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For Joan Adon, you have to take advantage of your opportunities. He is getting the start today in place of the injured Jackson Tetreault.  Continue reading →

This is all about Cade Cavalli, and the game he put together for Triple-A Rochester Red Wings. Clearly, an ace is supposed to go deep into games, and dominate batters while allowing few ( or in this case, none) to score. Mission accomplished as the Nats first-rounder of the 2020 draft threw 7.0 scoreless innings with only two baserunners via hits, no walks, and seven punchies. An absolute gem. Sure, this is Triple-A, not the Majors. But after a Fangraphs evaluator this week wrote his doubts about Cavalli, maybe there was some extra motivation from the kid out of Oklahoma. He delivered.

Also, Cavalli was selected to rhe 23rd SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game features the top Minor League prospects competing as part of All-Star Saturday. It is Cavalli’s second selection for that All-Star team, and joining him will be Darren Baker, a first-time selection.

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Last night, the Washington Nationals were missing two of their big bats in the lineup as Juan Soto was nursing his calf strain, and Nelson Cruz was dealing with a stomach issue. Cruz, the team’s DH, is out again today, and Soto will take his spot at DH. Continue reading →

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The Washington Nationals might be happy to see any team other than the Miami Marlins, and the team is in Philadelphia for a three-game series against the Phillies. While Juan Soto‘s status is unknown at this hour, we do know that the Phillies best player, Bryce Harper, won’t be playing for several weeks — to possibly months after a fractured thumb had to be surgically repaired.

As it was, Harper was not playing in the outfield due to a partial tear of his UCL that kept him from throwing, and if not for the designated hitter put into the rulebook in the NL this year, Harper might not have played at all this season. Continue reading →

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Yesterday afternoon, the Washington Nationals were hitless but not lifeless through six innings. Starting pitcher Erick Fedde turned in another one of those starts that did not look pretty, but really was when you looked at the scoreboard. Fedde held the Marlins to just two runs over those six innings, and the team’s best player this year, Josh Bell, broke up Pablo Lopez‘s no-hitter on the 85th pitch of the game. In fact, Bell would later score the Nats’ first run soon after, and the game would be tied at 2-2 going into the eighth inning when Bell would put the Nats on top 3-2 with a home run. Continue reading →

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The Washington Nationals will go into the second half of this season with a losing record and last place in the NL East. Their record at the end of the game will either be 30-51 or 29-52, and that puts the team on a pace of 60-102 or 58-104 for the full season. Both are horrible, but both should help the Nats secure another top draft pick next year to add to the farm system.

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Another news break from the Washington Nationals came by surprise with no leaks in the team’s announcement that both G.M. Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez had their options picked up for 2023. Continue reading →

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We are nearing the mathematical mid-point of the season this weekend after Sunday’s game, and the Washington Nationals are now hovering at that 20-games under .500 mark on the season. That’s not good when you consider the Nats were thought to be a 71-91 team on the season, and in order to get there, they would have to play .500 baseball for the rest of the season. Continue reading →