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DirtBallNation · 03-16-2024, 10:00 PM

Month 1 is in the books for the Nationals in this franchise. At this point, the only direction is up. After a 6-1 start to the year, we fell completely flat on our face and sitting in last place of the division with an 11-18 record. There’s struggling and then there’s the 2024 Washington Nationals.

5 days into the season, Joey Gallo suffered a broken hand, so he’s out 1-2 months. Some Guys have been underperforming so bad that we did a minor roster change just a few weeks into the season.

-We ended up signing Eric Lauer to a 2 year deal right after the season started because I was worried about our rotation. I sent him to AAA to get loose before joining the big league club.
-After Gallo went down, we called up Travis Blankenhorn to help with depth in the infield.
-couple weeks later, with results not being good, we had to make some more changes. We called up Lauer and sent down Joan Adon to AAA, after a very promising spring camp. On the trip home, he must’ve forgot how to pitch because he was awful.
- and toward the end of the month, we traded away Luis Garcia for Richie Palacios. I don’t plan on having Garcia apart of the franchise for long term and I wanted a guy that could play everywhere. On the same day, we DFA’d Ildemaro Vargas, after his start to the year was abysmal and he isn’t helping us.
-we later ended up getting a trade request from the blue jays. They wanted Richard Bleier for Genesis Cabrera. I felt like because of ages and overalls, I’d be receiving much more than I’d be giving up so I countered with Bleier, Vargas and an additional prospect for Cabrera. = addition by subtraction.

It’s definitely been a tough start to the year but our big 4 OFers (Crews, Wood, Green and Hassell) are off to a decent start to the year, so if things fall into place, maybe we’ll see 1 or 2 of them this year. Crews is at AAA and the others are in AA.

Other than that, I’ll check back in at the end of April and hopefully I have a little better update for everyone.

Our bright spots so far…

Lane Thomas: .330avg, .875ops, 5 HR
CJ Abrams: .315avg, .889ops, 6 HR

Hunter Harvey: 0.82era, 9 for 9 save opps

There’s a couple other shimmers of good but not too much. I’d love to share the bad with you all but I’ll save everyone the time.

03-16-2024, 10:00 PM	#48
DirtBallNation Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Mar 2012	Re: MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread Month 1 is in the books for the Nationals in this franchise. At this point, the only direction is up. After a 6-1 start to the year, we fell completely flat on our face and sitting in last place of the division with an 11-18 record. There’s struggling and then there’s the 2024 Washington Nationals. 5 days into the season, Joey Gallo suffered a broken hand, so he’s out 1-2 months. Some Guys have been underperforming so bad that we did a minor roster change just a few weeks into the season. -We ended up signing Eric Lauer to a 2 year deal right after the season started because I was worried about our rotation. I sent him to AAA to get loose before joining the big league club. -After Gallo went down, we called up Travis Blankenhorn to help with depth in the infield. -couple weeks later, with results not being good, we had to make some more changes. We called up Lauer and sent down Joan Adon to AAA, after a very promising spring camp. On the trip home, he must’ve forgot how to pitch because he was awful. - and toward the end of the month, we traded away Luis Garcia for Richie Palacios. I don’t plan on having Garcia apart of the franchise for long term and I wanted a guy that could play everywhere. On the same day, we DFA’d Ildemaro Vargas, after his start to the year was abysmal and he isn’t helping us. -we later ended up getting a trade request from the blue jays. They wanted Richard Bleier for Genesis Cabrera. I felt like because of ages and overalls, I’d be receiving much more than I’d be giving up so I countered with Bleier, Vargas and an additional prospect for Cabrera. = addition by subtraction. It’s definitely been a tough start to the year but our big 4 OFers (Crews, Wood, Green and Hassell) are off to a decent start to the year, so if things fall into place, maybe we’ll see 1 or 2 of them this year. Crews is at AAA and the others are in AA. Other than that, I’ll check back in at the end of April and hopefully I have a little better update for everyone. Our bright spots so far… Lane Thomas: .330avg, .875ops, 5 HR CJ Abrams: .315avg, .889ops, 6 HR Hunter Harvey: 0.82era, 9 for 9 save opps There’s a couple other shimmers of good but not too much. I’d love to share the bad with you all but I’ll save everyone the time. __________________ ATLANTA BRAVES GREEN BAY PACKERS MILWAUKEE BUCKS WISCONSIN BADGERS Last edited by DirtBallNation; 03-16-2024 at 11:47 PM.