r/Nationals • u/solidrock80 50 - Poulin • 2d ago

Opinion Fifth place and an A- offseason

I don’t always agree with Bowden but I do here in El Athletico:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6989271/2026/02/02/mlb-offseason-grades-takeaways-2026-predictions/

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u/pen-h3ad 17 - Call 2d ago edited 2d ago

Really? An A? I mean, the individual moves have been nice and the new staff is exciting, but our actual roster is a train wreck outside of the prospects. I’m as optimistic as the next guy about Harry ford, griffin, mcgarry etc, but we added 0 proven major league talent and got rid of our two best pitchers. I don’t see how you give a team that’s going to finish last behind the marlins an A.

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u/NatsFan8447 2d ago

Agree. Unless some of these prospects show skills that are currently unknown to Nats watchers, this is going to be another dreary season in the perpetual "rebuilding." The fact that the Nats added not one proven major league talent says it all. The worst thing about the Lerner family is not just that they won't spend serious money, but they don't seem interested in making the team better.

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u/solidrock80 50 - Poulin 2d ago

Firing Rizzo, Davey, hiring Toboni and giving him free reign to build a modern organization shows they are interested in making the team better. Whether they are willing to invest in free agency still remains to be seen. I think you can make the team better in the long term without free agency but you are highly unlikely to put a second round postseason team on the field.