2025 Washington Nationals season explained

Washington Nationals
Season:2025
League:National League
Division:East
Ballpark:Nationals Park
City:Washington, D.C.
Owners:Lerner Enterprises
General Managers:Mike Rizzo
Managers:Dave Martinez
Television:MASN
Radio:106.7 The Fan
Washington Nationals Radio Network
Next Season:none

The 2025 Washington Nationals season is the Nationals' 21st season as the Major League Baseball franchise in the District of Columbia, the 18th season at Nationals Park, and the 57th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] [2] The Nationals are led by Dave Martinez in his seventh year as manager. They are members of the National League East division.

Previous season

The Nationals finished fourth in the National League East Division in the 2024 season, with a win-loss record of 71–91.

Offseason

Reliever Jacob Barnes and starting pitchers Patrick Corbin and Trevor Williams became free agents after the 2024 World Series.[3] They were soon joined in free agency by first baseman Joey Gallo, as the Nationals declined their end of a mutual option for the 2025 season,[4] as well as first baseman Joey Meneses, utilityman Ildemaro Vargas, and reliever Michael Rucker, whom the Nationals outrighted from the 40-man roster.[5] Facing decisions on whether to extend new contract offers for the 2025 season to players eligible for arbitration, Washington declined to tender contracts to two longtime Nationals relievers: closer Kyle Finnegan and former closer Tanner Rainey.[6]

Additionally, the Nationals lost starting pitcher Thaddeus Ward to the Baltimore Orioles on a waiver claim on November 4. Ward did not appear in a game for the Nationals in 2024, after spending the 2023 season on Washington's roster as a Rule 5 draft pick.[7]

Washington chose to protect prospects Andry Lara and Robert Hassell III from the Rule 5 draft, adding them to the 40-man roster on November 19.[8] Hassell's promotion to the major league roster came two days after he helped lead the Salt River Rafters to the Arizona Fall League championship.[9]

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Game Log

Legend
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|- style="background:#;"| 1 || March 27 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 2 || March 29 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 3 || March 30 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 4 || March 31 || @ Blue Jays || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 5 || April 1 || @ Blue Jays || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 6 || April 2 || @ Blue Jays || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 7 || April 4 || Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 8 || April 5 || Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 9 || April 6 || Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 10 || April 7 || Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 11 || April 8 || Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 12 || April 9 || Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 13 || April 11 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 14 || April 12 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 15 || April 13 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 16 || April 14 || @ Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 17 || April 15 || @ Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 18 || April 16 || @ Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 19 || April 17 || @ Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 20 || April 18 || @ Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 21 || April 19 || @ Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 22 || April 20 || @ Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 23 || April 22 || Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 24 || April 23 || Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 25 || April 24 || Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 26 || April 25 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 27 || April 26 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 28 || April 27 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 29 || April 28 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 30 || April 29 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 31 || April 30 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- |- style="background:#;"| 32 || May 1 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 33 || May 2 || @ Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 34 || May 3 || @ Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 35 || May 4 || @ Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 36 || May 5 || Guardians || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 37 || May 6 || Guardians || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 38 || May 7 || Guardians || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 39 || May 9 || Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 40 || May 10 || Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 41 || May 11 || Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 42 || May 12 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 43 || May 13 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 44 || May 14 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 45 || May 15 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 46 || May 16 || @ Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 47 || May 17 || @ Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 48 || May 18 || @ Orioles || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 49 || May 20 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 50 || May 21 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 51 || May 22 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 52 || May 23 || Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 53 || May 24 || Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 54 || May 25 || Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 55 || May 27 || @ Mariners || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 56 || May 28 || @ Mariners || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 57 || May 29 || @ Mariners || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 58 || May 30 || @ Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 59 || May 31 || @ Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- |- style="background:#;"| 60 || June 1 || @ Diamondbacks || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 61 || June 3 || Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 62 || June 4 || Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 63 || June 5 || Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 64 || June 6 || Rangers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 65 || June 7 || Rangers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 66 || June 8 || Rangers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 67 || June 10 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 68 || June 11 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 69 || June 12 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 70 || June 13 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 71 || June 14 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 72 || June 15 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 73 || June 16 || Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 74 || June 17 || Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 75 || June 18 || Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 76 || June 19 || Rockies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 77 || June 20 || @ Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 78 || June 21 || @ Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 79 || June 22 || @ Dodgers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 80 || June 23 || @ Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 81 || June 24 || @ Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 82 || June 25 || @ Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 83 || June 27 || @ Angels || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 84 || June 28 || @ Angels || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 85 || June 29 || @ Angels || || || || || || |||- |- style="background:#;"| 86 || July 1 || Tigers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 87 || July 2 || Tigers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 88 || July 3 || Tigers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 89 || July 4 || Red Sox || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 90 || July 5 || Red Sox || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 91 || July 6 || Red Sox || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 92 || July 8 || @ Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 93 || July 9 || @ Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 94 || July 10 || @ Cardinals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 95 || July 11 || @ Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 96 || July 12 || @ Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 97 || July 13 || @ Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|colspan=10| All–Star Break (July 14–17)|- style="background:#;"| 98 || July 18 || Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 99 || July 19 || Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 100 || July 20 || Padres || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 101 || July 21 || Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 102 || July 22 || Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 103 || July 23 || Reds || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 104 || July 25 || @ Twins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 105 || July 26 || @ Twins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 106 || July 27 || @ Twins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 107 || July 28 || @ Astros || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 108 || July 29 || @ Astros || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 109 || July 30 || @ Astros || || || || || || |||- |- style="background:#;"| 110 || August 1 || Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 111 || August 2 || Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 112 || August 3 || Brewers || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 113 || August 5 || Athletics || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 114 || August 6 || Athletics || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 115 || August 7 || Athletics || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 116 || August 8 || @ Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 117 || August 9 || @ Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 118 || August 10 || @ Giants || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 119 || August 11 || @ Royals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 120 || August 12 || @ Royals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 121 || August 13 || @ Royals || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 122 || August 14 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 123 || August 15 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 124 || August 16 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 125 || August 17 || Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 126 || August 19 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 127 || August 20 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 128 || August 21 || Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 129 || August 22 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 130 || August 23 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 131 || August 24 || @ Phillies || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 132 || August 25 || @ Yankees || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 133 || August 26 || @ Yankees || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 134 || August 27 || @ Yankees || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 135 || August 29 || Rays || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 136 || August 30 || Rays || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 137 || August 31 || Rays || || || || || || |||- |- style="background:#;"| 138 || September 1 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 139 || September 2 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 140 || September 3 || Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 141 || September 5 || @ Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 142 || September 6 || @ Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 143 || September 7 || @ Cubs || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 144 || September 8 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 145 || September 9 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 146 || September 10 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 147 || September 11 || @ Marlins || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 148 || September 12 || Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 149 || September 13 || Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 150 || September 14 || Pirates || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 151 || September 15 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 152 || September 16 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 153 || September 17 || Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 154 || September 19 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 155 || September 20 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 156 || September 21 || @ Mets || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 157 || September 22 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 158 || September 23 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 159 || September 24 || @ Braves || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 160 || September 26 || White Sox || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 161 || September 27 || White Sox || || || || || || |||- style="background:#;"| 162 || September 28 || White Sox || || || || || || |||-

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mears . Stephen G. "Ghost" . October 9, 2022 . Eight reasons for some optimism for the 2023 Washington Nationals! . October 13, 2022 . TalkNats.com.
  2. Web site: Reddington . Patrick . October 13, 2022 . Washington Nationals' 2023 Roster: Versatile Lane Thomas part of future in D.C. . October 13, 2022 . Federal Baseball.
  3. Web site:
    1. Nationals XX(B) free agents announced today by MLB: Jacob Barnes, Patrick Corbin, Trevor Williams
    . Byron. Kerr. November 1, 2024. November 4, 2024.
  4. News: Joey Gallo to hit free agency after Nationals decline option. ESPN. November 3, 2024. November 4, 2024.
  5. Web site: The Nationals made the following roster moves. Nationals Communications. November 4, 2024. November 4, 2024.
  6. News: Nationals Non-Tender Kyle Finnegan. MLB Trade Rumors. Steve. Adams. November 22, 2024. November 22, 2024.
  7. News: Orioles' Thaddeus Ward: Scooped up by Baltimore. CBS Sports. November 4, 2024. November 4, 2024.
  8. News: Nats add Hassell III and Lara to roster, protecting them from Rule 5 Draft. MLB.com. Jessica. Camerato. November 19, 2024. November 22, 2024.
  9. News: Rafters surprise Saguaros for first Arizona Fall League crown since 2019. MiLB.com. November 17, 2024. November 22, 2024. Kelsie. Heneghan.

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