I am maintaining a tally of Nationals team Wins Above Replacement (WAR) at my Nationals team blog, FireJimBowden.blogspot.com, and will update it periodically as the team's roster takes shape.

I'm using Tango's method for hitters and the Dodger Sims method for pitchers. I'm using Bill James's projections from Fangraphs for offense and pitching for most players and Marcel for players James doesn't project.

Defensive projections are simply an average of the 2008 UZR/150 and Rate2. For a few players who had so few opportunities in 2008, these defensive metrics were too skewed by sample sizes, so I just substituted average defense for these guys.

Offensive playing time is entirely my best guess, but innings projections are from James (or Marcel if James didn't project the player). Because of the holes in the bullpen I'm filling 120 innings with TBD replacement-level pitchers. (Although if those innings go to the likes of Jorge Sosa we'll be longing for replacement.)