Monthly Archives: August 2015

18 Game Set Analysis

Section 222 on August 28, 2015 at 10:31 am Good for Joe Ross.  A bright spot in a disappointing season. The Nats have now completed 126 games. That’s seven of the nine 18-game sets in the season. They’ve had two really bad … Continue reading

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Strasburg, Joe “Cool” Ross, JZim, Scherzer, Gio is how we rate best to worst in the 2nd half for starters!

Joe “Cool” Ross pitched another gem on Thursday night.  A 1 hitter on a bunt single with no earned runs.  Ross dropped his ERA to 3.24.  Now only Scherzer (2.79 ERA) ranks ahead of Ross in ERA in the starting … Continue reading

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The Nats Clubhouse looks like a MASH unit. Span to the DL, MAT with knee, Esco with hand.

Three injuries were reported in 1 game, and two happened during the game. First it was Esco getting a HBP on his hand with bases loaded, and Yunel left the game and was replaced by Danny Espinosa at 2nd as … Continue reading

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8/27 Game Thread. Joe Ross takes the mound to win series. Span rests back tonight.

The Nats send Joe “Cool” Ross to the mound today to face Andrew Cashner of the San Diego Padres.  The Nats are at the point of the season where almost every game is now must wins to keep pace or … Continue reading

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Sabremetrics and the fallacy of one metric

This post is more about giving Yunel the green light on a 3-0 count. But it highlights the problem of putting too much stock in one metric. The defense for giving Yunel the green light on 3-0 is that the … Continue reading

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Math Lessons in the NL East. 12% odds according to Baseball Prospectus

The Nationals have 37 games left to play in the season, and the Mets have 36 games left to play in their season.  There are 6 head-to-head games against the NY Mets remaining in the schedule which are the only … Continue reading

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Gio vs Tyson Ross In-Game. Same Line-up for the Nats

The Nats bring Gio Gonzalez to the mound on normal rest as they moved him up from his projected start tomorrow and have moved Scherzer to start on Friday. Tyson Ross pitches for the Padres and he’s the older brother … Continue reading

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Jim Bowden goes off with his conspiracy theory on why Trea Turner isn’t playing much.

Yesterday afternoon, Jim Bowden on MLB Radio on Sirius/XM with his co-host Casey Stern were talking about Denard Span back in the Nats lineup and Jim Bowden said how he would like to see Denard Span batting first and Trea … Continue reading

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Nats vs Padres in-game 8/25/15 The January 14th Line-up it is in Game #124!!!!

The Nats begin a 3 game series against the San Diego Padres tonight at 7:05pm on Anthony Rendon Garden Gnome night, and face the Padres top 3 pitchers in the series starting tonight with James Shields followed by Tyson Ross … Continue reading

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Panel discussion – Mark Lerner, Mike Rizzo, Tom Boswell, & Charlie Slowes. Night At The Newseum

On this off-day, an enjoyable evening for a group of invited guests at the Newseum to listen to a moderated discussion on the Washington Nationals and current topics in baseball. Seated L to R, the Moderator Frank Bond, Mark Lerner, … Continue reading

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