Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals have agreed to re-sign right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams, the Athletic's Stephen J. Nesbitt reported Monday morning. The Nationals previously had Williams on a two-year, $13 million deal. Williams went 6-1 with a 2.03 ERA, 1.035 WHIP, 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings and a 2.6 WAR across 13 starts in 2024. The season before Williams went 6-10 with a 5.55 ERA, 1.600 WHIP, 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a -0.1 WAR in 30 starts.

Bell returns to Washington after spending the 2021 season and bulk of 2022 there. He was sent to San Diego with Juan Soto at the deadline in 2022.

The Washington Nationals had money to spend entering free agency for next season. As of now, the Nats are only expected to spend an estimated $96 million. How did Fangraphs get to that figure? Well, first there are the guaranteed contracts, and right now Washington has just two.

Entering the offseason, the Washington Nationals had a projected salary arbitration bill of $26.9 million, per MLB Trade Rumors. Entering the new year, the Nationals have a projected salary arbitration bill of $25.3 million. The Nationals subtracted three players from that bill at the non-tender deadline. Opting not to tender a deal to closer Kyle Finnegan, who was due a projected $8.6 million, was the most curious.

Turns out, the Washington Nationals have been busier in free agency than originally thought, according to the New York Post's Jon Heyman. The Nationals have been looking for answers at both first base and third base this offseason. Washington found its answer at first base right before Christmas Day with a trade, dealing reliever Robert Garcia to the Texas Rangers for Nathaniel Lowe.

The holiday season allows everyone to try new things — and that includes the Washington Nationals. As part of preparations for the holidays, Nationals players Stone Garrett, Nasim Nunez and Trey Lipscomb took to the kitchen to spend some time chatting and to try and bake some holiday treats for anyone that wanted them.

The Washington Nationals hit the second-fewest home runs in Major League Baseball in 2024. Statcast recently compiled the five longest home runs of last season and put together a video as part of MLB.com's year-in-review package for the franchise.

It was a banner year for San Diego sports, full of big announcements and exciting moments.

The free agent market is starting to heat up once again. A few of the bigger moves that have happened were the Boston Red Sox signing Walker Buehler, the New York Mets re-signing Sean Manaea, and the Texas Rangers signing Joc Pederson among other moves. There still are a lot of players out there in free agency who can help teams in 2025, including players with ties to the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis likely isn't going to make any flashy signings themselves, but some former members of the organization are available and will land deals.

(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images) The Washington Nationals acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe on Sunday from the Texas Rangers in exchange for left-hander Robert Garcia. Lowe, 29, won a Gold Glove Award in 2023 and batted .265 last season with 16 home runs, 69 RBIs and a .762 OPS in 140 games. He is a career .272 hitter with 89 home runs, 329 RBIs and a .789 OPS in 686 games for the Tampa Bay Rays (2019-20) and Rangers. Lowe helped Texas to the 2023 World Series title by hitting three home runs in 17 postseason games. After earning $7.5 million last season, Lowe could be in line for a one-year deal worth an estimated $10.7 million in 2025 as an arbitration-eligible player. He will

The last few years have been incredibly difficult for the Washington Nationals, as they have been mired in a rebuild following their World Series victory in 2019. It is hard to believe, but things could have actually been worse over the last few campaigns had the team made the decision to retain third baseman Anthony Rendon when he entered free agency following the championship.

The Seattle Mariners have had an uncharacteristically quiet offseason. While the Mariners have stood pat, they've watched an influx of first base transactions from Dec. 20-21 that took Paul Goldschmidt, Josh Naylor, Carlos Santana and Christian Walker off the board for them. Whether it's due to payroll restrictions, steep trade proposals, waiting for some other pieces to fall into place or some combination of the three, Seattle is still looking for a first baseman, second baseman or third baseman more than two months deep in the offseason.

The 27-year-old Soroka went 0-10 with a 4.74 ERA in 79 2/3 innings across 25 appearances for the Chicago White Sox last season, including nine starts.

The Washington Nationals won the MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Dallas and will have the first overall pick in the July 2025 draft. The Reds will pick ninth.

The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 overall pick in the amateur draft for the first time since selecting a 17-year-old Bryce Harper in 2010. Washington got the top overall pick in next summer's draft after winning a lottery in a drawing of ping-pong balls at the winter meetings on Tuesday, setting up the Nationals to make the first pick for the third time in franchise history. In 2009, they drafted pitcher Stephen Strasburg No. 1.

The Nats had a 10.2% chance of securing the top spot in next summer's draft.

For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that's the richest in baseball history. It comes almost exactly one year after the Los Angeles Dodgers forked out a princely sum of $700 million on a 10-year, heavily deferred deal for two-way Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani. The way it's going, a contract approaching $1 billion doesn't seem out of the question.

Officials hope the changes to the 26-year-old Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium will make playing and watching games there a better experience.

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