2025 Off-season - general thread

[Slateman]

Monopoly money


Oh wait, that might be for other billionaires . . . .

[Smithian]

Soto to the Mets for 15 years, $765 million.

That number doesn't even seem real.

[BigMeech]

Seeing all of our former great players remain in the NL East is a special kind of torture.  I hate the Lerners and Rizzo so much.

[imref]

Seeing all of our former great players remain in the NL East is a special kind of torture.  I hate the Lerners and Rizzo so much.

granted none of them have won since leaving DC.

[HalfSmokes]

granted none of them have won since leaving DC.

I’m happy when Bryce and Baltimore exit the playoffs every year.

[Natsinpwc]

Well at least the Nats don't play as many games against division rivals as they used to. 

[Slateman]

Seeing all of our former great players remain in the NL East is a special kind of torture.  I hate the Lerners and Rizzo so much.

I mean ... meh?

Harper was the one who wanted to stay, but everyone keeps telling me that Harper leaving is why we won a WS

Turner turns 32 next year and still has 250 million left on that contract.

Yea ... Soto ... but was 700 ever realistic? Once Soto won a WS, all he cared about was the money.

I honestly don't care about not signing any of those players. It's what happens this offseason that determines my attitude.

[zimm_da_kid]

Can’t stand this crap. Nats need to get their act together. I don’t want us to be a bottom feeding farm team to the opposition in our division.  Soto is the kind of player you keep at all freaking cost. Lerners should be ashamed.

MLB is broken if the minimum salary is $700K and Soto just got this. 

[imref]

I mean ... meh?

Harper was the one who wanted to stay, but everyone keeps telling me that Harper leaving is why we won a WS

Turner turns 32 next year and still has 250 million left on that contract.

Yea ... Soto ... but was 700 ever realistic? Once Soto won a WS, all he cared about was the money.

I honestly don't care about not signing any of those players. It's what happens this offseason that determines my attitude.

and trading Soto was absolutely the right long term move.

Now sign Alonso.

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

and trading Soto was absolutely the right long term move.

Now sign Alonso.

Sign Alonso? It’s already been reported he’s out of the Lerners price range. It blows me away there are fans who don’t just see this for what it is. They are not going to spend. It’s not going to happen. They own a team they don’t want but they won’t sell it because nobody has been stupid enough to pay their asking price. The fans are just stuck in the middle of it all.

[tomwvr]

The Lerners are now officially the worst owners in baseball. I hope they get zero fans to games next year. Ive gone to 3-5 games a year and every playoff series I'll never go again until they sell the team. What they have done to this team by allowing every star on it to leave is a crime

[English Natsie]

In terms of the Nationals becoming the new Pirates, it's five minutes to midnight...

[Smithian]

I mean ... meh?

Harper was the one who wanted to stay, but everyone keeps telling me that Harper leaving is why we won a WS

Turner turns 32 next year and still has 250 million left on that contract.

Yea ... Soto ... but was 700 ever realistic? Once Soto won a WS, all he cared about was the money.

I honestly don't care about not signing any of those players. It's what happens this offseason that determines my attitude.

This is where I’m at.

The Nats have until Opening Day to make some targeted free agency and trade acquisitions. Doesn’t need to be a blockbuster, it just needs to be a step forward.

[nobleisthyname]

This is where I’m at.

The Nats have until Opening Day to make some targeted free agency and trade acquisitions. Doesn’t need to be a blockbuster, it just needs to be a step forward.

And no, Josh Bell does not count as a step forward.

[Slateman]

And no, Josh Bell does not count as a step forward.

Agreed. I already specified that in order to keep my interest, the Nats have to add at least 30 million AAV.

[Natsinpwc]

Sign Alonso? It’s already been reported he’s out of the Lerners price range. It blows me away there are fans who don’t just see this for what it is. They are not going to spend. It’s not going to happen. They own a team they don’t want but they won’t sell it because nobody has been stupid enough to pay their asking price. The fans are just stuck in the middle of it all.

There’s been subsequent reports the Nats are still in it.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-reportedly-in-the-mix-for-slugging-free-agent-first-baseman-pete-alonso

[imref]

yeah, the report that Alonso was out of our price range was just a reporter speculating.

[hotshot]

Soto to the Mets for 15 years, $765 million.

That number doesn't even seem real.

What we're up against. And Cohen's just getting started.

[hotshot]

and trading Soto was absolutely the right long term move.

Now sign Alonso.

If it comes down to us or the NYY, who you got?

[zimm_da_kid]

Yeah let’s are going to sign Alonso too. Sorry but $200 million more for him is nothing to them.  No way Soto signed there without a guarantee that someone better than vientos would be batting behind him.

[Steve Rogers]

Vientos would be the best player in the Nationals system...

[IanRubbish]

Even without Soto, it was unlikely the Nats would finish ahead of the Mets, Phillies, and Braves.   The Marlins had a better record than the Nats after the All Star Break, so '25 will be about keeping pace with them.

[tomwvr]

No 2025 will be about having a team that is not full of minor league players

[varoadking]

Vientos would be the best player in the Nationals system...

Tyler Moore would be the best player in the Nats system... 

[imref]

Svrluga begs the Nats to spend: https://wapo.st/4gpEFuC