We are already 10 days into the Nationals’ offseason and it has already been busy with the introduction of Paul Toboni as the new president of baseball operations one week ago. But before we look ahead at what’s to come this winter and in the 2026 season, let’s take some time to look back at what was a very eventual 2025 season. Amy Jennings and I

A team’s offseason business usually includes deciding which arbitration-eligible players should be tendered contracts and which ones are allowed to walk into free agency. Or given a shove. The deadline to grab or let go is Nov. 21. Players with three-to-six years of service time are eligible, and most fans know every step of the dance. The sides ex

PLAYER REVIEW: DYLAN CREWS Age on Opening Day 2026: 24 How acquired: First round pick, 2023 Draft MLB service time: 1 year, 35 days 2025 salary: $761,800 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031 2025 stats: 85 G, 322 PA, 293 AB, 43 R, 61 H, 8 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 27 RBI, 17 SB, 5 CS, 24 BB, 76 SO, .208 AVG,

Among the 16 minor leaguers that the Orioles acquired at this year’s trade deadline, five of them can be found among Baltimore’s top 30 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline. Slater de Brun, selected with the draft pick acquired by sending Bryan Baker to the Rays, makes six.  de Brun and Boston Bateman, the headliner of the trade that sent Ryan O’He

As we’ve learned through years and years of testing and experimentation, you can’t have an offseason mailbag without an offseason. It’s literally in the name. Let’s break out the first one here, the latest sequel to the beloved and often celebrated 2008 original. As you’d expect, many of the questions pertained to the pending managerial and GM hiri

PLAYER REVIEW: JAMES WOOD Age on Opening Day 2026: 23 How acquired: Traded with CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 1 year, 91 days 2025 salary: $764,600 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031

Orioles' reliever Yennier Cano will bring an unheralded streak into the 2026 season, as long as he’s with the club. We can’t make assumptions after Cano labored through most of 2025 and still has minor league options. Cano has led the club in appearances for three consecutive seasons, topping the pitching staff with 72 in 2023 while also compiling

It was easy to see why Paul Toboni impressed the Nationals ownership group during his interview process for the team’s then-open president of baseball operations position, a job that he officially accepted earlier this week. He’s charismatic, personable and smart. What may not have been so obvious to those watching Wednesday’s press conference with

The needs of a 75-87, last-place team that should have contended for a third straight playoff appearance and challenged for the organization’s first World Series title in 42 years are so long and varied that it’s hard to agree on a starting point. Finding a new manager is a top priority, but the front office can conduct its roster business without

OK, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. No, not the naming of the Nationals’ new president of baseball operations. Not the hiring of a new manager. And certainly not the signing of any core young player to a long-term extension. It’s the revisiting of our annual Opening Day predictions! For 16 years now, my colleagues on the Nats beat have