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Washington Nationals photos2025: The Nationals rebuilding effort continues
The Washington Nationals made only two significant acquisitions of veteran talent during the 2024-2025 offseason: third baseman Amed Rosario in December and first baseman Nathaniel Lowe in January. (New players were at the same two positions last year as well.) Overall, the younger players showed great promise, especially outfielder James Wood and starting pitcher Mackenzie Gore, but outfielder Dylan Crews began the season with a terrible slump. After a mediocre first week of play, the Nats started improving until early May, when they lost seven games in a row. They improved greatly in the second half of May, winning 11 and only losing 3, but from June 7 through the 18th suffered an eleven-game losing streak (mostly by margins of one or two runs), thereby falling into last place in the NL East. After the Nats were swept by the Red Sox in early July, both the manager Davey Martinez and the general manager Mike Rizzo were fired, replaced on a temporary basis by (respectively) Miguel Cairo and Mike De Bartolo. Just before the August 1 deadline, closing pitcher Kyle Finnegan, starting pitcher Michael Soroka, outfielder Alex Call, and two relief pitchers were traded away in exchange for younger prospects. The often-mocked "rebuilding" process may take even longer than some fans had feared. The Nats showed marked improvement in early September, but ended with an even 13-13 record for the month as a whole. The future intentions of the Lerner family (which owns the Nationals) remain unclear.
| CF: Jacob Young .256 Robert Hassell III |
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| LF: James Wood * .264 Alex Call $ * .343 |
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RF: Dylan Crews *.218 Daylen Lile * |
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| SS: CJ Abrams .246 | 2B: Luis Garcia .282 |
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| 3B: Brady House * . Amed Rosario * $, Jose Tena * .267 |
1B: Nathaniel Lowe * $.265 |
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| C: Riley Adams .229 Keibert Ruiz, Drew Millas * |
DH: Josh Bell * .249 |
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| 2024 batting average for position players, ERA for pitchers. * (asterisk) = new player (since mid-2024) Underlines indicate that the photo is of the second-string player  = No photo yet available. |
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Manager: Dave Martinez, Miguel Cairo (July) |
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| Opponent | Wins | Losses |
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| ARZ | 4 | 2 |
| ATL | 4 | 9 |
| BAL | 5 | 1 |
| BOS | 0 | 3 |
| CHC | 3 | 3 |
| CHW | 1 | 2 |
| CIN | 4 | 2 |
| CLE | 1 | 2 |
| COL | 3 | 4 |
| DET | 2 | 1 |
| HOU | 1 | 2 |
| KC | 1 | 2 |
| LAA | 2 | 1 |
| LAD | 3 | 3 |
| MIA | 6 | 7 |
| MIL | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | 2 | 1 |
| NYM | 6 | 7 |
| NYY | 0 | 3 |
| ATH | 1 | 2 |
| PHI | 5 | 8 |
| PIT | 3 | 4 |
| SD | 2 | 4 |
| SEA | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 3 | 3 |
| STL | 1 | 5 |
| TB | 0 | 3 |
| TEX | 1 | 2 |
| TOR | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 66 | 96 |
| ATH: The former Oakland (OAK) Athletics began playing in Sacramento on a temporary basis in 2025, but it was decided not to identify with any city for the time being. They will presumably remain there for about three years, pending the construction of a new stadium in Las Vegas. | ||
- Michael Soroka (P) -- 1 year, $9 million (Dec.)
- Josh Bell (DH) -- 1 year, $6 million+ (Jan.)
- Jorge Lopez (P) -- 1 year, $3 million+ (Jan.)
- Amed Rosario (3B) -- 1 year, $2 million (Jan.)
- Shinnosuke Ogasawara (P) -- 2 years, $3.5 million+ (Jan.)
- Nathaniel Lowe (1B) -- 1 year, $10.3 million (Feb.) AE
- Kyle Finnegan (P) -- 1 year, $6 million (Feb.) AE
- Paul DeJong (3B) -- 1 year, $1 million (Feb.)
New contracts of note
"+" = optional extension (mutual or otherwise). "AE" = arbitration eligible. Dollar figures are rounded, and are estimates in some cases.
- Mar. 27 -- Mackenzie Gore strikes out 13, but bullpen fails; PHI 7, WSH 3 (10 inn.)
- Apr. 19 -- Mackenzie Gore strikes out 13, bullpen gives up 9 runs; WSH 12, COL 11 @
- Apr. 25 -- Jake Irvin throws 7 1/3 shutout innings, bullpen fails, James Wood game-winning single; WSH 5, NYM 4
- Apr. 27 -- Mets score 5 in 1st inning, Nats score 5 in 7th inning and 2 in the 9th; WSH 8, NYM 7
- May 18 -- Nats hit FIVE homers, two by C.J. Abrams, as Nats sweep Orioles; WSH 10, BAL 4 @
- May 29 -- Mackenzie Gore throws 100th strikeout (#1 in MLB); Nats score 7 in 10th inning, Mariners score just 1; WSH 9, SEA 3 @
- May 31 -- Nats score 9 runs before 1st out in 1st inning, tying NL record, + 1 more; WSH 11, ARZ 7 @
- June 10 -- Mets score 2 to tie game in 8th inning as Juan Soto doubles; NYM 5, WSH 4 (11 inn.)
- June 16 -- Blown save by Kyle Finnegan: Rockies hit two home runs in 9th inning; COL 6, WSH 4
- June 19 -- James Wood hits two 2-run homers, incl. walk-off, ending 11-game losing streak; WSH 4, COL 3 (11 inn.)
- Aug. 13 -- Nathaniel Lowe's 1st inn. grand slam and Daylen Lile's 9th inn. RBI avoid sweep; WSH 8, KC 7 @ (I was there!)
- Aug. 22 -- 2-run rally in 9th inn. leads to big upset win over Phillies; WSH 5, PHI 4 @
- Sept. 7 -- 5-run rally in 9th inn. leads to big upset win over Cubs; WSH 6, CHI 3 @
- Sept. 20 -- Inside-the-park homer by Daylen Lile in 11th inn. leads to big upset (spoiling) win over Mets; WSH 5, NYM 3 @
- Sept. 26 -- Nats hit six home runs (incl. 3 by Luis Garcia) and take the lead after 8-1 deficit, but then lose; CHW 10, WSH 9
2025 memorable moments
"@" = away game
| Month | Wins | Losses | NL East place (at end) |
Number of home games |
Total attendance |
Average attendance |
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| * April 2025 | 13 | 18 | 4th | 16 | 419,303 | 26,206 |
| May 2025 | 15 | 12 | 3rd | 11 | 259,147 | 23,559 |
| June 2025 | 7 | 19 | 5th | 13 | 306,134 | 23,549 |
| July 2025 | 9 | 15 | 5th | 12 | 301,777 | 25,148 |
| Aug. 2025 | 9 | 19 | 5th | 16 | 380,924 | 23,808 |
| Sept. 2025 | 13 | 13 | 5th | 13 | 249,483 | 19,191 |
| TOTAL 2025 | 66 | 96 | 5th | 81 | 1,916,768 | 23,664 |
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SOURCE: My unofficial daily tabulations from MLB Gameday stats and/or Washington Post.
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