Acquired by diamondbacks for draft pick and Slade Cecconi. Absolutely a deal we could've upped but ok.

Is there any reason this is good? Is he even better than what we currently have?

Sign Scherz. People would go absolutely nuts. He could retire as a Nat and maybe even help the team. And they'd be able to do it for $15m max. The Athletic's contract projection has him at $12m. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5950093/2024/11/27/five-mlb-intriguing-free-agents/

Used to be a time I could recognize all of the guys. Can't figure anyone out https://x.com/WashWizards/status/1869925420935852166

For me it’s Pete Alonso or bust.

The fact that Walker was that cheap is just insulting and shows how unserious the Lerners truly are.

Sell the team already. It’s unfair to the people who you claim to care about: the fans.

Christian Walker has agreed to a 3-year, $60 million contract with the Houston Astros. @Ken_Rosenthal said close.

https://x.com/bnightengale/status/1870167840218853745?s=46

https://x.com/byrobertmurray/status/1870157619454771334?s=46

We probably ain’t getting him

They used to do that regularly up to the World Series win. Since then they haven’t as much. Do the Lerners simply not want to spend anymore or is it related to the TV contract?

One area where I have 100% faith in Rizzo is his ability to trade. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-seiya-suzuki-babip-polka/

Can we fast forward to when we have Dylan Crews, James Wood, Brady House, CJ Abrams, and Ethan Holliday (Hopefully) all on the same field. I hope we can keep all of these guys under contract for that.

Nats fans who've regularly accused ownership of "shedding payroll" should pay attention to the rest of the league, where teams like the Rockies, As, Pirates, Reds, and yes, the often-admired Rays and Cardinals organizations actively look to trade productive, valuable members of the team for no reason other than to reduce payroll.

The latest example: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6005277/2024/12/19/nolan-arenado-blocked-cardinals-astros-trade-analysis

Say what you will about the Lerners. Some think they don't value coaches enough. Some think they were late to invest in analytics. Some think they should take bigger swings to extend young talent early. Some think they never should've started a rebuild at all. But they've never done this.

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MY NEW 2 YEAR PLAN

2025

• sign 1st - Christian Walker ( 3 year $69 million)

• sign Closer - Tanner Scott (4 year $52 million)

• sign Set Up Man - Jrff Hoffman (3 year $36 million)

These 3 signings will allow our young guys to develop as easily as possible. All teams get better with a great defensive 1st baseman and a great bullpen.

• let's see what we have with our young outfield (is young an every day center fielder) and our young starting pitchers (do any of them take the next leap into being a #1 or #2 pitcher on any MLB team.

• let's see if CJ Abrams is an all star level player like the front half of the season or a JAG like the back half of the season

• is Luis Garcia really as good as he played in 2024

• let's see if Brady House can take the next step and move on up to the majors

• let's see how our farm system develops a little more

If everything is ahead of schedule then pull of a trade for one or two of the guys below. We have players in the farm system that will be great trade bait. And you know Rizzo is gonna find a veteran to flip at the deadline

2026

• sign Outfielder - Kyle Tucker - if Jacob Young doesn't take the next step then Kyle Tucker can play all 3 positions in the outfield.

• sign 1st basemen - Vlad Guerrero Jr - They can split time between 1st and DH and both stay in line up. Christian Walker will be 35 at that point and won't necessarily be able to be a full time every day 1st basemen. Vlad will be in his prime. Worst case scenario which isn't so bad. Christian Walker can be traded

• sign true #1 - Framber Valdez - I think we will have a great starting rotation but not that one guy. That guy that can lead you in the playoffs. Can get you a win when you need it. Can carry a team for a few games he pitches. He is the best free agent pitcher in next years offseason.

A good discussion about Rizzo 's. Pitching philosophy and Outlook for the team in 2025. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2257-you-better-fried-your-mind-instead/

1:10 Mark Mark in the podcast

I’m a 16 year old Nats fan who’s trying to figure which player had dead or alive as their warm up song. It’s a song I really like and was definitely introduced to me at Nats park as I have faint memories of hearing the song during a certain relief pitchers warm up. Keep in mind I’ve been going to game since I was about 6 so this could go back 9-10 years.

So now the nats have far less competition between walker and Alonso. One of the two probably go to the Mets but either option is a win for us, not to mention a potential Naylor trade if negotiations with the prior two go south.

It’s already been a long offseason. I just need baseball back.