Nats offseason calendar: GM Meetings, Winter Meetings, then camp

Offseason activities to watch

The Nationals have no more 2026 regular-season games. The DMV beat now follows league calendar windows — dates below use the usual MLB pattern and will be tightened when the league posts hard stamps.

Calendar beats

• Locker cleanout — done Sun Sep 27 after Game 162
• GM Meetings — mid-November (typical window; dates TBA)
• Rule 5 protection / non-tender — mid–late November (deadlines TBA)
• Winter Meetings — early December · San Diego (exact days TBA; Rule 5 Draft usually lands on the last day)
• Pitchers and catchers — mid-February 2027 (club report TBA)
• Spring games — follow once Grapefruit League openers post

CBA talks are still live league-wide. If free-agency or transaction windows shift, Sport DMV will rewrite the calendar — we will not invent a lockout timeline.

Sport DMV read

Offseason coverage is a calendar beat first, rumor beat second. Prefer a dated window over silence; prefer “TBA” over a fake tip.

The Nationals page and /events carry the same markers.

*Thursday desk, Oct. 1, 2026. Calendar pattern from MLB offseason practice; Winter Meetings city from published 2026 listing.*