Nationals Grades: Jake Irvin had a disappointing follow up to a promising 2024 season

Nationals Grades: Jake Irvin had a disappointing follow up to a promising 2024 season

The 2025 season was a disaster for Jake Irvin pretty much from start to finish. Really, Irvin has not been the same guy since that insane July 4th start against the Mets in 2024. He showed so much promise in the first half of 2024, but has really pitched his way out of the Nationals … Read more

Nationals Grades: Jose A Ferrer showed promise in what was an uneven season

Nationals Grades: Jose A Ferrer showed promise in what was an uneven season

It was an interesting season for Jose A. Ferrer. On one hand, he showed all of the interesting traits that make him an exciting young reliever. However, 2025 did not prove to be the breakout season many expected from Ferrer. He showed flashes, but was unable to put it all together this year. When you … Read more

Nationals Grades: Jacob Young played elite defense but that was it

Jacob Young had a weird season. He produced some of the coolest and most memorable plays in recent Nationals history. However, his season was also a bit of a let down. Young is one of the best in the sport patrolling center field, but his game became one dimensional this year. Let’s start with the … Read more

Nationals Grades: Brady House flourished in the minors but faced growing pains in the MLB

Nationals Grades: Brady House flourished in the minors but faced growing pains in the MLB

Brady House’s 2025 season was really two seasons in one. There is the Minor League portion of his season, where House re-established himself as a top 100 prospect and dominated Triple-A. Then there is the MLB portion of the season, where House mostly looked overmatched at the plate. This makes his season tough to grade, … Read more

Washington Nationals Grades: Dylan Crews endured a difficult rookie season

Washington Nationals Grades: Dylan Crews endured a difficult rookie season

There was a lot of hype for Dylan Crews heading into the season. He was a consensus top 10 prospect in the sport and was second in Rookie of the Year odds behind Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki. However, things did not click for Crews at the plate this year, which led to a very disappointing … Read more

Washington Nationals Grades: Looking at Brad Lord’s successful rookie year

Washington Nationals Grades: Looking at Brad Lord’s successful rookie year

Last offseason, Brad Lord was working at Home Depot to make some extra cash. As a former 18th round pick, who spent multiple seasons in the Minor Leagues, he was not raking in the cash, so he had to make ends meet. After a successful rookie season, Lord will not need to work on the … Read more

Washington Nationals Grades: Evaluating CJ Abrams up and down season

Washington Nationals Grades: Evaluating CJ Abrams up and down season

Now that we are officially in the offseason, we will be trying some new things here at Federal Baseball. One thing we will do this offseason is evaluate and grade the players on the 2025 team. We will look at what went right, what went wrong and how these guys can look to improve this … Read more