“Simply stepping up our game is not enough. We need real change.” Mike DeBartolo’s first days on what may or may not be his full-time job made it clear: Things will be different. On a sea change, and what’s next. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

Check this out: Mike Rizzo is picking up beers for Nats fans at a couple of D.C. bars for a couple hours on Monday night before the Home Run Derby. A way to say thanks.

Chatter with scouts, agents, execs ahead of the Nats with the No. 1 pick in tonight's MLB draft: * Nats are being verrrry quiet about their intentions. * LSU LHP Kade Anderson and Oklahoma prep SS Eli Willits come up most. * Ethan Holliday hasn't been mentioned to me as likely.

Nats enter break losing 8 of 9, -34 run differential. Record: 38-58. Pace: 97-98 losses. Next step in the reboot: The top pick in the draft, just after 6 p.m. The final 2.5 months will include what Mike DeBartolo does at the deadline. Then: Will they make a big swing at GM?

Because so much of James Woods’s power is the opposite way, I kind of feel the HR Derby isn’t his wheelhouse. It’s a pull hitter’s game.

The Home Run Derby was a blast. The All-Star Game should be fun. Unfortunately, labor strife looms over it all. On MLB front offices preparing for a work stoppage that's a year-and-a-half out. Ugh. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

The first headache of the Peters-Quinn regime have arrived. Take some Advil, Adam and Dan. Make it go away. Take care of ⁦Terry McLaurin⁩. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

I spent the last week or so asking execs and agents about potential candidates to run the Washington Nationals' baseball operation. Here are some names that came up most frequently. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

Scottie Scheffler began the week by seemingly outlining an existential crisis. He wasn't. He was lowkey explaining his brilliance. On the British Open champ's fifth major -- and the mentality that could easily lead to five more. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

I’m an idiot. It was his fourth major. Sloppy. Thanks to those who pointed it out!

Ugh, we’re talking about the NFL team’s name again? Ugh, we’re talking about the NFL team’s name again. On what the president said now and what the president said in the past. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

So the below makes me happy for Dan, sad for the rest of us. People remember what a thoughtful, brilliant, funny bogger/columnist Dan was. What they don't know is how great an editor he is. Nineteen years ago, he crashed in my room in the Italian Alps. That's history! Congrats.

Right now, Terry McLaurin vs. Commanders is uncomfortable, not unprecedented. There’s time. On the story that matters from Ashburn. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

Team WaPo Sports (and ex-WaPo sports) headed to Cooperstown to see the great Tom Boswell inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. Yes we are driving in a minivan. (Sorry if you wanted NFL content). Cc Rick Maese Barry Svrluga Adam Kilgore)

MacKenzie Gore is the Nationals' best pitcher. He doesn't become a free agent for two-and-a-half more seasons. He should be part of the future. Trade him? It could shake up the league -- and help the Nats move forward. On an ace and the deadline ... washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…

I don’t believe this. I believe in the talent that remains. I believe in the institution and its mission. I believe new voices will emerge. Tough times, for sure. But we will persevere, and be valuable and important.

Hey, ⁦Post Sports⁩ , we’re still gonna get it done!

Trade Terry McLaurin? Don't worry. That ain't happening. On the star wideout's threat, and the ways an impasse can end. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/08…