The Washington Nationals' 2025 season was meant to be a promising step as top prospects evolve into stars, yet struggles persist. While players like James Wood and Mitchell Parker show potential, Dylan Crews is not meeting expectations. Most offseason free agent acquisitions are underperforming, reflecting a pattern of poor signings. As fans stay away due to financial limitations affecting the team's revenue, the Nationals face significant rebuilding hurdles, especially given the need for competent player development strategies moving forward.
In fact, after Shinnosuke Ogasawara was optioned to Triple-A, seven of the remaining nine free agent signings made by general manager Mike Rizzo are sitting in negative WAR per FanGraphs.
Andrew Ross termed it well as "subtraction by addition." That is exactly what it is. Then you head into the offseason and remove those players to achieve addition by subtraction.
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