Toboni

@PowerBoater69 @1067theFan We have a bottom 5 payroll in a top 10 media market.

@dkim2183 @1067theFan So you want the Mets model for team building?

Despite positive changes and current fun, there's deep skepticism about whether ownership will truly invest in the Nationals. Can the team compete with a small market payroll? #baseball #mlb #Nationals

@PowerBoater69 @1067theFan No, I’d like a middle of the pack payroll and ownership acknowledgement that a consistently good team supplements draft picks with upper tier veteran free agent talent

@PowerBoater69 @1067theFan We weren’t spending big from 2020-2022…we had contracts signed years prior that we were still paying for (Strasburg, Corbin, Scherzer)…look at the contracts signed after Ted died and come back to me

@dkim2183 @1067theFan So you weren't around from 2006-2012? You remember 2020-2022, when they were still spending big for the last place teams? Pay attention to the team history, not just media members who are cozy with Rizzo.

@GrantPaulsen Someone please make a SELL THE TEAM sign

The Grant and Danny “Nats are over .500” parade is on for tomorrow! Tuesday at 5:25 PM. It’s finally happening! ⚾️ We will walk from the station (1015 Half Street SE) to the CF gate. 4 blocks total. ⚾️ The plan will be for people to make signs and wear Nats gear and walk with us to the ballpark. ⚾️ We will go to Walter’s at the ballpark for a game watch and hang at the start of tomorrow’s 6 PM game. (Walters will give the first 100 fans in Nats gear that show up a free beer).

@PowerBoater69 @1067theFan That was when Ted Lerner was alive. Mark Lerner does not spend any money

@1067theFan "A further commitment from ownership", from the ownership group that bought a World Series? The ownership group that went into the cap penalty multiple times? The only question for ownership is why they didn't fire Rizzo sooner, when they knew his draft record.

@LockDownLee4 @nashunals I’m so sick of thinking “maybe” with this ownership group

@nashunals I don’t think we should be on Lerner won’t spend maybe he sees this team as how good they are doing with scrubs and maybe wants to spend some money who knows but we gotta give it at least one year with new regime before we claim that again

With an owner who won’t spend, I can see Toboni using CJ to be a solution for pitching. To Boston for Connelly Early and another pitching prospect Anthony Eyanson or Kyson Witherspoon To Atlanta for RJ Ritchie and Didier Fuentes

@federalbaseball I see the writing on the wall

Seaver King at second base 👀

@TalkNats @MLBNetworkRadio If the Lerners can’t get an early extension done with just one of our young studs, we know it’s ownership. The fans have seen enough, and want one of these guys extended.

❝Those are conversations that we will keep internal.❞ -- said Paul Toboni on @MLBNetworkRadio on long-term deals with James Wood and CJ Abrams

@TalkNats @JeffPassan 11 years ago…

@dkim2183 @JeffPassan For the most part, but budgets can change based on need. There is a thing called a "revised budget" which Ted Lerner did in 2015 when he signed Max Scherzer.

Money matters in winning World Series unless you go back to the 2015 KC Royals. But making the playoffs, it's more than money as @JeffPassan shows. And not every extension -or- free agent deal for 9-figures works as #Nats fans know with Stephen Strasburg at $35 million a year! Now with that said, not spending and lack of forward thinking is an issue with retaining your young talent on long-term deals. But just like Trea Turner in 2016 to CJ Abrams in 2022, you need a GM who sees the future and acts on it then -- because when you wait too long, the player has little incentive to extend.

@ToddZolecki 🥴

The Phillies are paying Nick Castellanos about $19.2 million to play for the Padres. He's batting .190 with 4 home runs, 19 RBIs, .578 OPS and -0.8 WAR. They are paying Adolis García $10 million to be his replacement. He's batting .203 with 4 homers, 15 RBIs, a .607 OPS and -0.3 WAR. Defensively, García is +3 OAA (436 innings in the field) while Castellanos is -4 OAA (167 innings).

@klwoodjr I’ve been saying this…we will always be mid with a bottom 10 payroll

If only we had an owner that would invest money into this team, it would’ve been a no doubt playoff team this year Sell the team Lerners; let us Nats fans have future success with another owner because we love this team more than you obviously

@NavyYardNats @fangraphs @GrantPaulsen @spencernusbaum_ @andrewcgolden @MLBNetwork @MLBPAA @espn630dc @JunksRadio @fox5dc @AlGaldi Don’t even get me started on the concession prices..

Nats have $9M in financial commitments for 2027, ranking the organization 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟬 𝗠𝗟𝗕 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. What does that tell you about Nationals ownership? Source: @fangraphs

@Tiller56 Does he play LT for his college??

My son who is now home from college just consumed 18 eggs, a loaf of sourdough bread, a pack of Turkey sausage, a tub of Greek yogurt, 3 bacon-cheddar burgers, 25 dark chocolate Hershey’s miniatures, 3 Yasso Bars, 4 Vitamin Waters and 8 K-Cups of Dunkin Coffee in less than 36hrs.

@barrysvrluga @dcsportsbog Great read

In 2008, Paul Toboni and Marcus Semien arrived at Cal to play baseball. Eighteen years (and NINE kids) later, one plays second base for a team trying to beat the team the other guy runs. On divergent paths in baseball, and an unbreakable bond. nytimes.com/athletic/72953…

@PaulaWoodDMV It’s time for Mark Lerner to have a conversation with Mr. Boras

Studies say that Mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited from your mother, determines how efficiently the body transforms energy into speed, power and stamina. IJS 🤷🏽‍♀️

@TalkNats Probably bc of the glove

BREAKING: The Nationals have optioned Brady House to Triple-A Rochester.

@Tobi_Altizer It’s time to show why he was the #2 pick

I wonder what this means for Crews if this lingers

@spencernusbaum_ Extend Wood/Lile

Question for Nats fans: If you were in Paul Toboni’s shoes for a day, what is one move you would make right now? Answer at the link in the replies!

@spencernusbaum_ @federalbaseball King might be up before Crews at this point

The Nationals are promoting shortstop Seaver King to Triple-A Rochester, per multiple sources. The 2024 first-round pick (No. 94 in Keith Law’s Top 100) has reached base in all 35 games he’s played this year. Hit .336 with a .989 OPS in Double A.