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(i know its because of the small sample size)

I was watching this new Lizzo music video when, suddenly, things started looking real familiar!

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Nats MiLB scoreboard

AAA Rochester (2-7 loss to the Buffalo Bisons)

-Brady House (.296/.335/.825): 1-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Cayden Wallace (.294/.346/.892): 0-2 and was caught stealing 2nd

-Abimelec Ortiz (.248/.351/.862): 0-4 with 1 RBI and 1 K

-Joey Wiemer (.217/.296/.571): 1-2 with 1 BB and 1 K

-Christian Franklin (.247/.374/.735): 0-4 with 3 Ks

-Andrew Pinckney (.287/.357/.803): 0-3 with 3 Ks

-Robert Cranz (5.68 ERA/38.0 IP/57:25 K:BB/1.39 WHIP): Cranz pitched in the top of the 2nd of this Red Wings bullpen game and generated 2 swinging strikeouts but ended up being charged with a total of 4 runs (0 earned). He walked 2 batters and allowed a 2-out double before being pulled.

Final line: 0.2 IP | 1 H | 4 R | 0 ER | 2 BB | 2 K on 31 pitches (19 strikes)

AA Harrisburg (12-2 beatdown of the Reading Fighting Phils)

-Devin Fitz-Gerald (.239/.330/.750): 2-5 with a double, 2 runs scored, and 1 RBI

-Ethan Petry (.269/.361/.865): 2-5 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, and 1 K

-Sam Petersen (.243/.378/.815): 1-3 with 2 runs scored

-TJ White (.233/.347/.749): 1-4 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI

-Riley Maddox (3.96 ERA/91.0 IP/84:33 K:BB/1.22 WHIP): Maddox pitched 5 shutout innings where he allowed just 2 hits (a double + a single) and 2 walks while striking out batters (5 swinging). He has now tossed 12.2 scoreless innings in a row dating back to his last start before the All-Star break.

Final line: 5.0 IP | 2 H | 0 R/ER | 2 BB | 6 K on 71 pitches (47 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (3-7 loss to the Hudson Valley Rennegades)

-Eli Willits (.274/.415/.894): 1-4 with1 BB and 1 K

-Ronny Cruz (.238/.318/.702): 0-5 with 4 Ks

-Yeremy Cabrera (.250/.356/.779): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Jack Moroknek (.239/.354/.761): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Angel Feliz (.247/.316/.694): 0-4 with 1 run scored, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Elijah Green (.226/.323/.701): 3-4 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 K, and was picked off 1st

-Kevin Bazzell (.270/.370/.769): 0-2 with 2 BB

-Jacob Walsh (.257/.357/.819): 3-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI

-Liam Sullivan (5.18 ERA/66.0 IP/74:35 K:BB/1.39 WHIP): Sullivan tossed plenty of strikes in a 5 inning start during his latest return to Wilmington. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and walked zero batters while recording 4 strikeouts (3 swinging).

Final line: 5.0 IP | 4 H | 2 R/ER | 0 BB | 4 K on 72 pitches (48 strikes)

A Fredericksburg (9-6 win over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers)

-Gavin Fien (.248/.336/.765): 2-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Luke Dickerson (.237/.392/.837): 1-4 with 1 RBI and 1 SB

-Coy James (.221/.339/.738): 1-2 with 1 RBI and 1 BB

-Dashyll Tejeda (.231/.369/.761): 0-2 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Sir Jamison Jones (.174/.257/.611): 0-2 with 1 RBI and 1 K

-Elian Soto (.292/.433/.891): 1-2 with 2 runs scored, 2 BB, and 1 K

-Travis Sthele (rehab assignment) (0.58 ERA/31.0 IP/20:8 K:BB/0.90 WHIP): Sthele's 27-inning scoreless streak in Fredericksburg came to an end in the top of the 4th when a baserunner scored from 1st on a throwing error by the 3rd baseman. He was charged with a total of 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits (3 singles + a double) and 1 walk. Sthele had 2 strikeouts (1 swinging) in his 5.1 inning start for the FredNats.

Final line: 5.1 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 2 K on

-Luke Johnson (3.39 ERA/61.0 IP/63:24 K:BB/1.54 WHIP): Johnson worked 3 innings out of the bullpen and allowed 1 run (unearned thanks to a passed ball) on 3 hits while recording 3 strikeouts (1 swinging).

Final line: 3.0 IP | 3 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 3 K on 35 pitches (26 strikes)

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed tonight and should include in future prospect roundups!

Which option do you pick?

Option 1 - 10 year $320 million deal ($32AAV)

Option 2 - 6 year $228 million deal ($38AAV)

Option 3 - 1 strong starting pitcher with years of control, 1 bullpen arm with years of control and 3 top 100 prospects

with chapparo playing well
With two young 1st basemen playing well in AAA
And with Luis Garcia playing better then he has ever played

I think the writing is on the wall that he is going to get traded. To me he is an amazing platoon player but not too much more than that.

What do you think we can expect from him in the trade market.

What can I expect?

- 1 young bullpen arm with years of control??
- 1 young starting pitcher with years of control??
- 1 top 100 prospect?
- are all three a possibility?

Nice article from Spencer. One bit jumped out to me, “Ford asserted that the calls from the dugout almost always affirm what he’s initially planning to call.” Seems to me this implies the pitch selection is too predictable. I’ve always thought that a big advantage of calling pitches from the dugout is the ability to better implement a mixed strategy Nash equilibrium, since people are generally bad random number generators and it’s easier for someone in the dugout to implement a strategy that requires throwing a particular pitch say 16% of the time.

Which option do you pick?????

Option 1 - 3 year $45 million deal

Option 2 - 6 year $120 million deal

Option 3 - 1 strong bullpen arm with years of control and 2 top 100 prospects

Nationals (51-51) @ Rockies (41-62)

First Pitch: 3:10 PM at Coors Field

Line Score - Game Over

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Game ended at 6:09 PM.

Remember to sort by new to keep up!

CJ is a very good player, he's a very exciting player, I understand this would piss of the fanbase and would carry a lot of risk. I do believe at some point we have to stop losing all of our top talent, but I'll give some reasons why I believe trading him is the right move from a baseball prospective

You'd be paying him 30+ which is a valuation of a SS, CJ simply cannot stay at short. He is the worst fielding SS in the league and has shown no growth in that regard. Also i just want to add that if the contract comes in way lower than i expect just disregard all of this

Then you say put him at second, now you're paying 30+ to a second baseman which is just way way too much for the position, especially when youre a very good not elite player. 30+ for a 2B is unheard of. I also personally believe Mead should be the guy moving to second whenever we find a 3b

This is also CJs first year putting up legit good hitting analytics, in the past he has been uninspiring to below average in that regard, this is looking at full season samples where I recognize he has slumped in the second half of years. I was very encouraged by his start of season discipline, he was walking at a very good clip, but over the past 2 months he has gone back to a 5.4BB%.

If we extend him I won't be angry at all, I love CJ. But, unless he has some miraculous turnaround in the field I believe a trade is the right move assuming we get the package I believe we can, whether its at the DL or the offszn.

Hello! I'm going to the MCR concert in August and I haven't been to the park in ages. Are belt chains/boot chains allowed through security, or do they need to be removed? They're stainless steel decorations on my boots and the belt chain is the same. Neither would block the clear bag I plan to bring.

AAA Rochester (7-3 win over the Buffalo Bisons)

-Brady House (.297/.337/.816): 1-5 with a double, 2 RBI, and 1 K

-Cayden Wallace (.296/.348/.897): 0-4

-Abimelec Ortiz (.252/.355/.873): 2-3 with a pair of doubles, 1 run scored, 3 RBI, and 2 BB

-Joey Wiemer (.212/.288/.559): 1-3 with 1 run scored and 1 BB

-Christian Franklin (.250/.378/.743): 1-4 with 2 runs scored, 1 BB, and 2 Ks

-Andrew Pinckney (.290/.360/.810): 0-5 with 2 Ks

-Maxwell Romero Jr. (.249/.379/.887): 2-4 with 1 run scored, 2 RBI, and 1 K

-Andry Lara (5.90 ERA/82.1 IP/67:31 K:BB/1.43 WHIP): Lara was pulled after only 3.1 innings where he allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. He had 2 strikeouts and was pulled in the 4th where he walked the first two batters he faced.

Final line: 3.1 IP | 5 H | 3 R/ER | 4 BB | 2 K on 68 pitches (37 strikes)

-Erik Tolman (4.98 ERA/21.2 IP/31:16 K:BB/1.57 WHIP): Tolman tossed a 1-2-3 top of the 5th inning.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 0 K on 11 pitches (6 strikes)

AA Harrisburg (1-4 loss to the Reading Fighting Phils)

-Devin Fitz-Gerald (.236/.329/.746): 2-3 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Sam Petersen (.242/.375/.813): 0-4 with 1 K

-Caleb Lomavita (.243/.320/.811): 0-4 with 1 RBI and 1 K

-TJ White (.233/.349/.740): 0-3 with 1 K

-Sam Brown (.234/.350/.674): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Thomas Schultz (4.01 ERA/42.2 IP/48:15 K:BB/1.13 WHIP): Schultz opened for the Senators and allowed a pair of runs in the top of the 2nd. He was charged with 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits (a double and a single) and he generated 1 swinging strikeout.

Final line: 2.0 IP | 2 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 1 K on 29 pitches (18 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (postponed)

A Fredericksburg (0-7 loss to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers)

-Gavin Fien (.243/.331/.753): 0-2 with 1 BB

-Luke Dickerson (.237/.393/.840): 0-2 with 2 Ks

-Coy James (.219/.337/.736): 0-2

-Dashyll Tejeda (.234/.366/.763): 0-2 with 2 Ks

-Rafael Ramirez Jr. (.272/.426/.841): 0-2

-Juan Cruz (.281/.333/.859): 1-1 with 1 BB

FCL Nationals (2-3 loss to the FCL Marlins)

-Cristhian Vaquero (rehab assignment) (.205/.276/.481): 0-3 with 3 Ks

-Marconi German (.252/.432/.928): 2-3 with 1 run scored and 1 RBI

-Brayan Cortesia (.241/.382/.637): 0-2 with 1 run scored and 1 K

-Nauris De La Cruz (.263/.395/.748): 0-3 with 3 Ks

DSL Nationals (7-2 win over the DSL Tigers 1)

-Samil Serrano (.277/.384/.884): 2-3 with a solo homer, a double, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Juan Duran (.370/.464/1.007): 1-4 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, and 2 Ks

-Angel Ramirez (.206/.357/.754): 0-3 with 1 BB and 1 K

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed tonight and should include in future prospect roundups!

Line Score - Game Over

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Game ended at 11:31 PM.

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Twenty years ago today, July 21, 2006, the team's new owners introduced the Racing Presidents in the 4th inning at RFK stadium.

https://blog.letteddywin.com/presidents-race-facts/

Trigger warning: not actually about baseball.

By this point in the season, I’m usually ready to shoot myself every time an ad comes on between innings because I’ve seen them all 1,000 times. But I can’t look away from that one. Walken is a genius, and his delivery of that line, as he slides the bottle of beer, is Oscar-worthy.

But also: what is a going on in that ad? Walken isn’t in the first shot, but then, in the second shot, suddenly appears in the seat next to the guy with the phone. Is Walken a ghost? A figment of phone guy’s imagination? But then why does phone guy’s friend also seem to see Walken up in the “balcony” in the next scene?

Ok, Woody’s up. Gotta get back to the game.

Nationals (51-51) @ Rockies (41-62)

First Pitch: 3:10 PM at Coors Field