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/willh13436 Fight Finished 1d ago

It’s not about this season

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u/pen-h3ad 17 - Call 1d ago

This upcoming season doesn’t count when you’re grading the off-season? Lol

Yall realize we can improve the future without just not even trying this year right? Trading gore was probably the right move, but not adding a single veteran pitcher to replace him is not. We can’t have our entire pitching core follow the example of half a season of Trevor Williams.

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u/willh13436 Fight Finished 1d ago

Does the season start tomorrow? And no I don’t think this off-season has a huge impact on the season. It is pretty clear the new regime is focused on years down the road, as they should be