Recent Washington Nationals Blogs

Nats Farm Report: Meyers wins again, Bronson is on fire

Syracuse Chiefs (AAA):  The Chiefs loss to Wilkes-Barre-Scranton 2-1 despite a solid outing by Shairon Martis (3-4).  Martis pitched 7 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, but took the loss.  The Chiefs offense only mustered 5 hits.  Norris Hopper ... more

The first trial of Riggleman

By now you know how I feel about Riggleman - one big "whatever" - but his supporters (or more realistically those who want to take parting shots at Manny) can point to the results on the field and shove it ... more

Nats Lose Livan’s debut, Farm Report inside

Livan Hernandez put on a Nationals uniform for the first time since 2006, rejoining the Nationals to help eat starts and innings to save some younger arms.  Hernandez pitched well.  The bullpen did not.  The Nationals fell to ... more

No-sa! and pitchers

In Jorge Sosa's last 5 appearences : 6.1 IP  13H 11R 6BB 7K 2HR 15.63 ERA  opponents hitting .448 / .528 / .793 off him (lest you think I'm being unfair his ERA was still hitting 9.00 before last night's ... more

2009 Nationals Draft Class update, Drew Storen is the deal!

Time to give an update on the performance of the 2009 draft class.  Here is how they are doing up to today.  We put 3 stars ... more

But Riggleman is awesome

Which of these statements is different from the other a) Nats under Manny : 26-61   .299 winning percentage b) Nats under Riggleman (first 17 games) : 6-11   .353 winning percentage c) Nats under Riggleman (next 8 games) : 8-0    1.000 winning percentage d) Nats ... more

Nats Farm System Leaderboard

Here are the current leaders in the Washington Nationals farm system.BATTING LEADERSBatting Average:  Eury Perez (GCL) .380Others:  Hendry Jiminez (GCL) .325, Ian Desmond (AAA) .318, Brett Newsome (A) .316, Steve Lombardozzi (A) .300, ... more

Revisting The Ryan Zimmerman Extension

Not a lot has gone right for the Washington Nationals since the franchise moved to the nation's capital. Under new general manager Mike Rizzo, though, the club has finally made ... more

Nats add Livan hernandez, demote Colin Balestar

To give the young arms some relief and break, the Washington Nationals signed former National Livan Hernandez.  Not wanting any of their young starting pitchers to pile up too many innings at this early stage of their development, ... more

Nats bats explode, defeat Cubs 15-6

Hot and cold.  Hot and cold.  Hot and cold.  That has been the story of the Washington Nationals offense this season.  Huge numbers.  Career ... more