Andrew Flax
@ajflax.bsky.social
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Now live: My reaction to the Blake Butera hire. Why him, and does this mean the Nationals are restarting the clock on the rebuild? open.substack.com/pub/wfcg/p/wfc…
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Now live: My reaction to the Blake Butera hire. Why him, and does this mean the Nationals are restarting the clock on the rebuild? open.substack.com/pub/wfcg/p/wfc…
The MLBTR arb projections are out. The Nationals come in at about $26M (assuming they non-tender Alfaro). My first reaction: I'm not 100% sure they want Jake Irvin at that number.
October 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The MLBTR arb projections are out. The Nationals come in at about $26M (assuming they non-tender Alfaro). My first reaction: I'm not 100% sure they want Jake Irvin at that number.
Now live: My reaction to the Toboni hire. What does he bring to DC, and what is he missing? wfcg.substack.com/p/wfcg-4-nat...
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Now live: My reaction to the Toboni hire. What does he bring to DC, and what is he missing? wfcg.substack.com/p/wfcg-4-nat...
This will surprise my longtime followers, but: I am at my first-ever Nationals minor league game.
July 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This will surprise my longtime followers, but: I am at my first-ever Nationals minor league game.
May 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One breakout I don't see people talking about: CJ Abrams? He's running a 136 wRC+ (vs 107 last year) and the underlying stats seem to back it up.
May 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One breakout I don't see people talking about: CJ Abrams? He's running a 136 wRC+ (vs 107 last year) and the underlying stats seem to back it up.
For the first time since I moved to Philly, I am here to see the Nationals.
April 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For the first time since I moved to Philly, I am here to see the Nationals.
Despite his abysmal stats, Statcast thinks Dylan Crews has been an above-average hitter so far this season. Consider me still very much in on him.
April 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Despite his abysmal stats, Statcast thinks Dylan Crews has been an above-average hitter so far this season. Consider me still very much in on him.
I am very proud of myself for this.
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am very proud of myself for this.
3-hole hitter Luis Garcia... remember when everyone wanted him demoted for Trey Lipscomb? That was 12 months ago!
March 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
3-hole hitter Luis Garcia... remember when everyone wanted him demoted for Trey Lipscomb? That was 12 months ago!
I added $20M to the payroll, non-tendered Finnegan, and ended up with a pretty good looking team!
November 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I added $20M to the payroll, non-tendered Finnegan, and ended up with a pretty good looking team!