2025 Off-season - general thread

[Natsinpwc]

https://x.com/thenatsreport/status/1853465301267919082?s=46&t=jLx_YDErVHMACYESrmKQBQ

Stove is heating up!!!

I like Burgers.

[imref]

Miami traded Jake Eder for him last year. Eder was a former top-100 LH pitching prospect returning from TJ. Burger had a good year last year (29 HR / .760 OPS) and has 5 more years of control so he won't come cheap.

[Slateman]

https://x.com/markzuckerman/status/1853575384756875721?s=46&t=jLx_YDErVHMACYESrmKQBQ

Vargas is gone . . .

[imref]

Meneses too. Wow.

Also from Zuck:

Michael Rucker also cleared waivers and has become a free agent. Four players who ended the season on the 60-day IL (Adon, Cavalli, Gray, Thompson) were reinstated. All of that leaves 36 players on the 40-man roster

[Senatorswin]

Couldn't Vargas still resign with the Nats.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Couldn't Vargas still resign with the Nats.

I think they let him find a major league deal, but if he can't, then they sign him to a minor league deal with a non roster invite.

[Senatorswin]

I think they let him find a major league deal, but if he can't, then they sign him to a minor league deal with a non roster invite.

OK thanks, that sounds like it's the plan.

[imref]

I’d hope baker gets a shot to play the vargas role.

[Senatorswin]

He deserves a shot but another lefty might be an issue.

[Natsinpwc]

I’d hope baker gets a shot to play the vargas role.

He cannot really play all the positions.

[Slateman]

He cannot really play all the positions.

Agreed. He can only play one. Oh and he can't hit. Baker shouldn't be on the 40 man

[imref]

Baker was 7-14 with 2 doubles in his short stint in 2024. He played 2nd, CF, and LF in the minors.

Maybe Lipscomb gets the shot instead, but Lipscomb absolutely hasn't shown that he can hit in the majors.

[varoadking]

Baker was 7-14 with 2 doubles in his short stint in 2024. He played 2nd, CF, and LF in the minors.

I like him as well, and as 2025 is destined to be yet another disappointing season under dave and his fellow hapless staff regardless, I'd like to see if he can stick...he certainly passed the eye test in the minors...

[Slateman]

I like him as well, and as 2025 is destined to be yet another disappointing season under dave and his fellow hapless staff regardless, I'd like to see if he can stick...he certainly passed the eye test in the minors...

Ah yes, the eye test in the minors. Where he hit .279/.343/.340 in Triple A.

Playing Darren Baker is like playing a worse version of Vargas.

[imref]

Kiley McDaniel says the Nats are a "a very widely rumored landing spot" for Alex Bregman.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/42189340/mlb-2024-2025-top-50-free-agents-rankings-contract-projections

Projected contract is 6 years, $187 million ($31.2M AAV)

I assume this means House would shift to 1B?

[Slateman]

https://x.com/onepursuittakes/status/1853842270383919595?s=46&t=_Z-p2f0bZKf6ZfuOisokbg

Per
@kileymcd
 , the Washington Nationals are interested in 3B Alex Bregman

Ugh .... freak that

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Kiley McDaniel says the Nats are a "a very widely rumored landing spot" for Alex Bregman.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/42189340/mlb-2024-2025-top-50-free-agents-rankings-contract-projections

Projected contract is 6 years, $187 million ($31.2M AAV)

I assume this means House would shift to 1B?

I would have expected him to be a NYY target so Chisholm can slide to 2nd. I also think the Red Sox could play for him and shift Devers to 1st (maybe making Casas available for pitching or another need).

[Slateman]

I would have expected him to be a NYY target so Chisholm can slide to 2nd. I also think the Red Sox could play for him and shift Devers to 1st (maybe making Casas available for pitching or another need).

I think he is absolutely  a no go for the Yankees and Dodgers due to the cheating

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I think he is absolutely  a no go for the Yankees and Dodgers due to the cheating

but he'd be welcome here?  In a way, I'd love somebody to sign Bregman and Soto.

Wasn't his granddad the Bob Short's lawyer?

[Slateman]

but he'd be welcome here?  In a way, I'd love somebody to sign Bregman and Soto.

Wasn't his granddad the Bob Short's lawyer?

I don't think most Nats fans would remember or care.

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

I don't think most Nats fans would remember or care.

It was the first thing that came to mind when I read that lol. But yeah, I think most Nats fans are not like us who post on message boards. They won't care or probably won't even know who he is.

[Slateman]

It was the first thing that came to mind when I read that lol. But yeah, I think most Nats fans are not like us who post on message boards. They won't care or probably won't even know who he is.

Most Nats fans aren't "fans." The only sport in the DC Metro area that anyone cares about is politics. After that, it's simply whoever is winning. Look at the Commanders. 20+ years of crap, but now they sell out with a 7-2 record.

Most of the fans showing up to Nats Park are casual fans. And that's fine. But I don't expect them to have the vitriol that folks on here (like me) would have with Bregman.

I also don't think his swing would translate well to a neutral park like ours.

[hotshot]

Most Nats fans aren't "fans." The only sport in the DC Metro area that anyone cares about is politics. After that, it's simply whoever is winning. Look at the Commanders. 20+ years of crap, but now they sell out with a 7-2 record.

Most of the fans showing up to Nats Park are casual fans. And that's fine. But I don't expect them to have the vitriol that folks on here (like me) would have with Bregman.

I also don't think his swing would translate well to a neutral park like ours.

I was thinking about that when Santander was being discussed. Any particular hitters you would cite as having a swing that DOES translate well?

[Senatorswin]

Baker was 7-14 with 2 doubles in his short stint in 2024. He played 2nd, CF, and LF in the minors.

Maybe Lipscomb gets the shot instead, but Lipscomb absolutely hasn't shown that he can hit in the majors.

Yeah I don't think Lipscomb is a major league player. Just as soon he's not involved in 2025.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I was thinking about that when Santander was being discussed. Any particular hitters you would cite as having a swing that DOES translate well?

Soto.