Nats Release 2024 Spring Training Broadcast Schedule (UPDATED)
I guess this is the Nats’ PR telling us “bloggers” to STFU about no news?! And it’s certainly a far cry from three years ago.
This year it’s seven games on MASN, and perhaps one or two more on the MLB Network if/when the interns get around to updating this page one on the MLB Network, seven games on 106.7FM (three overlapping if you want to mute MASN and try to line up the radio feed), six on nats.com, two on 980AM, and one game on 1580AM.
Here’s your handy, easier-to-read chart:
| Day | Date | Time (ET) | Opponent | Network(s) |
| Sat. | Feb. 24 | 6:05 p.m. | vs. Astros | nats.com |
| Sun. | Feb. 25 | 1:10 p.m. | @ Marlins | 106.7 FM |
| Tue. | Feb. 27 | 1 p.m. | @ Astros | MLB Network |
| Wed. | Feb. 28 | 1:05 p.m. | vs. Red Sox | MASN |
| Fri. | Mar. 1 | 1:05 p.m. | vs. Astros | nats.com |
| Sat. | Mar. 2 | 1:05 p.m. | @ Red Sox | 106.7 FM |
| Sun. | Mar. 3 | 1:05 p.m. | vs. Marlins | MASN/nats.com |
| Mon. | Mar. 4 | 1:05 p.m. | vs. Cardinals | 1580AM |
| Sat. | Mar. 9 | 12:05 p.m. | @ Astros | MASN |
| Mon. | Mar. 11 | 1:05 p.m. | @ Cardinals | nats.com |
| Tue. | Mar. 12 | 6:05 p.m. | vs. Mets | 106.7FM |
| Wed. | Mar. 13 | 1:1o p.m. | @ Marlins | 980 AM |
| Thu. | Mar. 14 | 6:05 p.m. | vs. Astros | nats.com |
| Fri. | Mar. 15 | 3:10 p.m. | @ Mets Spring Breakout |
nats.com |
| Fri. | Mar. 15 | 6:10 p.m. | @ Mets | MASN/106.7FM |
| Sat. | Mar. 16 | 12:05 p.m. | vs. Cardinals | 106.7 FM |
| Sun. | Mar. 17 | 1:05 p.m. | vs. Mets | MASN/106.7FM |
| Mon. | Mar. 18 | 6:05 p.m. | @ Astros | 980 AM |
| Fri. | Mar. 22 | 6:05 p.m. | @ Astros | MASN |
| Tue. | Mar. 26 | 12:05 p.m. | @/vs. Nats @ At Nationals Park |
MASN/106.7FM |
It’s not embarrassing that, with the exception of the season-ending exhibition, the Nats’ flagship station can’t be bothered to interrupt their weekday blath…er coverage of the Commanders. Nope. Not at all.
So, anything happening this weekend?
There is a lefty pre season All American for Dave Van Horn @ Arkansas
Hagen Smith
Could the film title by Frank Capra ring again in June ?
Mr Smith Goes to Washington?
Is Jessie Winklers spring pact including an opt out clause at the end of camp ? Or could he end up on Red Wings with the other left handed bats ?
Baseball is meant to be “watched” on AM radio. My dad listened to Arch McDonald create games from the teletype, and I listened to Arch from the ballparks from 1954 until the Nats pushed him aside. Then the great, great, super-great Bob Wolf. Charley and Dave, now, are terrific. Of course, Bob had the history to put everything in context, having done Nationals / Senators games since 1947, and Bob had the perfect voice, but C&D can paint a picture of the game as well as anyone.
I won’t care about having so few televised games as long as we can enjoy radio.
(Can’t remember who announced the game, but I was listening over my crystal radio, hidden under the pillow in West Hyattsville, as Tom Cheney pitch THAT game. If you are too young to know what was Cheney’s great game, follow the play by play here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL196209120.shtml)
Yup. The answer to the question: Who struck out the most batters in an MLB game? Nobody ever gets that right, nor do they ever get it right about the answer to what’s the record for the most strikeouts in a nine-inning game? (Hint: You can find the answer on the “Road Trips” page for 2010).
Crossed fingers on a healthy Winkler .
Thanks for this. Would be curious to know who the Nats’ preseason coverage stacks up against the other MLB teams. Seems like a lot, if not most, have radio coverage for every pre-season game, and televise more than 7 games, but not certain.
Also agree with the 24/7 Commanders comment about the mind-numbing coverage on the local sports radio. Up until this past season, the Orioles were pathetic in recent years, but was always amazed at the in-season coverage the Orioles received on local sports radio when in Baltimore. Not only did daily sports talk cover the Orioles, their current opponent and all related MLB issues, but every sports radio host had in depth knowledge of the O’s minor league prospects and would spend segments talking about the strengths and weaknesses within the O’s farm system.
Here, even when the Nats were contending, you were lucky to find a single a segment per show on DC radio about the Nats and the topics would never get below the surface (e.g., will the Nats sign Soto was about as deep as it would get). Then, we would get the rest of the hour would focus on the Commanders’ 4th string TE from South America.