the first of his two seasons in the nation's capital, Dunn, then 29, put up a .267/.398/.529 line on the year, with 29 doubles, 38 home runs, 116 walks and 177 strikeouts in 159...
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Bobby Blanco

Opposite dugout: Phillies make Mackanin full-time manager for better consistency in 2016

Opposite dugout: Phillies make Mackanin full-time manager for better consistency in 2016
Manager: Pete Mackanin (1st season) Record: 57-96 Last 10 games: 2-8 Who to watch: CF Odubel Herrera (.291/.335/.412 with 40 RBIs), SS Freddy Galvis (.265 with 44 RBIs), 1B Ryan Howard (23 HR, 77 RBIs), RHP Aaron Nola (6-2, 3.84 ERA), RHP Ken Giles (13 saves, 1.38 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 5-11 Pitching probables: Sept. 25: RHP Jerad Eickhoff vs. RHP Jordan Zimmermann, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 26: RHP Aaron Nola vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg, 4:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 27: RHP Aaron Harang vs....
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Josh Land

David Huzzard: The importance of a winning season

David Huzzard: The importance of a winning season
With every passing day as the playoffs become more and more of an improbability, it is important to remember the 2015 Washington Nationals are still playing for something. With 78 wins and eleven games to play, the Nationals need to go 4-7 to clinch their fourth consecutive winning season. This might not sound like much or even that important. What's the big difference between 82 wins and 78 at this point? The Washington Nationals aren't making the playoffs either way, but the last time a...
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Rachel Levitin: After season full of Nats' injuries, all eyes will be on Rizzo this offseason

Rachel Levitin: After season full of Nats' injuries, all eyes will be on Rizzo this offseason
After last night's 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Nationals are 6 1/2 games back while the New York Mets maintain first place in the National League East. All other teams in the division have already been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. The magic number is six. No matter what happens at the tail end of the 2015 season, though, the unfortunate part of the year - besides possibly missing the playoffs, since it's not a done deal yet - is the fact that this team...
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Matt of Matt's Bats: Picking postseason favorites with Nats on outside looking in

Matt of Matt's Bats: Picking postseason favorites with Nats on outside looking in
With the Nats 6 1/2 games out of the National League East with 13 games to go, it looks a lot like the New York Mets are going to pull away with the division title. There still is hope, though. The Nats are 6 1/2 games out, and the Mets are coming off a series loss against the New York Yankees. If the Nats can make up enough ground to roll into New York next week within three games of the division lead, they could pull of an end-of-season upset. As much as I would love to see that happen, it is...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Orioles possess power, but poor pitching has dimmed playoff hopes

Opposite dugout: Orioles possess power, but poor pitching has dimmed playoff hopes
Manager: Buck Showalter (6th season) Record:73-76 Last 10 games:6-4 Who to watch: 3B Manny Machado (.289 with 29 HR, 75 RBIs), CF Adam Jones (27 HR, 82 RBIs), 1B Chris Davis (43 HR, 109 RBIs), 2B Jonathan Schoop (.287, 14 HR), RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9, 4.31 ERA), LHP Zach Britton (2.04 ERA, 34 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 1-2 Pitching probables: Sept. 21: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 22: RHP Chris Tillman vs. RHP Tanner Roark, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 23:...
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Watch the celebration following Jose Lobaton's walk-off sac fly

Watch the celebration following Jose Lobaton's walk-off sac fly
Two Fridays ago, the Nationals sported their blue jerseys and faced their National League East rivals, the Braves, in front of the hometown crowd at Nats Park. With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 10th, Michael A. Taylor came on to pinch-hit and sent a walk-off three-run home run into the stands. Fast forward to last night's scene in D.C. The boys dawned their patriotic get-up as they hosted another division foe, the Marlins. The ballgame was knotted at 4-4 after nine innings. To the...
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Patrick Reddington: Could Zack Greinke be free agent target for Nationals?

Patrick Reddington: Could Zack Greinke be free agent target for Nationals?
In discussing the Washington Nationals' approach to negotiations of contract extensions with pending free agents like Jordan Zimmermann (a free agent this winter unless he re-signs) and 2009 No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg (under team control through 2016), both of whom are on their "second elbows" after having Tommy John surgery, Washington Post writer Thomas Boswell suggested last winter that in Zimmermann's case, previous talks likely centered around a deal similar to what Ian...
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David Huzzard: No question, Bryce Harper is NL MVP

David Huzzard: No question, Bryce Harper is NL MVP
The very fact that Bryce Harper's legitimacy as National League Most Valuable Player is up for debate is an absurdity. The MVP award is an individual award meant to be handed out to the best player in a league at the end of the season, but too many people get caught up in the word "value" and end up trying to give it some meaning beyond simply being the best. The problem for opponents of Harper is if you debate the merits of Harper as MVP on baseball terms, you lose. Harper is the first...
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Bobby Blanco

Opposite dugout: Marlins looking to win season series against Nationals

Opposite dugout: Marlins looking to win season series against Nationals
Manager: Dan Jennings (1st season) Record: 63-83 Last 10 games: 7-3 Who to watch: 2B Dee Gordon (.332/.358/.416 with 39 RBIs, 51 SB), 3B Martin Prado (.285 with 54 RBIs), SS Adeiny Hechavarria (.281 with 48 RBIs), RHP Jose Fernandez (5-0, 2.06 ERA), RHP A.J. Ramos (27 saves, 2.53 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 8-7 Pitching probables: Sept. 17: RHP Jarred Cosart vs. RHP Tanner Roark, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 18: RHP Jose Fernandez vs. RHP Max Scherzer, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 19: LHP Brad Hand vs....
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Matt of Matt's Batts: Three reasons 2015 was disappointing for Nationals

Matt of Matt's Batts: Three reasons 2015 was disappointing for Nationals
On the 15th of September, the Nationals are 10 games back of the New York Mets and it's safe to say their postseason chances are just a little more than zero. Before the season started, almost everyone thought Washington was a favorite to win the World Series. I predicted on my blog, MattsBats.com, that they would win 99 games and take the National League East easily. A lot of people are now wondering what went wrong for the Nationals this year. Today, I am looking at three of the biggest...
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Marty Niland: Nats won't be judged by 2015 failure, but on how they respond

Marty Niland: Nats won't be judged by 2015 failure, but on how they respond
It seems like a natural instinct to judge based on failure, especially in baseball. So it might be easy to label the Nationals as a failure for falling short of their own expectations and those of many fans in the 2015 season. But it's often in failure where success is born, and that's how the Nats will ultimately be judged. The Nats set the tone for expectations shortly after signing Max Scherzer, when Bryce Harper asked rhetorically, "Where's my ring?" Pundits and fans quickly followed...
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Opposite dugout: Playing out the string, last-place Phillies are a team in transition

Opposite dugout: Playing out the string, last-place Phillies are a team in transition
Manager: Pete Mackanin (1st season) Record: 56-88 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: CF Odubel Herrera (.299/.328/.428 with 8 HR, 14 SB), 1B Ryan Howard (22 HR, 76 RBIs), RHP Ken Giles (1.43 ERA, 13 saves), RHP Aaron Nola (6-2, 3.56 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 5-7 Pitching probables: Sept. 14: RHP Jordan Zimmermann vs. RHP Aaron Nola, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 15: RHP Stephen Strasburg vs. RHP David Buchanan, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 16: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. LHP Adam Morgan, 7:05 p.m.,...
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Patrick Reddington: Nationals prospect Erick Fedde making strides after Tommy John surgery

Patrick Reddington: Nationals prospect Erick Fedde making strides after Tommy John surgery
The reports from general manager Mike Rizzo and assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations Kris Kline after they selected Erick Fedde out of UNLV with the 18th overall pick of the 2014 Draft were glowing to say the least. "He's a plus-stuff guy," Rizzo told reporters. "We've scouted him intensely over the last three years. He's got two plus plus pitches and his third pitch, the changeup, is on the come. We think that's going to be an above-average pitch. Big...
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Opposite dugout: Marlins, Stanton looking for better offensive production next year

Opposite dugout: Marlins, Stanton looking for better offensive production next year
Manager: Dan Jennings (1st season) Record: 59-81 Last 10 games: 7-3 Who to watch: 2B Dee Gordan (.328/.355/.408 with 36 RBIs, 50 SB), 3B Martin Prado (.284 with 52 RBIs), SS Adeiny Hechavarria (.281 with 48 RBIs), RHP Jose Fernandez (4-0, 2.30 ERA), RHP A.J. Ramos (25 saves, 2.61 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 6-6 Pitching probables: Sept. 11: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. RHP Jarred Cosart, 7:10 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 12: RHP Tanner Roark vs. RHP Jose Fernandez, 7:10 p.m., MASN Sept. 13: RHP Max Scherzer...
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David Huzzard: If Matt Williams is fired, who should replace him?

David Huzzard: If Matt Williams is fired, who should replace him?
Matt Williams is going to be fired and it isn't because he won't use his closer in the ninth inning of a tied road game or that he uses cue cards from the sports guy cliché machine in his postgame press conferences. No, it's because he has no feel for the game. There is a bit of luck involved in every decision a manager makes and when making moves in recent weeks, Matt Williams has had no luck, but he can't recognize when his pitcher is tiring or still going strong or when the opposing...
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