Good Morning, Washington Nationals Fans,

Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for today, February 19, 2024.

Welcome to the Morning Briefing! Haden here, as usual, let’s talk some baseball.

Leading this Morning’s Briefing: The week of videos of live ABs and bullpens from a distance is here

Spring Training. The month and a half of grainy video of live at-bats, bullpens, best shape of their life stories, and over-reactions based on those and some small sample performances once the Spring Training games begin.

It is one of my favorite times of the year, as we get to see top prospects play with the current roster. In times like these, it allows us to imagine what a lineup with Dylan Crews, CJ Abrams, James Wood, Keibert Ruiz, and Brady House would look like.

With high expectations and no sobering reminder that comes with regular season games, we can talk about how the Nationals will build upon their 2023 success. Maybe the Nationals really will bump Trevor Williams to the bullpen in favor of a young rotation of Josiah Gray, MacKenzie Gore, Jake Irvin, and Jackson Rutledge. Maybe one of the top two outfield prospects will make the Opening Day roster. So much can happen to generate excitement around the team and for better or for worse, the reality will not be clear until Opening Day.

40 in 40 begins

Our 40 in 40 season has begun! We’ll be breaking down every player on the 40-man roster until Opening Day. You can read the first two editions of CJ Abrams and Hunter Harvey by clicking their names.

Catch up on Spring Training News

There is a constant flow of news coming out of Spring Training and Richard has you covered with his Reporter’s Notebook series, where he breaks down each day’s news during Spring Training (and the week’s biggest headlines during the season).

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You can read Day 1’s notebook here.

And Day 2’s notebook here.

And Day 3.

And 4!

Click here for the latest off-season headlines, rumors, trades, and more.

ICYMI: Latest articles on the Nats Report

Even though it is the offseason, we have been extremely busy producing great content on the Nats Report. Here are just a couple of the articles that we have published recently that you might have missed:

We are working on a lot of great Nationals-themed content all off-season so make sure that you are following us on all the major social media channels for the latest.

Featured Stories of the Day

NCAA player got hit by a pitch seven times in a doubleheader via MLB.com

James Wood isn’t trying to be perfect. He knows baseball won’t allow it. via The Washington Post

Brandon Woodruff stays in MIL via MLB Trade Rumors

Red Sox sign closer Liam Hendriks via MLB Trade Rumors

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