by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Max Scherzer on Jackie Robinson Day in Fenway; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
On this day, Max Scherzer controlled the game, and the Nats cruised to a 10-2 victory in venerable Fenway Park as they ended a 3-game losing streak. Scherzer notched his 173rd win of his career while keeping perfection at 108-0 when his team gets him five or more runs in support. Continue reading
Jackie Robinson Day is normally April 15th and MLB moved it to August 28th for 2020
Equality. All men are created equal. Actually, the quotation “all men are created equal” is part of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which Thomas Jefferson penned 244 years ago. Jackie Robinson was one of a kind when he played nearly 75 years ago, and prior, before his inclusion into the Minor Leagues. Who would think today we are still dealing with some of the same issues that maybe never left the dark corners of America. While Jackie had no equal on the field, equality was about fairness in equal treatment as a human — as a man. Then let the best man win as they say. Jackie’s legacy of breaking the color barrier was still done at a time when there was segregation and discrimination, and while baseball is more accepting now, the world still must change and be better. Continue reading
Garcia debuted 8/14/2020; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
In shocking but never surprising news, the Nats sent their top prospect Carter Kieboom to the Washington Nationals’ minor league camp at the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg today to make room for Sean Doolittle who was activated from the 10-day IL. On the latest prospect rankings from Baseball America, Kieboom is their 17th top prospect, and Luis Garcia their 100th top prospect. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Nats for the last two weeks of baseball have been hovering around the .500 mark at 7-7 until last night, and in order to get things righted, this Washington Nationals’ team needs one of those long winning streaks to make manager Dave Martinez smile again. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Even in what has been a stressful and somewhat of an underachieving season for the Washington Nationals, there are many bright spots. As the sample sizes get larger, and the stats reach comparable levels, it is evident that Juan Soto is the best player in the Majors with some reasonable age adjustments or none at all. With Fernando Tatís Jr. nipping at his heels, Soto is just ahead of Tatis in WAR per plate appearance. While the media is already crowning Tatis as the NL MVP, on ESPN’s Sunday Night game, Alex Rodriguez was asked to pick a player he would take between Tatis, Soto, and Ronald Acuna Jr., and ARod said he would build his team around Soto. Continue reading
Austin Voth; Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
Manager Dave Martinez chose Austin Voth as his fifth starter this season, and with the injury to Stephen Strasburg, he moved up to the fourth starter’s spot. The team is 1-4 in Voth starts and the one win was a slugfest the Nats won after Voth gave up five runs. You just cannot continue this way if you have postseason aspirations. Voth has a 6.65 ERA and gave up 6 runs in this one over just 3 2/3 innings and rookie Dakota Bacus gave up 4 runs in just 2/3 of an inning. The rest of the Nats pitchers held the Marlins to 1 run over 4 2/3 innings while the Nats offense knocked in another 8 runs in this game. Continue reading
Turner scores again; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The name of the game is baseball and you win by scoring more runs than your opponent. Trea Turner had just tied the Nats franchise record for scoring runs in eleven consecutive games — but the problem in those eleven games was that the Nats only outscored their opponents in six of those games. Other Nats have not been getting the job done on a consistent basis besides Juan Soto, Luis Garcia, and Asdrubal Cabrera. Continue reading
Strikeout by Anibal Sanchez; Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Nats needed a laugher and got that from a nine run offensive explosion and a 7.0 inning one-run performance from Anibal Sanchez. The only reliever on this day who was called in from the bullpen was Ryne Harper. He closed out the game with 2.0 innings of work. Continue reading
Photo by Craig Nedrow for TalkNats
After witnessing fourteen innings of baseball in Nationals Park that at times looked like a Little Game, we get early baseball today. Those two games with errors turning a single into a three-bagger and a lazy liner popping out of a glove by the Marlins, and the Nats players not communicating with each other on two popups and booting grounder after grounder were mind-boggling. — You just want to turn the page on those two games yesterday that lasted seven innings each in a split for each team. Continue reading
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