2017 Washington Nationals season

2017 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 2005)
Other information
Owner(s) Lerner Enterprises
General manager(s) Mike Rizzo
Manager(s) Dusty Baker
Local television MASN
WUSA 9 (CBS affiliate)
(Bob Carpenter, FP Santangelo, Johnny Holliday, Ray Knight)
Local radio 106.7 The Fan
Washington Nationals Radio Network
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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The 2017 Washington Nationals season will be the Nationals' 13th season as the baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, the 10th season at Nationals Park, and the 49th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Offseason

Team news

The Washington Nationals announced in October 2016 that their entire coaching staff would return for the 2017 season, led by manager Dusty Baker.[1]

The team lost several players to free agency after the 2016 season, including right-handed relief pitcher Matt Belisle, left-handed reliever Sean Burnett, infielder Stephen Drew, outfielder Chris Heisey, right-handed pitcher Mat Latos, closer Mark Melancon, catcher Wilson Ramos, and left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski.[2] Additionally, the Nationals chose not to exercise their 2017 option on right-handed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, who also became a free agent,[3] and injured right-handed reliever Aaron Barrett declined an outright assignment to the minors and elected free agency as well.[4] The team did not extend a qualifying offer to any of its free agents. Ramos was considered a likely candidate for a qualifying offer, but due to an injury late in the 2016 season expected to sideline him for part of the 2017 season, he did not receive one.[5] Outfielder Ben Revere was eligible for arbitration, but after an injury-plagued and offensively dismal season, he was not tendered a new contract and became a free agent.[6] The Nationals extended one-year contracts for the 2017 season to all of their other arbitration-eligible players: shortstop Danny Espinosa, right fielder Bryce Harper, catcher Jose Lobaton, third baseman Anthony Rendon, and right-handed pitcher Tanner Roark.[7]

Transactions

Spring training

Plans call for the Nationals to hold their 2017 spring training at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, a new facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, they will share with the Houston Astros.The new facility, which will provide each team with two major-league-size practice fields, four-minor-league-size practice fields, an agility field, a half field, batting cages, and pitching mounds, will center around a new baseball stadium with 6,400 ticketed seats and 1,250 berm seats, and will place the Nationals far closer to other teams during spring training, facilitating travel for spring training games. The new facility is scheduled to open on January 15, 2017.[13]

Regular season

Opening Day

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position

Season standings

National League East

National League East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 0 0 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Miami Marlins 0 0 -nan — 0–0 0–0
New York Mets 0 0 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Washington Nationals 0 0 -nan — 0–0 0–0

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks 0 0 -nan
Atlanta Braves 0 0 -nan
Chicago Cubs 0 0 -nan
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 -nan —
Colorado Rockies 0 0 -nan —
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 -nan —
Miami Marlins 0 0 -nan —
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 -nan —
New York Mets 0 0 -nan —
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 -nan —
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 -nan —
San Diego Padres 0 0 -nan —
San Francisco Giants 0 0 -nan —
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 -nan —
Washington Nationals 0 0 -nan —

Record vs. opponents

2017 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Atlanta 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Chicago 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Cincinnati 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Colorado 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Los Angeles 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Miami 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Milwaukee 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
New York 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Philadelphia 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Pittsburgh 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
San Diego 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
San Francisco 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0
St. Louis 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0
Washington 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0

Through games of [month] [day], 2017.

Game log

Legend
 Nationals win
 Nationals loss
 Postponement
BoldNationals team member
2017 Game Log (0–0)

Current roster

Washington Nationals 2017 spring training roster
40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers


Infielders

Manager

Coaches



38 active, 0 inactive, 5 non-roster invitees

7- or 10-day disabled list
* Not on active roster
† Suspended list
Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated December 2, 2016
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Statistics

Batting

(Updated as of xx/xx/xx)

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG SB

Pitching

(Updated as of xx/xx/xx)

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League
A-Advanced Potomac Nationals Carolina League
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Nationals Dominican Summer League

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Casaletto, Lucas (October 20, 2016). "Nationals announce return of entire coaching staff for 2017". The Score. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    2. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (November 3, 2016). "Eight Washington Nationals officially become free agents". Federal Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    3. ↑ "Nationals exercise $12M option on Gonzalez, decline Petit". USA Today. November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    4. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (October 26, 2016). "Nationals: Aaron Barrett outrighted to Triple-A; elects for free agency". Federal Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    5. ↑ "Nationals decide not to extend qualifying offer to all-star catcher Wilson Ramos". The Washington Post. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    6. ↑ "Tyson Ross, Ben Revere among 35 new free agents". USA Today. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
    7. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (December 2, 2016). "Nationals non-tender Ben Revere, tender contracts to four other arbitration-eligible players...". Federal Baseball. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
    8. ↑ "Saturday's Sports Transactions". WTOP. November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    9. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (November 20, 2016). "Nationals sign four (including '05 Orioles' 1st Round pick Brandon Snyder) to minor league deals". Federal Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
    10. ↑ Keeler, Ricky (November 21, 2016). "Washington Nationals Sign Dustin Antolin To Minor League Deal". District on Deck. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
    11. ↑ Seidman, Corey (November 23, 2016). "PHILLIES TRADE RELIEVER JIMMY CORDERO TO NATIONALS FOR PTBNL". CSN Philly. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
    12. ↑ Matz, Eddie (December 2, 2016). "Nationals keep hot stove burning, bring Derek Norris back". ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
    13. ↑ Wagner, James, "Nationals, Astros break ground on new spring training facility", washingtonpost.com, November 9, 2015, 7:05 p.m. EST.

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