TalkNats complains about fans not supporting the team enough. This may mean they can’t afford Juan Soto.

So while fans on the great social media underground society of (mostly) anonymity can blast Nats ownership, how many fans are cracking open their wallets to support their team? Exactly. There is a group of fans that will scream insults from their computer keyboards but won’t support the team at the turnstile. The Nats attendance tells a factual story that only 1.967 million showed up at Nats Park in 2024. The Phillies beat that number by well over 1 million.

While I do not believe it when people say Washington isn’t a baseball town, the issue is that Nats fans are comprised of too many bandwagon fans. They show up when the team is winning. They show up for Opening Day and events. That isn’t enough. The team and the players want a constant flow of the energy like what they felt when the Yankees were in Nationals Park in August. How do we know that? The players were commenting on the great crowds and atmosphere.

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The complaint here is that the team draws 2.4 to 2.6 million when they are going good, but on 1.8 to 2.0 million when they are playing poorly. I think a lot of teams would be happy with two million fans when they are finishing in fourth or fifth place. Take, for example, the Royals who went to 2.7 million in 2015, the year after they won the pennant and the year they won the series. They came in at about 1.3 million in 2022 and 2023, and only got up to 1.6 million this season.

I’m sorry, but if fans support their team at 75 to 80% of top attendance when the team is down, that strikes me as a pretty good fan base.

The Nationals should bring Juan Soto home.