The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the winners of the Cy Young Award on Wednesday. Jacob deGrom swept the National League polls, earning 29 of 30 first-place votes, just like he did in 2018. He is only the seventh pitcher in the National League to win the award at …
Read More »Former Met Carlos Beltran Takes Over as Manager
The New York Mets announced on Monday that former outfielder Carlos Beltran will be the team’s new manager. The nine-time MLB All-Star spent seven years with the Mets organization from 2005 to 2011. Furthermore, Beltran earned three Golden Gloves and two Silver Sluggers during his time with the Mets. Beltran …
Read More »Nationals Clinch First World Series in Franchise History
Cinderella story complete. The Washington Nationals are the 2019 World Series Champions. At one point this season, the Nationals were 19-31 and were on the verge of selling some of their best assets at the trade deadline. Fast forward to October, the Nationals clinched a wildcard berth and beat the …
Read More »World Series On the Line Tonight
Game 6 of the World Series was everything one could ask for from a baseball game. It was an entertaining and fierce match that doubts the idea of baseball being sluggish. The series is tied 3-3 and Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is on the mound tonight against the Houston …
Read More »Nationals Force Game 7 in World Series
The Washington Nationals force a deciding Game 7 in the World Series with a wild 7-2 win over the Houston Astros in Houston on Tuesday night. Game 7 will be played Wednesday night in Houston. Game 6 Recap Facing elimination, the Nationals pulled through to keep their season alive. After …
Read More »Cole Dominates Nationals in Game 4 to Even Series
Another Gerrit Cole start, another W for the Astros. The Houston Astros defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 in Game 5 of the World Series behind a strong Gerrit Cole pitching performance for a third straight Houston win. Throughout the playoffs, Gerrit Cole has looked like the most dominant pitcher in …
Read More »Astros need to stop the bleeding in Washington
The Houston Astros find themselves staring down at a 2-0 World Series deficit to the Washington Nationals. But, how can AJ Hinch and Co. fight back into the series? Wake Up the Bats Jose Altuve could burn the sun. He’s been hot this postseason. But it seems like the rest …
Read More »Unstoppable Nationals on cusp of making franchise history
Who could have predicted that the Washington Nationals would be up 2-0 in the world series against the Houston Astros? A majority of that sentence would have sounded insane midway through the season. The Nationals were sitting with the same amount of losses as the Detroit Tigers on June 1. …
Read More »Nationals Take Commanding 2-0 Lead Over Astros
The Washington Nationals are off to a dream start in the fall classic. With Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander starting Game 1 and 2 for the Houston Astros, Washington would probably have been satisfied with one win. The Nationals showed why they are the hottest team in baseball defeating the …
Read More »Nationals Take Game 1 of World Series
Game 1 of the World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros is in the books. After giving up two runs in the first inning in Minute Maid Park, the Nationals rallied to come back and fended off the hosts to take the first game 5-4. How It Happened …
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