Federal Baseball: FanPosts

Tom Boswell has a column in today's WaPo about Nats traded away/let leave as FAs, and a "Sliding Doors" of what if they were re-signed/not traded. In tribute to my former life as a Yankees fan (J...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2023/10/17/23921080/idle-musings-and-zombie-nats

Davey Martinez looks toward the future ... uhhh, metaphorically. | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images This is just starting the conversation, because I recognize that there are many, many varia...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2023/10/3/23901969/a-way-too-early-back-of-the-envelope-offseason-plan

Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo has been the subject of both high praise and heavy scrutiny through his tenure. To truly evaluate his performance, let's take a look at every trade he's made since the pr...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2023/8/16/23834469/retrospective-on-every-trade-since-the-2012-trade-deadline

Quick disclaimer: This is based off a combination of different scouting reports (MLB.com, Fangraphs, Prospectslive, etc) and my PERSONAL OPINION. Others may have prospects in different positions,...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2023/7/12/23792791/nationals-organizational-update-post-23-mlb-draft

Some standout performances in the Minor Leagues worth mentioning, first the hitters... James Wood just earned a callup to AA yesterday after mashing to a .972 OPS in A+ (recent story from Jesse...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2023/5/29/23741832/late-may-prospect-update

Hey everyone, this is Max Rieper, site editor at Royals Review. With the off-season fast approaching, I am organizing participants for our off-season simulation where we take 30 fans, put them in...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/10/31/23433777/2022-off-season-sim-you-play-the-gm

Being a Nationals fan in 2022 involves asking yourself a lot of painful questions. Will Juan Soto get traded? Will Cesar Hernandez go the entire season without a HR? Will Patrick Corbin lead the ...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/8/2/23288796/stephen-strasburgs-contract-in-context

Nats have worst record in baseball, and are on pace for worst record since they moved to DC. They have lost 15 of 16, and lead MLB in double plays grounded into. Only reasons to watch are Bell an...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/7/16/23243468/facebook-loaded-with-posts-that-since-he-turned-down-the-teams-latest

Not sure how many 10-1 beatdowns the team needs before something happens. Martinez has to go to start with. To see Soto trot out a ground ball out isn’t acceptable and there has to be consequen...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/6/16/23172100/time-to-do-something

An old baseball saying (Jim Posnanski, among others) is a team should score four runs or more runs per game if they want to win consistantly. So far the 2022 Nats do this on the road; they fail m...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/5/15/23074198/yes-the-pitching-is-bad-but-nats-hitting-specifically-at-nats-park

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports The biggest challenge for Nats management right now is understanding, accepting and acting on a real appreciation of just how deep a talent hole the current National...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2022/1/5/22869408/the-nats-true-talent-hole-and-what-it-means-for-soto-extension

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports When the Washington Nationals blew everything up and traded away most of their veterans late last week, there was one player some expected to be on the move that stay...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2021/8/2/22605356/whats-behind-josh-bells-improvement

It’s even worse than I feared. I guess Rizzo thinks he’s with the Montreal Expos, and so can’t afford to let a quality player reach his free agency year. After Rizzo kissed Harper and R...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2021/7/30/22602899/a-fan-rants-rizzo-eviscerates-nationals

José Berríos is a good pitcher. He is not Max Scherzer level good. José Berríos is a good baseball player. He is not Trea Turner level good. Yet here we are. The Nationals received 4 p...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2021/7/30/22602213/berrios-trade-proves-the-nats-got-hosed

On Thursday, the Washington Nationals leaned in and accepted that they're not going to be contending for the playoffs in the 2021 season. Much is going to be made about how the players that the ...

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2021/7/30/22601429/its-time-for-the-washington-nationals-to-give-carter-kieboom-a-real