#Maikel Franco

A new era begins with former Cardinals manager Mike Matheny taking over in the dugout and John Sherman taking over in the boardroom after buying the team from David Glass. Kansas City is eager to return to relevance after consecutive 100-loss seasons; it just won't happen this year. The Royals have a few cornerstone players - Whit Merrifield,…

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…

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 Washington Nationals (4-7) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-6) in an early afternoon battle on Tuesday. Both teams are looking to get back on track and pick up a much-needed win. The first matchup between these teams was postponed due to inclement weather and now they are scheduled for a doubleheader on Tuesday, with the second game starting at…

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…

The Washington Nationals (47-42) and Philadelphia Phillies (47-43) open the second half of the season with a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park Friday at 6:05 p.m. Eastern. The Nationals are 7-4 vs. the Phillies this season, including a three-game sweep in D.C. when they last met in mid-June. The two NL East rivals split the six games they've…