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A Washington National Fantisy Draft Franchise!

From the creator of: Tring to Repair out wings franchise

At the end of the great '09 season MLB Commissioner Bud Selig made it clear that the teams are unfair and will make a draft of all players in the MLB and the MiLB and the teams will start from scratch. Obviously World Series Champions Yankees and Runner up Team the Phillies were not pleased at all. Washington was unfortunately one of the last teams in the draft order and had to use this draft as an advantage. But it doesn’t look to great for Washington. After the draft, finally spring training started and after firing their old coach and bringing in a new one (Caboose) let’s see how this will turn out for this Washington Team!

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Hitting

Starting Lineup:

SS David Eckstein 72

2B Aaron Hill 86

1B Prince Fielder 91

LF Jack Cust 76

RF Nelson Cruz 84

CF John Mayberry Jr. 71*

C Buster Posey 74*

3B Alexis Castilla 69*

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On The Bench:

C Gregg Zaun 72

1B Andy Tracy 70

SS Mike McCoy 66*

SS Luis Heenandez 67

LF Derrick Dunn 69*

CF Joey Gathright 72

Colour Key

Black: On the MLB Roster in the Regular Season

Red:Going to get Sent Down to AAA/AA/A at the start of the season

* Beside the Overall rating and name: A rookie eligible player

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Piching

Starting Pitching:

1 A.J. Burnett 84

2 John Lannan 78

3 Daisuke Matsuzaka 77

4 Tim Wakefield 74

5 Yusmeiro Petit 72

Bullpen:

LR Mark Hendrickson 75

MR B.J. Ryan 62

MR Juan Gutierrez 72

MR Matt Palmer 72

SU Manny Delcarman 72

CL Leo Nunez 76

Colour Key

Black: On the MLB Roster in the Regular Season

Red:Going to get Sent Down to AAA/AA/A at the start of the season

* Beside the Overall rating and name: A rookie eligible player

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The Transactions:

March 2nd:

Nationals Get: UTIL Alixis Castilla 69

Brewers Get: SS Brett Lillibridge 68, 1B Greg Norton (AAA) 69, C Dusty Ryan (AAA) 65

Nationals Get: OF Nelson Cruz 84, INF Mike Conine 66

Giants Get: OF Matt Stairs 72, OF Rocco Baldelli 75, 1B Daneil Murphy 75

March 5:

Nationals Get: SP Daisuke Matsuzaka

Braves Get: 3B Emillio Bonifacio

Nationals Get: OF Jack Cust

Red Sox Get: OF Ken Griffy Jr. OF Sam Flud

April 5:

Nationals Get: 2B/SS David Eckstien

Astros Get: 2B/SS Emanuel Burres, SS Juan Castro

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Stats and Rankings

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Game Night!!

It is the New York Yankees at the Washington Nationals for a Grapefruit Matchup!!

How will the Nats fair in Spring Training '10?? Will See Tonight on 2K Sports, The First Spring Game For the Nationals!!!

Todays Match up!

Washington Nationals: A.J. Burnett - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

New York Yankees: Felix Hernandez - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Washington Nationals Lineup and Defence

New York Yankees Lineup and Defence

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A Pitchers Game.. But Someone Had to Win, Yankees Win 1-0

The two great starters A.J. and Felix had very strong outings but Felix took the win by one run. A.J had a perfect game into the sixth then a single by the apposing pitcher, Filex and scored on a triple by Endy Chavez. But that dosn't mean the nats didn't have chanses to score. Rocco Baldelli hit a double with two outs and Buster Posey grounded out. And with Fielder on second and Griffy on first and Matt Stairs grounds into a double play with no outs. After all this, Mariano Rivera came out of the bullpen to close the game and did just that as Yankees win 1-0

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1- Rocco Baldelli with a double with two outs in the second.

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2&3 Rocco Baldelli strikes out but the ball gets away and reaches safely without a throw.

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4&5 With the tieing run at second and go-ahead run on first with no outs, Matt Stairs grounds into a double play

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6&7 A triple ny Chavez scoring in the only run. The Scorer was opposing pitcher Felix Hernadez. 1-0 Yankees Lead

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8&9 Mariano Rivera gets the final out from a fly ball off Prince Fielder.

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Key Players

Prince Fielder and Aaron Hill will obviously be the star power hitters of this new Nationals. Batting in the 2 and 3 holes of this lineup, these young hitters will be projected as the top player of this team with thier power. Last year they put up monster numbers as Aaron Hill and Prince Fielder had second place in their league in homers and in the top five in RBIs.

John Maybury Jr. is still rookie eligible so he has a task to head over and win the rookie of the year award. This rookie is still young and has very little experience, and with the number of veterens on the ball club, he is sure to improve and stick to this team for the coming years.

Ken Griffy Jr. was once the leauges feared hitters is now reaching close to the end of his carrer. As the injures got to him he started to drop numbers. Age was another problem as he is 38, the only thing he can do other than provide clutch hits is to teach fellow rookies like John Maybury Jr. to be exelent like he was before.

Tim Wakefield and AJ Burnett are the core veterens in this starting rotation. These pitchers have tasted victory twice (AJ in '03 with the Marlins and '09 with Yankees, Wakefield '04 and '07 with the Red Sox) and hopefully bring thier share of expierences to players such as John Lannen who has still alot to learn.

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Game Night!!

It is the the Washington Nationals at the Boston Red Sox for a Grapefruit Matchup!!

After dropping the first game lets see if the Nationals can win thier first game of spring traning against the Red Sox!

Todays Match up!

Washington Nationals: John Lannen - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Boston Red Sox: Ricky Nolasko - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Washington Nationals Lineup and Defence

Boston Red Sox Lineup and Defence

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The First Nats Victory 8-1 Blowout Against Red Sox!!

The first win for the Nationals comes against a power house AL team the Boston Red Sox. But it was no ordinary win as it was a 7 run win with some great pitching. Lannen came out and struck out 7 and allowing no runs and five hits in only 6 innings. This is how Nolasco's day went, after three hitless innings, Banafacio got out, and Hill came up with one down and got the first hit with a solo homerun to left field. Next batter DH Prince Fielder swong and smashed the first pitch to center, Fielder walked slowley thinking it was a homerun when all of a sudden it hit the top of the wall, after Fielder found out it wasn't gone the ball was already in the fielders hand and threw it to the cuttoff man, but Fielder's slide into second beat the tag by just milliseconds! Then Griffy Jr. hit the 2-1 pitch and hit it up the middle, Fielder was rounding thired and then just before he got close to the plate, the catcher had the ball in his hand and was blocking the plate, Fielders only smart choise it to shift his weight to his slam at the catcher and the catcher let go of the ball and he was called safe on the play at home plate! The next batter Matt Stairs with Griffy on first hit a double, Griffy tried to score from first but got tagged at the plate putting Matt Stairs at second with two out. Next Rocco Baldelli hit a single up the middle but Stairs with his slow speed stade on first, now it was a man on first and third with two down for Daniel Murphy. He took his first pitch up the middle which brought in Stairs, by then they lead by 3 runs. The next inning was more trouble with back-to-back doubles after a single by Bonafacio from Aaron Hill and Prince Fielder. On that play they scored two so they lead 5-0 at that time. After Griffy got out, Matt Stairs launched a two run shot into the stands giving them the 7-0 lead. The 7th inning brought in yet another run with Hill's second homer of the day giving them the 8-0 lead. Then the sox get on the board, with two outs Jerry Hariston Jr. hit a triple past Stairs, and then Pedroia hit a double to cashe in Hariston to get a run of Carlos Villanueva. Then the rest of the bullpen finished the game getting the win for the Nationals and John Lannen.

Left: Aaron hill Hits a homer in the fourth - Right: Prince Fielder hitting a double to center

Left: Griffy Jr. hits a RBI single up the middle. - Right: Prince Fielder ramming the catcher and knocking the ball loose and he was called safe

Rocco Balldeli hitting a single that drives in Stairs

Aaron Hill and Prince Fielder's Back-to-back doubles.

Matt Stairs and Aaron Hill go yard.

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BREAKING NEWS!!

The Posision Swap:

Washington found a new posision for Maybury Jr., he can play Shortstop as one of his known and practised posision. He will be replacing Lillibridge and will still be batting in the eighth hole, before the pitcher. He is still rookie elidgible and has a bigger chanse to win if he is in the starting line up. But it diddn't matter for Lillibridge because he is leaving for a trade.

The Trade:

The Nats and the Brew Crew have finalized a deal to send SS Brett Lillibridge (MLB), 1B Greg Norton (AAA), C Dusty Ryan (AAA) for 20 year old rookie utility man Alexis Castilla (MLB). Caboose said the following comments: "I needed someone to take Mayberry and Lillibridge's posisions on the bench, so we hired a rookie utility man who can handle both outfield and infield, he is also a great contact hitter". He is signed to a 6 year/475K deal.

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Game Night!!

It is the the Washington Nationals at the Tampa Bay Rays for a Grapefruit Matchup!!

Can the Nats go 2-1 with thier knuckleballer Tim Wakefield? Take a nap then catch the slow game here on MVPMods!

Todays Match up!

Washington Nationals: Tim Wakefield - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Tampa Bay Rays: Brandon Morrow - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Washington Nationals Lineup and Defence

Tampa Bay Rays Lineup and Defence

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The Second Nats Victory 3-0 Shutout Against the Rays!!

The Nationals played there third game today against the Rays and won thier second strate with a shutout. The offence started was started with the first inning after a walk to Bonifacio, double by Hill, and walk to Fielder with no out loads the bases, and Griffy Jr., Stairs, and Murphy got three strate outs scoreing no one. In the third Aaron Hill doubles and will come home on a Stairs RBI double. Then in the fifth after a walk to Prince Fielder, he will score on another Stairs double. Then finally in the six inning Aaron Hill doubled in Maybury Jr. Then the bullpen will hold the Wakefield win and Leo Nunez gets his first save of spring!

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1&2 Aaron Hill doubles in the third inning

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3&4 Matt Stairs doubles in Hill in the third. Nationals Lead 1-0

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5&6 Matt Stairs doubles in Fielder in the fifth. Nationals Lead 2-0

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7&8 Aaron Hill doubles in Mayburry Jr. Nationals Lead 3-0

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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!

San Fransisco Giants agreed to terms with the Nationals to send thier backup outfielder Nelson Cruz and rookie infilder Mark Conine for the National's Matt Stairs, Rocco Baldelli, and Daniel Murphy. Nelson Cruz will play Right Field shifting Griffy Jr. to Center Field. Mayberry Jr will play Left Field filling in for Matt Stairs and new rookie utility man from the Brewers Alexis Castillo will play Short Stop. Mark Conine will probably be sent down for assignment to either AA or AAA at the begining of the season. Nelson Cruz is happy to join the Nats as a starter as he was a backup for Bobby Abreu for the Giants.

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Game Night!!

It is the the Washington Nationals at the Florida Marlins for a Grapefruit Matchup!!

Can the Nats go 3-1 today, we will see!! Catch the game here on MVPMods!

Todays Match up!

Washington Nationals: Yusmeiro Petit - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Florida Marlens: David Price - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Washington Nationals Lineup and Defence

Florida Marlins Lineup and Defence

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Nats drop this game due to a sloppy bullpen 8-7 against Marlins

This game was looking to be a close one. The game contained two new players making starts, Nelson Cruz and Alexis Castilla. Nelson Cruz went 0-3 with a walk, and Alexis Castilla went 1-4 with a single. The Nats were first to strike, with two men on and two out, Griffy Jr. triples in the two baserunners and Nats led by 2. But the Marlens counter back to tie the game. Melky Cabrerra doubles in Matt Kemp from first then he'll move to third on a single by Aramis Ramirez, then Kyle Blanks hit a sac fly to score Cabrerra in from third. The top of the second, Nats get thier lead back, as Alexis Ramirez hits a single, then a sac bunt by the pitcher, then scores on Emilio's single to give the Nats the one run advantage. There are more runs in the third, as Hill will single then score on a Fielder double. Then in the forth after two strate singles from Kemp and Rasmus, the double steal was on and they were both safe. Aramis hits one to short, then throws it to Gregg Zaun, and there was a colision at the plate, and Zaun dropped the ball so Kemp was safe, the very next batter, Blanks, hits a three run homer, to give them the one run lead.

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EDIT IN PROGRESS

Nats drop this game due to a sloppy bullpen 8-7 against Marlins

This game was looking to be a close one. The game contained two new players making starts, Nelson Cruz and Alexis Castilla. Nelson Cruz went 0-3 with a walk, and Alexis Castilla went 1-4 with a single. The Nats were first to strike, with two men on and two out, Griffy Jr. triples in the two baserunners and Nats led by 2. But the Marlens counter back to tie the game. Melky Cabrerra doubles in Matt Kemp from first then he'll move to third on a single by Aramis Ramirez, then Kyle Blanks hit a sac fly to score Cabrerra in from third. The top of the second, Nats get thier lead back, as Alexis Ramirez hits a single, then a sac bunt by the pitcher, then scores on Emilio's single to give the Nats the one run advantage. There are more runs in the third, as Hill will single then score on a Fielder double. Then in the forth after two strate singles from Kemp and Rasmus, the double steal was on and they were both safe. Aramis hits one to short, then throws it to Gregg Zaun, and there was a colision at the plate, and Zaun dropped the ball so Kemp was safe, the very next batter, Blanks, hits a three run homer, to give them the one run lead.

The Pics:

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I like your franchise. How do you get your pics pasted on here, all I can do is thumbnails. Keep up the nice work!!

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I like your franchise. How do you get your pics pasted on here, all I can do is thumbnails. Keep up the nice work!!

Thanks man!! You use a photo sharing website to upload your photos (i use Flikr). Then after uploading you grab the .jpg link. Then after grabbing the link, go to use full editor on this site, then click the picture icon. Then Insert the pic link in the empty space of that little box from the icon. Thats it!!!

But now it is to much of a hastle because u are allowed 10 pics per post so next time ill use video hilights!!!

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Game Night!!

It is the Washington Nationals at the Atlanta Braves for a Grapefruit Matchup!!

The Nats are tring to get a win after yesterdays loss as they send Sean Hill to the mound tonight at MVPMods!

Todays Match up!

Washington Nationals: Sean Hill - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Atlanta Braves: Derek Lowe - 0-0 - 0.00 ERA

Washington Nationals Lineup and Defence

Atlanta Braves Lineup and Defence

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Nats rally late thanks to good bench, ties the game in the 8th and won in the 11th 5-2!!

This game was a hard one agains Lowe for the Nationals but Sean Hill was easy for Atlanta. Lets go to the second, Veratik hits a triple, Maybury Jr. tried to grab it but will miss and it will hit the wall and he'll have a triple. Then with two outs Mark Tehan hits a single which scores Veritek, Braves lead one nothing. In the fifth after a single and an infield hit, Adam Jones will single and that brings in David Murphy, Braves up two. In the seventh, Nats will score after a double to left by Bonifacio and an RBI single by Hill casheing in Bonifacio. In the eighth, veteren pinch hitter Andy Tracy hits a single with two outs. Then he'll get pinch runned by Gathright, and he'll steal second. After stealing the base Bonifacio will single in Gathright to tie the game. Then in the eleventh, with no outs, rookie outfielder Derrick Dunn will pinch hit the pitcher to start the inning, and will single. SS Emanuel Burris will pinch run and will start the Hit n Run play, and Bonifacio singles on the play and Burris will put the brakes on third. Then with Hill batting Bonifacio will steal second with no throw. That is second and third with no out, then Hill will ground into a fielders choise as Burris was out at home plate. So Prince Fielder comes on with a man on third and first one out. The first pitch he swings and .... JACKS HIS FIRST HOMER THIS SPRING!! A three run homer gives them the 5-2 lead, then Leo Nunez will come in and shut the door, as the Nats win 5-2.

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Hope u enjoy!! Can some one tell me how I can make the video quality better? It suck and I used movie maker and I directly uploaded it through the Youtube widget.