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Happy Opening Day, Federal Baseball-ers! At times this offseason, it looked as though this day may not come around until sometime deep into the summer, so we're very grateful to have a 162-game slate that's only a little fashionably late to cover this year. As has now become a tradition at FBB, we've got our annual predictions piece where we, as a…

We're into the final stretch. Opening Day for the Washington Nationals is less than a week away, and while it may not be a season where they are overly competitive, this offseason more than most reminded a lot of people that this is much better than nothing at all. Anyway, now the team is narrowing its roster down for the final cut ahead of…

The Toronto Blue Jays got off to a strong start this year, winning six of their first seven series and splitting a four-game set against the Yankees in New York. Toronto had the chance to take control of the season series against its AL East rival at home this week but dropped the first two contests for its first series loss of the 2022 MLB season.…

The Nationals aren't going to make the playoffs in 2023. They probably won't even sniff.500; unsurprisingly, the team that traded Juan Soto along with everything that wasn't nailed down this past season isn't quite ready to compete for division titles. That doesn't mean they shouldn't try to get better, though - when the next generation of…

The Washington Nationals will go on the road to Truist Park to take on the defending champion Atlanta Braves on April 11. This NL East matchup could be a good measuring stick for the trajectories of both of these teams. The Washington Nationals lost three straight games against the New York Mets to start the season and might continue their downward…

The Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants will meet in the rubber match of a three-game series at Oracle Park. It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Nationals-Giants prediction and pick. The Giants pounded the Nationals 9-3 on Saturday. Washington jumped out to an early lead in the third inning with back-to-back RBI doubles…

It is safe to say that many Atlanta Braves fans hope that Dansby Swanson will be in a Braves uniform in 2023. However, there is at least a possibility that this may happen. What will be the Braves' contingency plan if a deal does not get done? Dansby Swanson, although cooled off as of late, is easily having his best season as an MLB player for…