by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
There are so many sports clichés that we could use at a time like this, but the reality of the situation is the sum of all fears were reached yesterday. The Washington Nationals lost their two best position players to injuries this week, and most of the original depth behind them are injured. It got so dire that catcher Alex Avila had to play second base for the first time in his career. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals are literally limping into this series against the Dodgers, and the timing could not be worse considering the Dodgers are back to full strength in regards to their health. Not only are the Nats missing four key bullpen pieces on the IL, Trea Turner will miss another game with a jammed finger, and Jordy Mercer was moved to the 10-day IL and replaced by journeyman Humberto Arteaga. Continue reading
Trea Turner has emerged as a leader and a mentor as he was seen discussing strategy with the young Luis Garcia; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Nationals need an emergency middle-infielder, and they need one soon. Usually the protocol for having both of your shortstops injured would be to call up someone from the minors, unfortunately for the Nats, their two most MLB ready call ups in Luis Garcia and Carter Kieboom are both injured. Long-time utilityman Adrian Sanchez is also hurt. Even dipping into Double-A ball yields an injured Jackson Cluff. Every middle infielder in the Nationals’ minor league system is hurt and/or not on the 40-Man roster. Of the healthy candidates not on the 40-man, nearly all of them are too young and inexperienced to make any significant impact at the Major-League level. Thus the solution for last night’s rain-shortened affair was to simply wing it, and trust in veteran catcher Alex Avila’s experience to guide him through his first appearance in the middle of the infield. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The injury bug has struck the Washington Nationals even harder as the team us without Trea Turner (finger) and Jordy Mercer (leg) and Alex Avila will start at second base in an infield shuffle to move Starlin Castro to shortstop and Josh Harrison to third base. Continue reading
The triple makes this cycle official! Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals are at a season high two games over .500, and that came from a win in a game that did not start well — but it sure finished well with a Nats 15-6 blowout win over the Tampa Bay Rays in a sweep of this two-game series. The star of this game was the birthday boy, Trea Turner, who hit for his third career cycle which tied an MLB record. It was Jon Lester who started this game, and the only reason he earned the W was because his offense out-slugged the Rays. Lester gave up five runs, and lasted the required five innings to qualify for the win. Continue reading
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For the Washington Nationals, we have to hope that today is the day that Jon Lester totally redeems himself. The inconsistent starter kind of was responsible for taxing the bullpen five days ago in Miami when he had nothing to give and was pulled at 2 1/3 innings and 64 pitches. The big lefty pitcher should be plenty fresh today, and the Nats just need him to do what Paolo Espino did two days ago. Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. NATIONALS PARK | Winner’s circle of all 3 HR hitter’s from tonight. Victor Robles is wearing the Key To The Game, Juan Soto has the final out in his glove, and Kyle Schwarber adds to the record books:
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals put together a similar start as to what they did yesterday with another lead-off Kyle Schwarber home run. This time Trea Turner doubled, and Juan Soto blasted his first Nats Park home run to make the score 3-0 before all of the 17,117 fans settled into their seats. Victor Robles hit his first home run of the season and that proved to be the game winner as the Nationals won 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Rays. This Nats team is 13-9 in one-run games this season. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals suffered another injury in the bullpen, and now have every set-up man who was projected on the Opening Day roster on the 10-day IL. Today’s victim was Tanner Rainey who has a stress reaction in his leg, and he joins Daniel Hudson, Kyle Finnegan and Will Harris on the IL. Continue reading
Kevin Long with Daniel Murphy. Photo by Lee Heiman for TalkNats
This success by Kyle Schwarber with 15 home runs in 17 days is a result of hard work and sticking with the process. When Daniel Murphy was with the Mets, he also went through a transformation with the same hitting coach, Kevin Long, who has been working with Schwarber since mid-January. Murphy and Long both moved to the Washington Nationals, and Murphy’s success gave confidence to other players to put their trust in Long. Continue reading
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