The Nats Thread

Space wrote:
What's the deal with ticket prices? Before this year I've always found decent seats for super cheap. Now the  decent seats aren't cheap, only the crap ones are.

i feel like this has been changing for a while now… baltimore is a much better deal and experience….


but i think it may have more to do with bryce harper than scherzer…. people really want to see bryce…

there is a differnece between the secondary and primary markets.. i'm talking about the secondary market… if cheap tickets are no longer easy to find it stands to reason people want them more.. the only reason i can think of is that people want to see the MVP etc

if you're talking about the primary market then i guess the reason would be the nats raised prices…

Thurston wrote:

Space wrote:
What's the deal with ticket prices? Before this year I've always found decent seats for super cheap. Now the  decent seats aren't cheap, only the crap ones are.

i feel like this has been changing for a while now… baltimore is a much better deal and experience….


but i think it may have more to do with bryce harper than scherzer…. people really want to see bryce…

there is a differnece between the secondary and primary markets.. i'm talking about the secondary market… if cheap tickets are no longer easy to find it stands to reason people want them more.. the only reason i can think of is that people want to see the MVP etc

if you're talking about the primary market then i guess the reason would be the nats raised prices…

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was talking 100% about the secondary market (Seatgeek, Stubhub). Through last year, I always found tickets in the $9-$18 range in the area around Section 203. Now this year that area looks to be in the $40 range.

On this date in 2015:  Washington: 9-13

On this date in 2016: 14-7

I can't imagine why people would want to pay more….

i kind of think bryce winning the mvp is a big part of getting people out to the games…bigger than the fact they are off to a hot start….

maybe space you remember how easy it was to get tickets el cheapo when they were doing great in previous years.. if it was a lot easier then i think then the winning record this year would not be a great explanation


also, they may be developing more of a fan base.. people start to make plans to see the nats more etc..but that wouldn't explain a sudden jump


maybe the fact its early in the season might explain it.. it may be tougher right now cause they haven't had that many home games yet?

Thurston wrote:
i kind of think bryce winning the mvp is a big part of getting people out to the games…bigger than the fact they are off to a hot start….

maybe space you remember how easy it was to get tickets el cheapo when they were doing great in previous years.. if it was a lot easier then i think then the winning record this year would not be a great explanation


also, they may be developing more of a fan base.. people start to make plans to see the nats more etc..but that wouldn't explain a sudden jump


maybe the fact its early in the season might explain it.. it may be tougher right now cause they haven't had that many home games yet?

I think it goes beyond the record (though I'm not denying that could play some role), all of your suggestions seem feasible.

It also could be just a smaller amount of tickets available in the secondary markets this year, and that's keeping the prices high…in the sections I'm looking at, there are just very few actual tickets available compared to previous years…

Guess I'll be in no rush to buy…I am going to my first Orioles game in several years next weekend.

You can get decent deals through the Nats site. Just look up Nationals coupon codes and just plug them in. I've brought 80 dollars tickets down to 40 or so by using random coupon codes. They also knock the cheap seats down a good bit too.

vansmack wrote:
After tonight, Spring Training will finally be over for the Nats.

Looking forward to seeing what this team is really all about.

off to a decent start

brennser wrote:
off to a decent start

Particularly impressive given that Harper didn't have a hit the entire series, yet they still put up almost 6 runs a game.  Fantastic pitching all weekend.

By game 3, not switching Murphy and Zim was questionable, but defensible.

By game 4 it was downright stubborn Dusty Baker.

Get ready for that all season…

Against the best team in baseball though. Hard lesson to learn. Insane that Zim couldn't do dick. He left 14 runners stranded YESTERDAY.

If these rumors of a Strasburg Extension are true, that's a huge sign for the Nat's future. It means theres at least a chance Harper might no go to Free Agency…

7 years for $175 million  :o

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
7 years for $175 million  :o

Could be a bargain, but I'm really waiting for the annual values.  I'm eager to see how much they are spending in 2019 with $42m committed to Scherzer and $18m to Zimmerman.

Strasburg?s seven-year, $175-million deal, agreed to on Monday and to be announced Tuesday at a news conference at Nationals Park, will actually be paid out over 14 years, according to a person with direct knowledge of the contract. Strasburg will receive $70 million, with no interest, after the deal expires in 2023.

The breakdown: Strasburg will receive $15 million annually from 2017-23, and then $10 million per year from 2024-30. This helps the Nationals in two ways: keeping payroll lower in the near term, and also lowering the actual value of the entire package. The Nationals, the person said, figure the deal is actually akin to about $162 million if it were paid out only over the seven-year life of the contract.

Angels acquire Brendan Ryan from the Nats.

I am really surprised by this contract for Stras..been thinking about it… its a huge gamble on a guy that has had a lot of issues being a workhorse/reliable starter…and at times has not been close to dominant

If I'd have to pick between Stras and Jordan Zimmerman I would have picked JZim any day…. the Nats must know something I don't..

I would not have made this decision

Harper gets one game suspension.

Max Scherzer is a mad man. Good to see him have that solid off of a game after a shaky start to his season.

Zimm is about to get Pipp'd by Turner.

that doesnt make any sense.

its espinosa or stephen drew whose job is at stake. dannys glove isnt valuable enough to justify him in the lineup instead of zimmerman