The Blue Board

Because we've been building our team through the draft, like a team should do...

That takes time and patience, and now it's looking like all those years of developing and scouting are going to pay off. And on top of that, we're locking up our young guys long term.

I hate to tell you this, but yes, you have been that bad. Not a winning season in seven tries, multiple seasons where you have lost 90+ games. Obviously you're off to a great start this year, and the immediate future looks good based on prospects alone.

The money used to build that stadium is not the same money that is used to buy free agents. Ted Lerner did not pay for Nationals Park, which I agree is a sweet ass stadium. Maybe the Nats will surprise me and start spending like crazy, but I don't see the ability for them to be able to sign multiple players to 150 million+ deals.

Also this is like a C+ in DC smart guy

You gave up a game winning TD to a player named Fagg..... burned!

You lost to XL.... burned!

You lost to a Bobby Bowden coached team in the 2000's.... mega burn!

Yeah you clearly know more about baseball than me, I can only name like 6 players on my favorite team and only know 3 of there jersey numbers

1.) D.C. is a big city market. $$$ It's the ninth largest media market.

2.) We're about to get a HUGE TV contract deal with MASN, with help from Chuck Greenberg, an architect of the Rangers’ massive TV deal. He got the Rangers a 20-year, 3 billion dollar TV deal.

3.) We've already showed that we will spend big $$$, and we offered Prince Fielder well close to $200 million dollars, and were his favorites until the Tigers came out of the blue with that ridiculous deal.

4.) Get used to the Nationals emergence in baseball. It's long over due.

^^ He gets it

We also were aggressive in getting All-Star pitcher Gio Gonzalez from the A's this off-season. People forget that the Nationals had a deal in place to land Zach Grienke, but he turned down the 9 figure deal we offered him to get him to waive his no-trade contract.

That Nationals have been VERY aggressive over the last two years. People are just so used to as sucking, that nobody has been paying attention -- UNLESS YOU LIVE IN D.C., or follow every team closely.

Like I said, get used to the Nationals at the top of the NL East. We have the best rotation in baseball. We have some VERY good pitching prospects still in our farm system that we can either develop, or trade away for bigger pieces to help NOW.

Yeah the Nat's have a bright future. The Gio Gonzalez pick up went under the radar, good young pitcher. As a Phillies fan, I am certainly worried about them the next few years. They kind of remind me of the early 2000s Phillies. Lot of young guys who will all mature together. We had Rollins, Utley, Howard, Werth, Victorino, and Hamels. Plus, once we started winning we the fans started selling out the games and we able make some big splashes in FA and trades. We'll see if the same happens for the Nat's. The past few years that stadium has been Philly South when the Phils play there

Hey NoVa.

Kid is good, IMO

Yeah dude, he is almost must see TV for me now

Strasburg was but he doesn't play everyday, Harper is just what DC needs

A hero lol