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2025 Washington Nationals Season
The 2025 Washington Nationals season is the Washington Nationals, Nationals' 21st season as the Major League Baseball franchise in the District of Columbia, the 18th season at Nationals Park, and the 57th since the Montreal Expos, original team was started in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Nationals are led by Dave Martinez in his eighth year as manager. They are members of the National League East division. Previous season The Nationals finished fourth in the National League East Division in the 2024 Washington Nationals season, 2024 season, with a win-loss record of 71–91. Offseason Reliever Jacob Barnes and starting pitcher Patrick Corbin became free agents after the 2024 World Series. They were soon joined in free agency by first baseman Joey Gallo, as the Nationals declined their end of a mutual option for the 2025 season, as well as first baseman Joey Meneses, utilityman Ildemaro Vargas, and reliever Michael Rucker (baseball), Michael Rucker, whom the Nationals o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League East
The National League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. Along with the American League Central, it is one of two divisions to have every member win at least one World Series title. After having internal, informal divisions for scheduling purposes during the pre-expansion era, the division was formally created when the National League (baseball), National League (NL) (along with the American League) added two expansion teams and divided into two divisions, East and West effective for the 1969 season. The National League's geographical alignment was rather peculiar as its partitioning was really more north and south instead of east and west. Two teams in the Eastern Time Zone, the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, were in the same division as teams on the Pacific coast. This was due to the demands of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, who refused to support expansion unless they were promised they would be kept together in the newly created East divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Series
The 2024 World Series was the World Series, championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 Major League Baseball season, 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) 2024 National League Championship Series, champion 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) 2024 American League Championship Series, champion 2024 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees. It was the Dodgers' first World Series appearance and win since the 2020 World Series, 2020, their first full-season appearance since 2018 World Series, 2018, and the Yankees' first World Series appearance since 2009 World Series, 2009. The series began on October25 and ended on October30 with the Dodgers winning in five games. Freddie Freeman was named the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, MVP of the series, tying a World Series record with 12 runs batted in (RBIs) and hitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hassell III
Robert Harris Hassell III (born August 15, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected eighth overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2020 MLB draft. He was traded to the Nationals in 2022 and made his MLB debut in 2025. Amateur career Hassell grew up in Franklin, Tennessee, and attended Independence High School, where he was both an outfielder and a starting pitcher on the baseball team. He competed in the Little League World Series in and on a team representing Nashville, Tennessee. Recognized as a top collegiate prospect entering high school, Hassell committed to play college baseball at the University of Tennessee in October of his freshman year. In his freshman season, Hassell hit .407 with 48 hits, 15 doubles, 2 home runs and 29 RBIs with 10 stolen bases and 24 runs scored and was named the Williamson County baseball player of the year. Following the season, he changed his commitment t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andry Lara
Minor league players and teams affiliated with the Washington Nationals professional baseball organization include: Players Hyun-il Choi Hyun-il Choi (born May 27, 2000) is a Korean professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. Choi was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018 for a $300,000 signing bonus as a 17-year old High School pitcher from Korea. He made his professional debut in 2019 with in the Arizona League, where he was 5–1 with a 2.63 ERA in 14 games (11 starts). He struck out 71 in 65 innings. Choi missed the 2020 season as a result of the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to start the 2021 season before being promoted to High-A Great Lakes Loons at mid-season. Across the two levels, he was 8–6 with a 3.72 ERA in 24 games (11 starts) and struck out 106 batters in innings while only walking 18. The Dodgers recognized him by awarding him the organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Williams (baseball)
Trevor Anthony Williams (born April 25, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets. He made his MLB debut in 2016 with the Pirates. Amateur career After graduating from Rancho Bernardo High School, Williams played college baseball at Arizona State University for the Sun Devils from 2011 to 2013. He started 38 games during his career, going 18–8 with a 2.98 earned run average (ERA). In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins selected Williams in the second round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Marlins and also played for the Batavia Muckdogs and Greensboro Grasshoppers that year. In 12 starts between the three teams he was 0–2 with a 2.38 ERA. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner Rainey
Tanner Scott Rainey (born December 25, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals. He was drafted by the Reds in the second round of the 2015 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with the Reds in 2018. Career Amateur career Rainey attended St. Paul's School in Covington, Louisiana. He played college baseball at Southeastern Louisiana University and the University of West Alabama as a pitcher and first baseman. Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds selected Rainey as a pitcher in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. Rainey signed with the Reds, made his professional debut with the Billings Mustangs, and spent the whole season there, pitching to a 2–2 record and 4.27 ERA in 15 starts. He pitched 2016 with the Dayton Dragons and was 5–10 with a 5.57 ERA in 29 games (20 starts), and 2017 with the Daytona Tortugas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Edward Finnegan (born September 4, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020. Amateur career Finnegan attended Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas. He earned all-district first team honors while helping his team to a 27–7 mark as a senior and a district championship. Finnegan also played in the HABCA All-Star Game. Finnegan enrolled at Texas State University. As a freshman, he had a 1–0 win–loss record, a 6.97 earned run average (ERA), struck out four batters in innings of work. He earned the victory in his lone start of the season against Prairie View A&M and pitched three scoreless innings of relief against McNeese State. In his sophomore year, Finnegan appeared in 15 games, starting 14. He threw a career-high 8 innings twice, against UT Arlington and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He finished the year with a 3.28 ERA in innings, limited opponents to just a .242 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rule 5 Draft
The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball (MLB) player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other organizations would be willing to have them play in the major leagues. The Rule 5 draft is named for its place in '' The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book''. The Rule 4 draft—more widely known as the "first-year player draft", "amateur draft", or simply the " MLB draft"—is a distinctly different process by which teams select high school and college players, and takes place annually in July. The Rule 5 draft has happened every year since 1920. The 2021 MLB lockout led to the postponement of the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft, but the minor league phase proceeded as scheduled. History MLB player transactions are governed by '' The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book'', within which, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Washington Nationals Season
The 2023 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' 19th season as the Major League Baseball franchise in the District of Columbia, the 16th season at Nationals Park, and the 55th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Nationals were led by Dave Martinez in his sixth year as manager. They were members of the National League East. The Nationals started out rough, having a record at the All-Star Break, but briefly bounced back, going after the All-Star break, including an stretch after being no-hit by Michael Lorenzen on August 9, to improve to . However, they went to finish the season following this. Although they improved on their 55–107 record from 2022, which was an MLB-worst, they still finished in last place in the division for the third straight season. On September 18, the Nationals were eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth straight year. The Washington Nationals drew an average home attendance of 23,034 in 81 home ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Baltimore Orioles Season
The 2025 Baltimore Orioles season is the 125th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 72nd in Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, and the 34th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Offseason The Orioles finished the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 2024 season with a record of 91–71, making the playoffs as a Wild Card team. However, they would lose in the first round of the playoffs to the 2024 Kansas City Royals season, Kansas City Royals. Transactions October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 Spring training Spring Training game log , - bgcolor=#fbb , 1 , , February 22 , , 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Pirates , , 10–5 , , Rainey (1–0) , , Martin (0–1) , , — , , Ed Smith Stadium , , 7,628 , , 0–1 , , L1 , - bgcolor=#bfb , 2 , , February 23 , , @ 2025 Philadelphia Phillies season, Phillies , , 7–3 , , , , , , — , , BayCare Ballpark , , , , 1–1 , , W1 , - bgcolor=#BFBFBF , 3 , , February 24 , , 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaddeus Ward
Thaddeus James Ward (born January 16, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals. Listed at and , he both throws and bats right-handed. Career Amateur career Ward attended Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Florida, where he was a member of the school’s baseball and basketball teams and played college baseball at the University of Central Florida. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Boston Red Sox Ward made his professional debut with the Lowell Spinners during the 2018 season, appearing in 11 games (all starts) with an 0–3 record and 3.77 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 31 innings. He spent 2019 with the Greenville Drive and Salem Red Sox, pitching to an overall 8–5 record with 2.14 ERA and 157 strikeouts in innings. He was named the Red Sox' minor league pitcher of the year for 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rucker (baseball)
Michael Patrick Rucker (born April 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs. Amateur career Rucker played high school baseball while attending Auburn Riverside High School in Auburn, Washington. In 2011, as a junior, he was 8–2 with a 1.51 earned run average (ERA). Undrafted out of high school in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, Rucker enrolled at Gonzaga University to play college baseball for the Bulldogs. After his freshman year at Gonzaga, he transferred to Brigham Young University (BYU), where he played baseball for the Cougars. In 2016, as a junior at BYU, Rucker posted an 11–1 record, with a 2.73 ERA over innings, earning a spot on the All-West Coast Conference First Team. After his junior year, Rucker was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, and he signed with them for $180,000. Professional career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
