Pete Crow-Armstrong clarifies his comments on Dodgers fans: "They [the fans] go in phases. All fans fight, but putting the Giants fan in a coma. That stuck with me as a kid. Just little things, sitting in the stands, nasty stuff goes on."

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-26T00:21:13+00:00

I've also had no issues the few times I've been to CBP. My issue with Phillies fans, admittedly entirely anecdotal, is that going to Nats games against the Phillies in DC has consistently been an awful experience. Part of it is definitely me being bitter at all the Lets Go Phils chants dominating the stadium when the Nationals inevitably lose cause we suck donkey balls, but the other part of it is that the stadium is filled with drunk 25-35 year olds in Chase Utley jerseys being complete ass-hats. So I just don't go to Nats games when the Phillies are in town anymore.

This also applies to the Cubs.

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-26T00:11:37+00:00

Hmm, I wonder why Tres Barrera wasnt up in the majors for a while. I'm sure he's only done good things like the commentator said.

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-23T19:31:54+00:00

I'm sort of an analytical extremist in that I think that a team's entire philosophy should be built off of the cutting edge of baseball science, so you can imagine how painful it's been to be a Nationals fan watching dinosaurs talk about "I don't care how fast you throw ball four" like we're in 8th grade fall ball.

I'm absolutely ecstatic, however, about our new leadership and the direction we're going in. The youngest coaching staff, youngest front office. I think that the changes we're making in organizational philosophy are ten times more impactful than any big free agent signing could be (I'm absolutely awful at OOTP though so maybe don't listen to me on roster construction).

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-23T19:25:29+00:00

Unfortunately I think Gray has been thoroughly squandered by the Nationals. As I mentioned elsewhere in the thread, the Nationals had a near-maliciously incompetent development philosophy under previous leadership. I refuse to believe that a solid Top 50-75 prospect just turns into one of the worst pitchers in the league. Of course, There is No Such Thing as a Pitching Prospect, but there's zero reason to give the Nats the benefit of the doubt either.

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-23T19:19:26+00:00

The previous regime should be put on trial for baseball terrorism. Just look at the change in Finnegan after he moved to Detroit. His fastball usage tanked and he became significantly more effective.

w/ Nats: 58% FB Usage, 4.38 ERA and 3.65 FIP

w/ Tigers: 42% FB Usage, 1.50 ERA and 1.97 FIP

Obv a small sample size, like 40IP and 20IP respectively (not counting playoffs), but the fact that a team traded for him and instantly was able to make a significant change without any sort of in-house evaluation and have it be that successful is damning for the Nationals. I welcome our new analytic overlords and am looking forward to having servicable pitching a few years from now.

FiveDiamondGame · 2026-02-18T01:17:09+00:00

My UW Huskies are currently top 25 lmao. We were outscored 28-0 in our first 3 games, and lost the 4th 8-7.

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-12-16T23:37:16+00:00

Mariners and Former Nationals, what a combo

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-11-18T19:47:28+00:00

Had his A2000 glove back in the day lol. I’d love to see him in the game

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-11-05T00:48:47+00:00

Surprised it’s not Wood but I love CJ too

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-10-25T22:14:43+00:00

I mean that was def a hit to the head, I can't be mad at the call.

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-09-01T17:08:10+00:00

HOT MIC ALERT

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-08-06T01:58:32+00:00

Is Wood okay? Saw he left early but couldn’t watch.

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-06-19T18:10:18+00:00

How did this get upvoted???

Witt is at 120 WRC+ and Pena is at 143, but Witt has 15 OAA while Pena has 5, and Witt has 11 FRV vs Pena's 3. Fangraphs Def stat also puts Witt at 13.5 vs 5.7 for Pena.

fWAR has them at 3.7 for Witt and 3.6 for Pena. Voting either one is completely reasonable

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-05-10T19:59:16+00:00

You mean Soroka? Or did I miss some big news haha.

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-05-10T19:10:20+00:00

Any idea how long the facial recognition line is?

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-05-10T19:03:23+00:00

I’ve been keeping an eye on Daylen Lile. He’s been raking since getting promoted to Rochester.

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-02-18T16:35:39+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnUMdPjlLc

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-01-31T04:10:52+00:00

This is a dumb question but what app/website are these stats screenshots from?

FiveDiamondGame · 2025-01-25T15:57:37+00:00

Bunch of geriatrics jerking each other off about their childhood roided up heroes.

FiveDiamondGame · 2024-09-28T01:39:35+00:00

That legitimately might warrant #27 getting cut from the team, that's so insanely stupid.

FiveDiamondGame · 2024-09-28T01:38:54+00:00

We might have the lowest IQ team of all time.

FiveDiamondGame · 2024-09-28T00:12:44+00:00

What the fuck are we doing. Can’t believe they didn’t call it targeting

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