by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
The Washington Nationals made their two required moves to bring their roster to 28 players for the annual September 1 roster expansion. There was no top prospect added at this time, but two players get a chance to show what they have. The two additions required three roster moves. Reliever Amos Willingham was added back to the roster, and the position player was Travis Blankenhorn. Since he was not on the 40-man roster, the Nats DFA’d RHP Rico Garcia.
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The Washington Nationals have a 7:05 pm game tonight and will submit their lineup card in about 4-to-5 hours from now. They are expected to make left-handed outfielder/first baseman Travis Blankenhorn official as a September 1 callup, as well as a reliever, most likely Amos Willingham to raise the roster to 28-players. To make room for Blankenhorn, the Nats will need to clear a 40-man roster spot — most likely as a DFA. There was no shocking add-ons through a waiver claim or even a promotion of a top prospect like James Wood.
Just kind of — it is what it is — and you hope what Blankenhorn has accomplished in Triple-A translates to MLB. It has not quite worked out that way for Jake Alu or Jacob Young … yet. It didn’t work out for Derek Hill or Blake Rutherford. The game is much harder than it looks, and most players don’t get much of a chance to prove themselves. You better do it quickly. Both Alu and Young have helped the Nats win games already — but then again, so did Jeter Downs and he was sent back to Triple-A and might be the odd man out in a DFA.
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The Washington Nationals are finally back home after an exhausting road trip. This game is the first in a 4-game series against the Marlins, and the final game before rosters expand to 28 players tomorrow. With the Nats maintaining a six-man rotation, they have been a man short in the bullpen and will be back up to eight tomorrow with their relievers. Actually make that nine relievers quite possibly tomorrow because LHP Joe La Sorsa is back with the team after MacKenzie Gore departed for bereavement leave.
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The Washington Nationals won a squeaker last night to ratchet their one-run win record this year to 22-19. With a 2-run lead in the 9th inning, closer Kyle Finnegan, got himself in trouble with bases loaded and no outs, and notched the save by only allowing one-run to score.
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The Washington Nationals took a step backwards with Josiah Gray as he continues his slide since the All-Star break and is now over a 4.00 ERA. Gray actually has the worst second half ERA on the team at 5.79 compared to his All-Star worthy 3.45 in the first half of the season. While some of his FIP and WHIP peripherals kept showing he was in the danger zone — he adeptly worked out of trouble in most games in the first half of the season — and that has not been the case lately. Is it arm fatigue or just poor mechanics? Probably both, but you have to wonder why he just isn’t getting much swing-and-miss these days. Part of it could be that he reshaped his curveball for more horizontal movement and he added a “sweeper” which is more of a slurvy pitch. The problem is he is not locating these pitches to look like strikes and the walks are piling up.
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The Washington Nationals made a few roster moves afted yesterday’s finale in Miami and before Monday night’s game in Toronto.
The Washington Nationals announced they selected the contract of Drew Millas, optioned OF Blake Rutherford, and placed RHP Carl Edwards Jr. on the 60-day IL. Millas made his debut tonight as a pinch-hitter.
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The Washington Nationals are north of the border for a series with Toronto. After this game, there are only 30 games remaining in the season, and this is the final sprint to the finish line in this marathon.
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