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The Washington Nationals enter this Grapefruit League game at .500 with a 3-3-1 record, and we only wish that Spring Training records could be indicative of what the regular season’s record would be. The Nats would certainly take a .500 record for the 2023 regular season at 81-81. It might be a baseball miracle. But let’s stop dreaming, and talk about today’s game. Josiah Gray makes his second start of the season. There is no TV and probably no Statcast available to see or chart what Gray is throwing. His last start was all of nine pitches in a one-inning performance with no runs. What he was throwing in that start was a bit of a mystery. Cutters or sliders? Continue reading →

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Second time in a week, and the Washington Nationals will be facing their former ace Max Scherzer in a Grapefruit League game. Scherzer’s former Mets’ teammate, Trevor Williams is scheduled to start for the Nats. This game will be televised on the MLB app and some viewers will get to watch on the MLB Network. Continue reading →

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Maybe yesterday’s game, with multiple pitching changes during innings, will be more indicative of the length of a real baseball game at 2 hours and 30 minutes. Maybe ESPN slowed things down a little. Or maybe it was the injury timeouts. Starting pitcher Cory Abbott was nailed by a 112 mph shot off of his leg from Giancarlo Stanton then there were three HBPs on Washington Nationals’ batters, and a pulled hammy by Derek Hill that could end his spring. All-in-all, the Nats left Tampa with lots of bumps and bruises as well as Gerardo Carrillo‘s bruised ego after he surrendered a walk-off two-run homer to career minor leaguer, Carlos Narvaez, who has never played above High-A ball. On one-pitch, it’s the highs and lows of baseball. Continue reading →

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We have Washington Nationals baseball today on national TV. Thanks to Aaron Judge and the Yankees for getting ESPN to cover this game. In the NYC area, the YES Network will provide TV for the home team today in Tampa. These two teams will meet again at the end of March at Nationals Park to wrap up the preseason in an exhibition game two days prior to Opening Day. Recently, Steve Phillips of MLB Network Radio compared Nats’ top prospect James Wood to Judge. Well, today they will both be on the same field and maybe even taking a photo together. Come to think of it, Jim Bowden comp’d Wood to Giancarlo Stanton, and he’s playing for the Yankees in this game also.
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We have Washington Nationals baseball today, but unless you have someone streaming it from their camera for you or you are actually at the game, you are out of luck on the visual. But don’t fret, the Cardinals were kind enough to send a radio crew to the game, and that is available on the MLB app.
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It is Opening Day in Spring Training in the Grapefruit League for the Washington Nationals. We will also get our first game looks at MacKenzie Gore in a Nats uniform albeit the plan is to pitch him just one inning today. Also, we will get our first looks at life with mandatory pitch clocks, as well as new defensive shift rules.  Continue reading →