by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Andrew Lang for TalkNats
In the pre-game, Kyle Schwarber had his Twix bar, and Patrick Corbin was reinstated from the paternity list with Paolo Espino optioned back to Triple-A. You’re all caught up on the pre-game news unless you want to hear about Stephen Strasburg‘s bullpen side session. Continue reading
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When you’re playing against Jon Lester, you probably don’t like him. His teammates love him. He has three World Series rings, and he wants more. The Cubs were willing to let him go once his contract ran its course after six years. It cost the Cubs $10 million to part ways with him as they bought out the remaining option on his deal. The Washington Nationals pounced on him in what could be one of the best signings of 2021.
His value to that Cubs’ franchise changed baseball history in 2016 and years of bad luck. His 1-0 gem to start the 2016 NLDS against the San Francisco Giants changed the course of history. The Giants had that “even year” thing going with three World Series wins in 2010, 2012, and 2014. If Lester did not dominate that game one of the 2016 NLDS, the Cubs might have lost in that series and that World Series could have had another name on the rings. Continue reading
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The Washington Nationals needed Erick Fedde to pitch well, and he did better than well with a 7.0 inning gem with only giving up 3 hits and no runs. The Nats win this one 3-0 and head on a happy flight to Chicago.
It took an 8th inning pinch-hit home run from Yadiel Hernandez to put the Nats up, and Daniel Hudson and Brad Hand out of the bullpen secured the win. Continue reading
Erick Fedde; Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals have a series to win today against a team they should be dominating. This getaway game has Erick Fedde starting for the Nats on the same day that Stephen Strasburg had a tune-up rehab start for the Rochester Red Wings Triple-A team, and he threw a 4 1/3 inning shutout with six strikeouts on 75 pitches. Fedde has to show that he deserves to stay in the starting rotation as general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez have a decision to make. Continue reading
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When you are winning ballgames by large margins, the stress level is lessened. Seventeen of the Washington Nationals’ thirty-four games were decided by 3-runs or less, and those games have too often come down to little margin for error. The Nats are now 6-5 in blowout games, and are now only at a -5 run differential overall after last night’s blowout. How quickly the mood can change to optimism after two decisive wins. Continue reading
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The Washington Nationals exploded for six runs in the first inning in Arizona that began with a Trea Turner leadoff home run and continued to watch catcher Yan Gomes end up with five hits and a home run short of hitting for a cycle. Max Scherzer put up an easy five innings without a run to pace the Nats to a laugher win by a final score of 17-2. Continue reading
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It was 15 years ago when Max Scherzer began his professional career with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ organization who drafted him in the 1st round. He pitched there through 2009 and then was traded in a blockbuster three-team trade that sent him to Detroit. Continue reading
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And just when you think it can’t get worse, an 0-9 start in Fredericksburg is ugly and indefensible. A 7-29 start throughout is lousy enough, and then you realize there is no payoff for tanking. At Fredericksburg, scores in the early going have resembled little league blowouts between the too-big vs. the too-little. How brutal? Team Batting Average last in the league at .171. Team OBA 281. Team home runs, and extra base hits last in the league by far. Team SLUGGING .220. Team ERA 9.12 – next closest is 5.86. It doesn’t get any more palatable in the other statistical metrics. Blecch! Continue reading
Winner’s Circle; Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
The Nats will be boarding a happy flight on the way to Arizona shortly. The team meeting last night sent a different looking squad out there today who got a much-needed 5-1 win this afternoon at Nationals Park. Continue reading
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Those blown saves that turn into losses is like taking a 3-hour project on your computer and watching it get erased because you failed to hit the save button. Nobody expected Brad Hand to be perfect all season, and last night’s loss is shared as a team loss with only 2-runs scored with one coming on the Phillies playing Keystone Cops. Seriously, the Washington Nationals offense went 1-13 in RISP spots last night. Continue reading
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