The 26-man roster that will take the field Thursday features seven infielders (including both Jorbit Vivas and José Tena), four outfielders, two catchers and 13 pitchers.
Depends on the inning. Late in the game Wood would switch to the OF and they’d have to PH the reliever. When he was with LA there was talk about making Jorbit an IF-OF but I guess they tried it outside a game and decided against it. Nunez had several games under his belt too with RRW and Nats
I assume any waiver claims the team has put in from transactions made in recent days are still pending, which could mean we see a Tena (or any other player on the roster fringe) move still to come in the next day or two? Would imagine they still have something pending there, the redundancy doesn't make much sense
I haven't bought any since 2019 and will not buy another one until someone signs a long-term deal. I had Abrams put on the SPH gift jersey a couple of years ago, but he is the only current player I have.
I was at the wild card game in 2019 when Soto made the hit that gave us the lead. When the Nats won the Series, I got a Soto jersey with the World Series patch on the sleeve. It's been hanging in my closet since he got traded. Maybe I'll let my niece wear it.
Not that it will make a difference, but what is the thought process of keeping both Tena and Rivas over Franklin? I'm not sure I understand it, outside of neither of them having options. They're the same player, neither of which can play outfield. Boy that's a bad hitting lineup.
They’ll maintain bench flexibilty on days when House is the DH. If they only kept Vivas then days when House DHs and Garcia is at first then both their backup 3rd basemen ( Vivas and Nunez) will be in the field. By keeping Tena you’ll still have an extra 2B/3B/SS on the bench.
Spencer Nusbaum says Cavalli, Mikolas and Irvin will pitch in that order against the Cubs. That puts Mikolas in line for our home opener, which is really disappointing.
What I take from that is the outfielders have options to send them down and there is still competition going on with what infielders they want to carry that can't be sent down. I suspect both will get chances to state their case over the first week or so of the regular season.
Lots of options, literally
I’ve made the mistake of getting attached to players way too quickly. Won’t do that again. I’ll be in attendance tomorrow!
Put your emotional investment in a dog instead and you’ll be forever rewarded.
Please claim Ramos or Kowar from Orioles! Both no brainer claims!
The Tena situation is kind of a head scratcher. If Wood plays at DH and the other three outfielders are playing, who goes in if there's an injury?
You'll see a lot of players that they're turn at DH. You'll also likely see more than 4 outfielders very soon.
Probably Nasim. He played two games in CF last year.
Depends on the inning. Late in the game Wood would switch to the OF and they’d have to PH the reliever. When he was with LA there was talk about making Jorbit an IF-OF but I guess they tried it outside a game and decided against it. Nunez had several games under his belt too with RRW and Nats
I assume any waiver claims the team has put in from transactions made in recent days are still pending, which could mean we see a Tena (or any other player on the roster fringe) move still to come in the next day or two? Would imagine they still have something pending there, the redundancy doesn't make much sense
Hard to believe the four outfielders/seven infielders split will last very long.
So what I’m hearing is definitely drop big dollars on a custom Jorbit Vivas jersey
He’s gonna be great and then traded at the deadline
Man, the jerseys I have in my closet of ex-Nats is crazy.
I'm done.
Put your name on the back and you can wear it forever and stump fans who don’t remember gonatsgo as a player.
Those are funny sometimes. As in...somebody walks by you and you do the, "didn't know that Holzaphel played for us."
I haven't bought any since 2019 and will not buy another one until someone signs a long-term deal. I had Abrams put on the SPH gift jersey a couple of years ago, but he is the only current player I have.
I'm sure I'm not alone. I bought a pricey Soto jersey.
Now I can confer and commiserate with fellow Padres and Yankee fans.
I was at the wild card game in 2019 when Soto made the hit that gave us the lead. When the Nats won the Series, I got a Soto jersey with the World Series patch on the sleeve. It's been hanging in my closet since he got traded. Maybe I'll let my niece wear it.
I have two Soto jerseys! One is the default white regular day style. The other has the WS gold patch.
I missed this before. The Nats yesterday acquired veteran infielder Zack Short (on a minor league contract) from the Yankees for cash. Relevant?
No. Minor league depth
Mark answered in his Q&A earlier. Straight to the minors.
I suspect you can just add him to the long list of guys who will shuttle back and forth between the minors and D.C.
Thanks. I missed the Q&A.
Not that it will make a difference, but what is the thought process of keeping both Tena and Rivas over Franklin? I'm not sure I understand it, outside of neither of them having options. They're the same player, neither of which can play outfield. Boy that's a bad hitting lineup.
Maybe they r looking to trade Tena? Who knows, I don't imagine the 26 man roster will look the same even 2 weeks from now.
They’ll maintain bench flexibilty on days when House is the DH. If they only kept Vivas then days when House DHs and Garcia is at first then both their backup 3rd basemen ( Vivas and Nunez) will be in the field. By keeping Tena you’ll still have an extra 2B/3B/SS on the bench.
I think they are still having an open competition between the two and we will see both get action in the first two weeks while they choose.
Leo Jimenez DFA'd. Another fit as a right handed middle infielder with a high walk rate.
Spencer Nusbaum says Cavalli, Mikolas and Irvin will pitch in that order against the Cubs. That puts Mikolas in line for our home opener, which is really disappointing.
Kind of a bummer, as I just bought opener tickets this morning.
What I take from that is the outfielders have options to send them down and there is still competition going on with what infielders they want to carry that can't be sent down. I suspect both will get chances to state their case over the first week or so of the regular season.
The channels are dropping https://bsky.app/profile/nationals.com/post/3mhvxgxcpxk2p
The notion of shuttling relievers incessantly back and forth on a 90-loss team is . . . interesting.
With no regular DH, we'll have infielders in the spot 50% of the time, as they were most of camp..