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Explain to me how every MLB team can be a 'top suitor' for Juan SotoThere isn’t anyone more desirable at this year’s MLB trade deadline than Juan Soto. He’s a 23-year-old slugger with more potential than a boulder sitting at the top of a steep hill (that’s a science joke for all the professors out there). It was clear that several teams were going to call the Nation...

The rich getting richer: Why Soto to the Dodgers seems inevitableOn Tuesday, Juan Soto will be manning the Dodger Stadium outfield as a member of the National League All-Star team....

Juan Soto is on the trade block — and GMs better be prepared to break the bankWashington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto is a 23-year-old superstar. In just four and a half years in the bigs, he has established himself as one of the best pure hitters in the game. He’s a perennial MVP candidate, a master of plate discipline — and now he’s on the trade block....

Josh Donaldson is a bigger baby than you thought

No one should be surprised that Josh Donaldson can’t stop whining about actually facing the consequences, as minuscule as they were. The whole country has dive bombed into the toilet and beyond, based solely on the inability of white men to actually do any introspection or receive any criticism what...

Joe West wins suit vs. Paul Lo Duca in a story with no heroes

They say justice is blind, which means that’s one thing justice has in common with Joe West....

Joe West Is A Plague

You ever ask yourself what would happen if you took Tony Soprano, fed him nothing but baked beans out of a can for four months while only allowing him to listen to Hank Williams Jr. songs? The answer, my friends, is Joe West, who worked his shit-kicked-into-his-own-brains voodoo again yesterday....

The Nationals Are Having A Hard Time Adjusting To Their Self-Imposed Mediocrity

The 13–17 Washington Nationals made the oddly timed decision Thursday night to fire pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, immediately following a 2–1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nationals hold the 23rd-ranked team earned run average in baseball, thanks largely to another putrid, horrifying ...

Nationals Somehow Add New Layers Of Humiliation To Loss Of Bryce Harper

The Nationals have historically acquitted themselves far better in free agency than their fellow DC professional sports teams, at least two of whom are excruciatingly awful at signing players. But in their hurry to announce their franchise-altering failure to retain Bryce Harper, they appear to have...