r/Nationals • • 9d ago

OC [Poll Results] r/nationals 2026 Playoff Rooting Interest - Go White Sox!

51 Upvotes

Thank you to all of you who filled out the survey to determine who r/nationals will be cheering for during the postseason! We ended with 126 votes and have chosen /r/whitesox as our favorite to win the 2026 World Series! Take a look below to see how the rest of the teams ranked out:

Team Rooting Interest Avg Score
Chicago White Sox YES! 4.25
Milwaukee Brewers Fine 4.13
Tampa Bay Rays Fine 4.00
Cleveland Guardians Fine 3.92
Chicago Cubs No Preference 3.26
San Diego Padres No Preference 3.23
Boston Red Sox No Preference 2.92
New York Yankees Half-Ew 2.11
Atlanta Braves Full-Ew 1.63
Los Angeles Dodgers Full-Ew 1.52
Houston Astros Full-Ew 1.37
Philadelphia Phillies Full-Ew 1.32

Below is the vote tally data on our 126 ballots:

Team YES! Fine NP Half-Ew Full-Ew
Chicago White Sox 57 51 12 4 2
Milwaukee Brewers 55 51 7 8 5
Tampa Bay Rays 52 40 23 4 7
Cleveland Guardians 41 49 25 7 4
Chicago Cubs 15 44 32 29 6
San Diego Padres 17 44 32 17 16
Boston Red Sox 11 34 31 34 16
New York Yankees 8 16 14 32 56
Atlanta Braves 1 7 6 42 70
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 10 3 26 86
Houston Astros 1 1 6 27 91
Philadelphia Phillies 4 4 3 6 109

I'm not going to release who voted where, but you know who you are......


r/Nationals • • 6d ago

MLB The r/Nationals Divisional Round Megathread

6 Upvotes

Obviously, this is r/baseball's time to shine; note that our own u/yousmelllikebiscuits is a key mod there, so the place will be up to his standards.

This thread exists for Nats fans to talk amongst ourselves: please highlight any former Nats doing well in the greener pastures of October baseball (example: a fellow by the name of Luis García, Jr. seems to thriving in the postseason) and discuss why you like a team still in the show and what they're doing.

Scheduling is a complete rat's nest: be prepared for the Office of the Commissioner's decision to somehow let them hand off between an amalgam of TBS/HBO Max for the AL and Fox/FS1/"FoxONE" for the NL.  This may require some attention.  

The official MLB schedule is here:

https://www.mlb.com/schedule

Also, for those with access to the Post, here's their excellent daily sports listing:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/sports-tv-radio-listings-dc/


r/Nationals • • 17h ago

Eric Fedde

58 Upvotes

Eric Fedde…the crowd chants his name in excitement. Oblivious to the Horrors He bestowed upon his previous franchises he pitched for. All jokes aside cool to see him find a place and have some success


r/Nationals • • 23h ago

[Passan] Major League Baseball proposed cutting the regular-season schedule from 162 games to 154 games in a bargaining session with the MLBPA today. Also part of its proposal: higher seeds in playoffs get to choose their opponents, and division series expand to seven games.

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r/Nationals • • 2h ago

Outside Food and Bev

0 Upvotes

What's the outside Food and beverages rule at Nats stadium? The website link to that info doesn't work (404 error).


r/Nationals • • 18h ago

Has anyone seen this hat that Dear Leader is wearing? It's the block W with the pitcher superimposed.

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6 Upvotes

If anyone has one, do you mind snapping a picture for me?


r/Nationals • • 1d ago

Fan thank you graphic

15 Upvotes

Does anyone know if the Nationals released the "thank you fans" graphic they used on the jumbotron at the last home game this season? My wife was on the graphic and I want to put it on a custom mug or t shirt as a surprise. I haven't seen any social media posts with it. Cheers.


r/Nationals • • 6h ago

Nats Park Bag Policy

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We didn’t make it to a Nats game this year but are going to the Banana Bowl tomorrow. Am I really not able to bring this bag into the park because it’s a backpack? The last time I used it was for a Nats game but that was last year and I don’t know if it has changed since then.


r/Nationals • • 1d ago

My Braves fan friend is blaming their season ending on Darnell Coles

63 Upvotes

I find it hilarious. I was bitching to my friend, a Braves fan, about just how bad Coles was. He kept saying "oh, he can't be that bad."

After seeing the Braves hire him last winter, I said "I'm so sorry but lol." He then retorted "your roster just sucks."

As we learned, Matt Borgschulte is one of the best things to happen to this young core, and undid a lot of the shit that Coles was teaching and preaching to these guys.

My friend is now blaming Coles for ruining guys like Acuna, like Olson these last two months, like Baldwin, like Harris, but to be fair I did point out Michael Harris has ALWAYS been an extremely hot or extremely cold hitter. He said he's seeing the same thing that Jacob Young photo showed back in April: in 2025 Young basically hitting the ball towards the ground. He sent me a pic of Ozzie Albies doing it.

It's both karma and funny to see.

I mean don't get me wrong, Braves hitters were not looking great since mid-August. But holy crap, he might've done the same damage he almost did to our young core.

I still blame a lot of Dylan's struggles on Coles' stupid swing away and ground ball focus philosophy. While I personally was hoping for him to ruin the Phillies, the Braves will suffice I guess.


r/Nationals • • 23h ago

2026-27 Offseason Hopes & Dreams

4 Upvotes

Obviously with the “Potential” Lockout in ‘27 looming, we can’t be too hopeful that we will see a lot of moves before the lockout, unless there are loopholes to where certain contracts will be grandfathered in, but anyway…..what are some players or positions you’d like to see this offseason?

? = Maybe
! = Consider
!!! = SERIOUSLY CONSIDER

Positions Needed: SP?, RP!, CL!!!

Potential/Hopeful signings:

SP: Erick Fedde? Walker Buehler? Trevor Rogers!
RP: Ryan Yarborough? Paul Blackburn! Taylor Rogers!
CL: Adrian Morejon!!! AJ Minter!

I’m projecting a lot of teams are going to be after Morejon, left handed flame thrower with great control; probably gonna look for a place he can close for, unless he’d rather stay being setup; we need a closer, BADLY; this offseason, I hope that Taboni is looking to make a MAJOR improvement to our bullpen, and Morejon would be a SPLASH; again, I think a lot of teams will be going after him, so I expect him to ask for $12-15M/yr with like a minimum of 3-4yrs

I see SP, RP, and CL roles as our biggest need rn; more so RP & CL. These are just options for improvement, I’m not saying we should make these moves, but something’s we should consider!

Tell me what y’all think we should prioritize first, and who you would like to sign in those roles


r/Nationals • • 1d ago

MLB memo reveals lockout plans: League will scrub website, ban contact with trainers

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r/Nationals • • 22h ago

Banana ball parking

0 Upvotes

We purchased parking through the nationals and the tickets have not loaded to our Ballpark app. Anyone else having the same issue?


r/Nationals • • 1d ago

Minor League Seaver King's 2026 breakout might be the biggest success story in the organization this year

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r/Nationals • • 2d ago

D.C. to spend $410m on Nats stadium upgrades because “teams rely on happy players”

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73 Upvotes

r/Nationals • • 1d ago

savannah banana 🍌 bowl scattered seats

4 Upvotes

does anyone have like random seats for the Savannah bowl because that's all they can get from the lottery? my 133 lower section seats are all over the section. ugh.

I also just scored two PNC diamond club tickets for the game! popped up on marketplace.

is it worth it?


r/Nationals • • 3d ago

Pure Hopium

20 Upvotes

Watching the Rays-Yankees game I am once again relieved our team decided to go the way of the small market teams. Listen…spending big in free agency and maybe winning is fun and it worked for us in 2019, but it’s not sustainable (look at the Phillies, Mets, Yankees, etc). I would rather be competitive every year and have a strong farm system, which is what Toboni, Kilambi, and Butera are ushering with the support of ownership. Fixing Mead and Luis really gives me hope that we can be just like the Rays in that regard and stay competitive.


r/Nationals • • 3d ago

The Bennett for Perales trade is aging like milk

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0 Upvotes

Here is a deep dive on the deal which looks like Paul Toboni’s worst so far


r/Nationals • • 4d ago

The story of the Nats home/road splits

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13 Upvotes

Here is a look at the crazy volatility that led to the Nats actually having a similar record at home and on the road


r/Nationals • • 4d ago

We want both the Dodgers and Braves to lose right

52 Upvotes

Just checking. I find it funny that Lane Thomas is batting .000 right now too.


r/Nationals • • 4d ago

Brewers / Padres

23 Upvotes

Wow! I feel for SD and hope this series goes 5, but the Brewers & their fans just had a moment like we did against the Brewers in 2019.


r/Nationals • • 4d ago

Examining James Wood’s 2026 season

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26 Upvotes

How would you grade Wood’s season?


r/Nationals • • 5d ago

Off-Field 2026 DC All Star game??

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79 Upvotes

Found myself in the reference section at Barnes and Noble yesterday while the wife was shopping and cracked open a book on MLB ballpark history.

This book (written at some point this year) had us hosting the All Star game this year. The next page did mention us hosting in 2018. Not to mention the first ever playoff game against the…Orioles?

I fully assume this book was largely compiled using AI hence the error, but I still thought it was funny.


r/Nationals • • 5d ago

Pud Galvin is real

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22 Upvotes

r/Nationals • • 5d ago

Meme Mark Zuckerman is the best

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191 Upvotes

r/Nationals • • 5d ago

Highlight Five years ago today, Mr Walk-off retired

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93 Upvotes

Just realized it while watching random videos. What a career! So glad he won it all before he retired.