The BuZZ
What’s happening in Nats Land! Welcome to The Buzz Blog, everything related to the Washington Nationals Baseball Team.
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Ace of Trades
Pitchers and catchers report in 17 days! Last week’s inaugural Fantasy Baseball camp in West Palm was AMAZING! Kevin Frandsen and Sean Burnett coached my team and I can’t imagine having more fun. I’ll be sharing lots of pictures and stories over the next few weeks but first I need to cover the major trade…
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“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day. It’s a new life for me, ooh. And I’m feeling good”
Hope everyone has had a great holiday season and is ready for a new dawn and a new day (and year)! I’ve had a lovely family vacation where I recently took some batting practice to prepare for the Nationals fantasy camp starting January 18. In my last post, I outlined the new architects of the…
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Young Architects of “The Envy of Sport”
A lot has been happening within the Nationals organization. The winter meetings are over. It’s “hot stove” season, aptly named that because to talk about baseball at this time of year people used to need to gather around the hot stove. Amid the recent hirings and trades, Paul Toboni has made a strong statement about…
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Happy Thanksgiving
The Nationals family (current and former) has a lot to be thankful for: 10. The team has tendered contracts to all arbitration eligible players. Hoping this means we can continue to build on our young talented core. 9. Daylen Lile finished fifth in voting for NL Rookie of the Year for 2025. The last Nationals…
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Butera Takes the Helm; Dodgers Repeat
Paul Toboni has been busy since he took over as President of Baseball Operations for the Nationals. He has cleaned house by firing many of the player development staff and also long-time coaches: bench coach and later interim Manager, Miguel Cairo, hitting coach Darnell Coles, pitching coach Jim Hickey, first-base coach Gerardo Parra, third-base coach Ricky…
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October Baseball
The 2026 World Series starts tonight, as the Toronto Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers. Former National Alex Call will play for the Dodgers and former ace Max Scherzer likely will pitch for the Blue Jays. (Early reports have him facing Ohtani in game 4 of the Series). Wish the Nationals were in it…
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Meet Paul Toboni
Last week, the Toboni family took Nats Park by storm. Dan Kolko introduced the team’s new President of Baseball Operations, along with his wife Danielle and four young sons, ages 6, 5, 3, and 1. How much fun are those boys going to have over the years! At 35, Toboni is a young breath of…
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See You Later!
The end of the season and the end of careers for two well-loved members of our baseball family. Bob Carpenter has retired as the Nats TV broadcaster, concluding his 20th year with the team and 42nd in MLB. If you have ever met Bob, as many of us fans have, you know that he is…
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Cairo’s Last Stand
Today the Nats start the final series of the 2025 campaign — at home against the White Sox. Get out and root for the team! A lot has happened since my last post. I have two amazing daughters (apropos of National Daughter’s Day yesterday) and we were in Mykonos celebrating the 40th birthday of my…
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RIP Davey Johnson
The Nats Lady and the swarm send condolences to the family of Davey Johnson, who passed away September 5 at the age of 82. Johnson took the helm of the Nationals in in 2011 for a three-year stint, leading the 2012 squad to 98 wins and its first-ever postseason berth; he earned NL Manager of…
