#Keibert Ruiz

The Nationals have made several moves this offseason, mainly to their lineup and bench, adding the likes of Corey Dickerson, Dominic Smith, Stone Garrett and Jeimer Candelario. For a team that really struggled to provide any sort of pop after the trades of Juan Soto and Josh Bell at the trade deadline, it's good to see them bring in new players to…

There is no precedent for what we could see in less than 36 hours. Juan Soto of the Nationals is the rarest of players on the trading block because of his youth (age 23), controllable years (two after this one) and historic talent. Naturally, there are many contending teams that would love to add Soto to boost their chances of making the playoffs…

Davey Martinez talks often about his routine of going home - once he finally leaves the ballpark every day - and re-watching games each night during the season. Following his fifth campaign on the bench in Washington, D.C., which the Nationals finished at 55-107, the bench boss spent some time looking back to assess what did and didn't work for a…

The Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners will finish their two-game series in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Nationals-Mariners prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Washington Nationals are the worst team in MLB with a 41-83 record, and an abysmal…

Baseball's All-Star break provides teams a chance to rest and reflect after playing basically every day for the last three months. And while there have been twists and turns in 2022 (from Joe Girardi's early exit in Philly to a Mets rotation mired with injuries), the National League East is playing out exactly how those in Vegas saw things in…

Enduring another offseason in the Pittsburgh Pirates' long slog back to respectability, fans were able to take heart this winter that oddsmakers had deemed towering young shortstop Oneil Cruz the leading candidate for NL Rookie of the Year honors. That's no longer the case, as the Pirates drove another stake into those fans' hearts Tuesday…

The 2022 MLB winter meetings will begin Sunday, and while the MLB talent changing teams in blockbuster trades can often steal the headlines, the prospects who go the other way in those deals often wind up being the bigger story. Workhorse right-hander Jeff Samardzija going from the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox during the 2014 winter…

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 Miami Marlins have traveled to our nation's capital for a weekend series against the Washington Nationals. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Marlins-Nationals prediction and pick, laid out below. Miami has taken a nosedive since their 2020 playoff appearance, with their record currently sitting…

LAS VEGAS - Perhaps the biggest question facing the Blue Jays this off-season is whether they'll trade from their enviable catching depth to address other needs. Thanks to Danny Jansen, Alejandro Kirk and Gabriel Moreno, Blue Jays catchers generated an MLB-best 7.3 WAR in 2022. They combined to lead MLB in batting average (.273) and on-base…

It's been a busy couple of days for the Philadelphia Phillies. After signing Kyle Schwarber, the team announced that Obudel Herrera would be returning to the franchise. Baseball is back and the Phils look poised to improve on their 82-80 campaign in 2021. But how have the odds changed since baseball has been given the green flag? The Phillies are…

We always knew the Nationals weren't going to be good this season. We just had no idea how bad it would get, not only in terms of their 55-107 record, but the fact they traded Juan Soto in early August in an attempt to completely revamp their farm system. Sometimes, it's tougher to predict how a bad season will play out than a good one. That…

Injuries, struggling player development and in-season trades. When you ask Washington Nationals fans to describe the 2022 season those are often words you hear. There have been multiple signings by Mike Rizzo that are considered "failures". Nelson Cruz, Cèsar Hernandez and Steve Cishek have gotten to the point where Nationals fans dread to see them…

I want to revisit the deal that brought Edwin Diaz to the Mets as a vehicle to discuss the club's first trade deadline with Billy Eppler as general manager. There are three items to drill down upon: 1. I am not sure if we were always this impatient as a society in general and in sports in specific or if social media/confrontational sports-talk…

Keibert Ruiz sits at 98 hits, and will try to notch his 100th when the Washington Nationals (48-89) take on the St. Louis Cardinals (81-56) at 1:15 PM ET on Thursday. Adam Wainwright pitches for St. Louis (to win) while Washington () will answer with Josiah Gray. This article refers to betting data updated as of September 8, 2022 at 9:12 AM ET. See…

The Washington Nationals play the first game of a four-game series on the road Monday versus the St Louis Cardinals. Washington is 46-87 following its 7-1 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday. Washington has won three of the last four, but the Nationals are mired in last place in the National League East, 38 ½ games behind the first-place New…

The worst-in-baseball Washington Nationals will look to win a series when they visit the Chicago Cubs at 2:20 p.m. ET Wednesday in the finale of a three-game at Wrigley Field. The Nationals (37-75, 20-35 road) evened the series and broke their six-game winning streak with a 6-5 win on Tuesday night. The Cubs (44-65, 23-34 home) have lost seven of…