Going Deep with The Nats

The morning discussion on MLB Network between Eduardo Perez and former-GM, Steve Phillips, was that the Washington Nationals showed “urgency” last night. Yes, manager Dave Martinez went after that Curly W, and it felt like a playoff game for Martinez. If Kyle Finnegan‘s arm is healthy, then all is good as he has thrown 68 pitches the past three days en route to 32-pitches last night to get the final 5-outs of the game.

The Washington Nationals were able to win the past two games against the Diamondbacks to take some positivity into this three game series against the reigning World Series champs. In fact, the Dodgers are at the White House today.

The Washington Nationals squeaked out of yesterday’s game with a win. Finally, BABIP was on the side of the Washington Nationals in the 4-3 final. Mitchell Parker earned his second win, and Kyle Finnegan notched his second save. The game ended on a caught-stealing, a first in Nats’ history to see a game end that way.

The Diamondbacks put 28 balls-in-play with only five hits on the day and just two strikeouts. They actually had more walks than hits as they worked six freebies and reached once on an error. In the ninth inning, it started with the dreaded LoW followed by a wild pitch then Finnegan was late to cover first base on a harmless grounder to Nathaniel Lowe at first base — that put the tying run on-base until Alek Thomas was caught-stealing on a bullet thrown by catcher Riley Adams.

The Washington Nationals are off to a terrible start at 1-6 on this young season. However, they have been in the majority of every game to start this schedule yet have lost two-thirds of their games in the bullpen. The Nats are hitting for power — but not much else. Three dingers yesterday put them in 5th in the MLB for most home runs, but then you look at a team that did not accept a walk in last night’s game where the team is second-from-last in walks, and sixth from the bottom in OBP.

The Washington Nationals are back home, and today marks exactly 20-years from the team’s first regular season game back in 2005. To commemorate this day, the Nationals have invited back five key players from that team to also participate in a ring ceremony to place the entire team in the Ring of Honor. The Nats first home game in 2005 was against the Arizona Diamondbacks who are the Nats’ opponent this weekend.

The Washington Nationals have a getaway game in Toronto and are in need of a happy flight home in front of a Thursday day-off.

The Washington Nationals have their first injury concern of the 2025 regular season as newly acquired starter, Michael Soroka, said that his bicep in his pitching arm cramped up on him. We hope this is just due to dehydration and nothing serious — but manager Dave Martinez had no update in the pre-game.