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Ovechkins Wodka said:
Could be an exciting week for the Nats future. Sounds like Pitt is going to be cheap in the draft and the Nats will have the choice of the top bat and arm.
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They have some other high picks so underslotting money-wise makes sense here.

That said horrible decision to make to decide between Skenes/Crews. GM firing killer if the choice is wrong. Stras had that crazy 12-6 curveball early on in his career and that is a lot of elbow stress on the TJ front.

Probably easier to get a decent FA bat further on in the rebuild so it is tempting to have Grey/Gore/Skenes as a SP core going forward. Crap I can talk myself into taking either one tbh. Woods/House looking good so far (Green is too early) but still until they prove it in the big leagues will always be a question mark.
 
I actually had the same thought as @Corby78 on the Os. (Big fan so I've been following them closely this year.) Seems like they've just been playing .500 ball lately. But just checking the standings, they somehow still have the 3rd best winning percentage in the Majors, though their run differential is 8th or 9th. So other teams seem to have been matching their performance lately.
 
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Random schmoe said:
I actually had the same thought as @Corby78 on the Os. (Big fan so I've been following them closely this year.) Seems like they've just been playing .500 ball lately. But just checking the standings, they somehow still have the 3rd best winning percentage in the Majors, though their run differential is 8th or 9th. So other teams seem to have been matching their performance lately.
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Ehh, I'll take a 2-2 series split with the Yankees (in NY no less) when one of the games is a 14-1 win :laugh:


The worst team in the AL East would be tied with Minnesota for the lead in the AL Central. It's nutty.
 
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Random schmoe said:
I actually had the same thought as @Corby78 on the Os. (Big fan so I've been following them closely this year.) Seems like they've just been playing .500 ball lately. But just checking the standings, they somehow still have the 3rd best winning percentage in the Majors, though their run differential is 8th or 9th. So other teams seem to have been matching their performance lately.
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They'd been winning nearly every series all season up until the Reds came to town a few weeks ago. Lost that one and then the Twinkies pitching shut them down.

Hopefully the split with the Yanks finishing on a high note leads to a revenge series win vs MIN.

This is a good team that's trying to incorporate a bunch of new players so that's still pretty good. They just have to stop dropping the interleague games. That's really what separates them from TB at the top of the division (TB 17-13 vs BAL 10-10).
 
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Farm system is loaded in Baltimore.
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They definitely need to make a trade or three to patch some holes. Lots of positional backups in the high minors.

MI: Henderson, Holliday, Westbury, Ortiz, Norby, Prieto, Young
OF: Cowser, Kjerstad, Beavers, Stowers, Fabian, Rhodes

I think they need to upgrade the Mountcastle/O'Hearn situation at 1B/DH and grab another good starter (their top 4 have been good, each with at least 7 QS this year). That puts them on extremely solid ground for the playoffs, and depending on the quality of the starter, could make them a legit WS contender.
 
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Cush said:
Odds Skenes will need TJ surgery in the next 3 years?
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HE's 6'6'' 235#. He doesn't need to over throw. He's considered a better prospect than Strasburg was, which at the time was the best prospect ever.

I'd take him at 2 if the Pirates are that dumb.
 
kicksavedave said:
HE's 6'6'' 235#. He doesn't need to over throw. He's considered a better prospect than Strasburg was, which at the time was the best prospect ever.

I'd take him at 2 if the Pirates are that dumb.
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Eye test Skenes is a bigger human than Stras. I recall one reason Stras velocity spiked before he was drafted we he got in some decent shape.
 
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O's just scored more runs (6) in the 2nd inning vs MIN than they did in all 3 games of the previous series vs Twins (4 runs in 3 games last week).

Against All Star Sonny Gray, no less.
 
Draft is Tomorrow night and should be on espn+ at 7pm. Im leaning to the arm if we wont extend them anyways take the most bang for the buck on the rookie contract.
 
And that’s why it’s possible, and probably likely, that once the team builds a positive culture and generates some momentum internally that it will take a clearer direction, and bottom out more completely, perhaps for the 2025-26 season. The 2026 NBA Draft, barring reclassifications, already boasts two elite prospects: 6-foot-9 forward Cameron Boozer and 6-foot-8 forward Cooper Flagg. Boozer and Flagg are players worth bottoming out for the chance to acquire.

The Wizards’ rough plan — to compete for at least the 2023-24 season, leaving open the possibility of bottoming out after that — resembles the path the Oklahoma City Thunder took after the Thunder traded Paul George and Russell Westbrook during the 2019 offseason.
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theathletic.com

What's the Washington Wizards' plan? There could be some 'Thunder' on the horizon

The team's short-term direction isn't as clear-cut as the Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porziņģis trades indicated.
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Woods with a walk and a ground out in the future game. Looks like House replaced him has a single and run scored.
 
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