Nationals Talk

Todd chats with his NBC Sports Philadelphia counterpart Jim Salisbury after the Phillies have added news pieces such as J.T. Realmuto, Jean Segura, David Robertson & Andrew McCutchen. You can guess what the first question was about however. Is the NL East shaping up to being the most competitive division in all of MLB for 2019?

Nationals finished 2 games ahead of Philadelphia last season after the Phillies September included being swept in D.C. and a separate 9 game losing streak.

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Tim Murray & Todd Dybas are joined by Craig Heist of the Nationals Radio Network in light of the passing of Baseball Legend Frank Robinson at age 83. In addition to his illustrious playing career, he served as the Washington Nationals first ever Manager.

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Full infield today of analysis on the Nats signing Jeremy Hellickson and what it means for Joe Ross/Erick Fedde. Anything to the Harper and Giants meeting (25:18)? Finally, a reaction to the possible rule changes that Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic published incuding possibly no more DHs (29:35).

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We have a special Nats beat writer roundtable edition today. Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post and Jamal Collier of MLB.com joined our Nats insider Todd Dybas to get into... Bryce Harper. He remains unsigned. As does Manny Machado. The trio hops into reasons why, what may come next and what could happen down the line because of this winter's free agency slog. They also discuss if they think the Nationals should make another move such as Craig Kimbrel, plus possible concerns on the roster (23:56).

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We start you out with some SNL cameo & MLB Press Box location talk as do all January baseball podcasts. Then get into the meat of it with how "MLB The Show" duped the baseball public into thinking Bryce Harper was announcing his future destination on Tuesday (9:38). Then dive into the projected win totals, 87.5 for Washington, is that too low or just right (21:55)?

Under 2 months til Opening Day.

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The Tim's look at what the Dodgers signing A.J. Pollock means for the chances of Bryce Harper going out West. Also, is there a chance the Nats would choose Machado instead?

Then Todd chats with Nationals closer Sean Doolittle for everything under the sun ranging from pitching mechanics to Star Wars deep dives (22:14).

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The Tims & Ryan Wormeli put aside the avocado toast to give their millenial ideas on how to gain interest across baseball including gambling & social media. Your weekly Bryce Harper update (13:27), and finally, Ryan has some rule change proposals for the sport that gets debated and dissected (26:27).

Oh, by the way, 22 days until Nationals pitchers & catchers report to West Palm Beach, FL.

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It's been a little too quiet on the Free Agent Front as many big (and some huge) names are still unsigned, so an idea is pitched here to get things moving quicker in MLB. The latest on Bryce Harper after he met with Philly for 5 (YES FIVE) hours (18:09). Finally, what does the Kyler Murray situation of him declaring for the NFL Draft mean for Baseball, if anything at all (26:15)?

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Nats sign second baseman Brian Dozier to a 1 year 9 million dollar deal. Was it the right move? What does it mean for Carter Kieboom in the minors (10:31).

Wouldn't be an offseason podcast with a Bryce Harper update, do the recent reports and rumors lean in the direction of him returning to offseason (17:12)? Todd ran into a Northern Virginia bartender who thinks so.

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Todd & Tim Murray react to the report that he Nationals held a meeting with Bryce Harper and his agent in late December. They guess as to when the Hot Stove will heat back up as more big names other than just Harper & Manny Machado are still out there. Finally, making sense of Philadelphia's off-season so far (16:33).

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