Hall of Fame LOLMets trade.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 39m ago

PCA is a Superstar.

If real baseball worked like fantasy baseball, we could have flipped Joey Wiemer for Tarik Skubal in early April.

Society needs a term for “People were rightfully upset, but also it was a really good bit.”

Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · 10h ago

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

If you’re a Nationals fan and need to take something for the pain, the season premiere of Ted Lasso just dropped.

Hopefully, Trump’s support for this idiotic plan galvanizes Democrats to vote against it, even if they like the bill. On the other hand, if Trump flip-flops and decides that we should make standard time year-round, I’ll happily go to the White House and do the Kurt Suzuki pose with him.

McNally 🗺️@likethemaps.bsky.social · 21h ago

A number of seemingly smart people want to make DST permanent… look at who you are siding with.

I’ll be honest: if Rizzo had said this, I’d have wanted someone at Nats Park to stop by his office and make sure he was okay.

This was a deceptively brutal Cinematrix. My confidence went from a 10 to a 1 in the span of a few seconds, as I realized I couldn’t think of a single Lisa Kudrow movie aside from the obvious one. And even though Parker Posey was in a bunch of '90s indie films, I’ve never actually seen any of them.

If a kid who I was babysitting did this, I’d be in prison for murder. (In case you’re wondering what a child could have possibly spent $18,000 on: “Roblox and online games.”)

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Can a season be over when it was probably over already? On the bright side, with whatever tiny amount of pressure there was gone, now is the perfect time to transition Abrams to his new home in the outfield.

Mark Zuckerman@markzuckerman.bsky.social · 2d ago

James Wood hurt his left side on his last swing in the 6th. Going for an MRI tomorrow.

To be fair, if I were a shitty relief pitcher and the GM went out and got a BUNCH of guys to replace me and my friends, I’d probably have an even worse game than usual, too. Enjoy Rochester, boys.

I’m old enough to remember when people were upset about losing Luis Garcia Jr.

Mize seems like a close comp to Griffin and he got SD’s #2 guy. Could Griffin have gotten something similar if Toboni hadn’t gone quantity over quality? We’ll never know. (Did Griffin getting hit hard by a playoff team in his last start hurt him? We’ll never know that, either. But it annoys me.)

@federalbaseball.bsky.social · 2d ago

Don't love the Griffin return www.federalbaseball.com/washington-n...

For weeks, everyone was like “AJ Preller’s CRAZY! Guy’s a total wild card! Who knows what insane deals he’ll pull off! He might even move Mason Miller just ONE YEAR after trading for him!” And then SD just gets two cromulent rental SPs. There’s nothing sadder than a gambler who’s run out of money.

You, dumb: We should have kept and extended Foster Griffin. Me, smart: WE GOT A GUY NAMED KENDEGLYS VIRGUEZ.

So we’ve traded Griffin Foster and can extend Foster Griffin? Fuck yeah.

Wow! Welcome back to Washington, Bryce!!!

I find the lack of Foster Griffin chatter disturbing.

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To me, this means basically the Rutschman package + Franklin Arias, who could have been the Nats’ Opening Day shortstop. I would have done it. That said, the glass half-full view is that Toboni believes he can field a playoff team next year without trading Abrams. More signs pointing to spending.

NexGen Nats@nexgennats.bsky.social · 2d ago

According to Grant Paulsen, the Red Sox were "trying to move mountains to get CJ Abrams" today. Uhhh, based on what they gave up for Adley ... maybe we should have accepted the mountain they were offering?

Rutschman is injured, wasn’t playing well when he was healthy, is not a great fit for Fenway, is a free agent after next season, and he just brought back three of Boston’s top five prospects. And yes, the O’s no longer need him. But if I’m Toboni, I’m at least calling other GMs back about Abrams.

I realize fans don’t get a say in player trades, but it was funny to see Brewers Reddit declare that their sixth-best prospect was untouchable. Is there a cost to going for it? Sure. A desolate farm system partly explains the 2021-2026 Nationals seasons. But eventually you have to do *something*.

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wrote about how dumb is was for the Brewers to not outbid the Dodgers for Tarik Skubal: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...

“The best thing is that the Lerners and Mark will treat the team as a public trust. They will take a long-term view of the team and its improvement and will always conduct themselves with dignity and grace.” - Ted Leonsis in 2006, after the Lerners bought the team

Rachel Gordon@gordonrachel.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Lerner family, worth $6.4 billion, sold off their Washington World Series team part by part and now spends less on payroll than the Dodgers spend on the payroll tax, even though the District built them a baseball stadium almost entirely on taxpayer money." - @joeposnanski.com

The last time I saw something that cost a lot get flipped this quickly for a loss, was during the tail end of the NFT craze a few years ago.

I don’t like the Nationals making deals with the Phillies, but if I’d know they had a guy named Spikerman they were willing to trade, I’d have made an exception. I’m not sure what lost potential bums me out more: a Nationals Spikerman jersey or a Marvel Day “Amazing Spiker-Man” bobblehead.

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Yup. Also, seeing some of the reactions, I think people might have had unrealistic trade return expectations for a guy who was reportedly almost non-tendered last offseason. Getting four RPs may not be the sexiest trade package…unless you really, really, really, really, really, REALLY need RPs.

Compare this to the return from the Gore trade. When no one knew what the Nats’ competitive window would be, Toboni traded for kids. Ortiz may be the only one who debuts before 2028 or 2029. This trade is designed to compete next year. Who knows, maybe Mark is signaling that he’s ready to spend.

@federalbaseball.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here is what you need to know about the pitching heavy Luis Garcia Jr. return www.federalbaseball.com/washington-n...

In his last appearance with the Yankees, Jake Bird gave up five runs in .1 IP. Dude was born to be a Washington Nationals reliever.

Nothing riles up Yankees fans like word that their team is trading for a player who isn’t a shoo-in first ballot hall-of-famer.

If Garcia is going to the Yankees (who don’t really have a need or place for him) and not the Dbacks (who were said to “love” the idea of having Garcia) or some other team in need of offense, the offers must have been pretty weak. Get what you can, Paul, and here’s to the Abimelec era.

Joel Sherman@joelsherman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sources: The Yankees are trying to complete a trade for Nationals first baseman Luis Garcia Jr. AA starter Jack Cebert has been discussed prominently.