The Washington Nationals had a “Help Wanted” sign for starting pitchers seeking temp work in place of Jeremy Hellickson and Max Scherzer. General Manager has filled those spots with Erick Fedde, Austin Voth, Kyle McGowin, and Joe Ross to audition. Voth injured his shoulder, and McGowin was not that good. Fedde now has more starts this season than Hellickson. It might surprise some to hear that Fedde now has ten starts and most of them have been good. For Joe Ross, today will only be his third start of the season, but he also had that forgettable appearance where he tandem started with Matt Grace who was the “opener”. Ross threw a gem five days ago in Arizona for a much needed win. What was interesting in that start in Arizona has to be the change to Ross’ arsenal in that game. Continue reading
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