by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Lest we forget, amidst the drama of the abrupt dismissal of Manager Dave Martinez and President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo, we are now closing in on hearing the words: “With the first pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, the Washington Nationals select…”
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The Washington Nationals finish up their pre-All-Star game schedule in Milwaukee with James Wood out of the starting lineup. After this game, the season is 60 percent complete. Both Wood and MacKenzie Gore will head on a private jet for Atlanta after the game, while their teammates get a few days off to go on vacation.
For the Nats’ front office, they are assembled in Washington, D.C. in their war room preparing for the draft as they hold the coveted No. 1 pick in this draft. Tonight, we will get to see the first three rounds on MLB Network.
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Kyle Finnegan picks the worst times for his blowup outings. The Nats played a pretty solid all around game tonight, had a 5-3 lead headed to the bottom of the ninth with their closer entering, and blew it. In a season where it feels like no win has come easy, this one was a particularly tough pill to swallow, in a game that really felt like it was in control at the end.
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The Washington Nationals seem to go as their starting pitcher and James Wood goes. Did you know that the Nats are 25-14 when Wood has at least one RBI? The team is 13-42 with no Wood’s RBI.
Then we got this from Chuck Douglas that since Wood was named as a HR Derby participant and started to routinely practice launching dingers he is 3-24 (.125) BA with 10 K’s over the past seven games. Douglas wrote, “Was worried it might mess up his in-game swing and that seems exactly what has happened.”
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I’m running out of words to describe how dreadful the Nats’ starting rotation has been as of late. The latest entry into the saga of suck came from Mitchell Parker, who has unfortunately become a regular contributor. We know that Michael Soroka’s troubles usually begin around the sixth inning, but lately, for Parker, it’s been the third inning. In his last two starts combined, he’s allowed 13 runs in the third inning, and just three in the other 8.2 innings. It’s especially deflating when you take into account the Nats’ offense hasn’t exactly been good in shootouts this year, so innings like those from the opposing offenses really put the game out of reach early on.
The third inning began on a positive note for the visitors, CJ Abrams cashed in on a leadoff walk drawn by Riley Adams, scoring him on an RBI triple to center. This was a good sign for a lot of fans, especially those who were disturbed, and rightfully so, by the momentary lack of effort that Abrams showed in last night’s game in St. Louis.
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The Washington Nationals flew into Milwaukee late last night and arrived at 1:17 AM EDT, and into their hotels rooms just after 2:00 AM (1:00 AM local time). Clearly not a happy flight after the team got blown out in St. Louis and lost another series. It was really the poor play that started in the 6th inning when it was just a 2-0 game that ended with an 8-1 loss.
Tonight’s game will feature Mitchell Parker going up against DL Hall, a lefty, who could be in there more as a short-starter.
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The trend that’s developed this season of the Nats playing flat and uninspired baseball in rubber matches continued tonight, as they consistently had no answer for the St. Louis Cardinals on either side of the ball. An ugly performance all around by the visitors was indicative of what we’ve grown accustomed to seeing from this ballclub in series-winning opportunities this season.
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The Washington Nationals got an ace start from MacKenzie Gore last night. Tonight, the series win will be decided in this game. Let’s see what Michael Soroka is doing in his final auditions to be traded. Prior to this, Soroka was not showcased well. His ERA of 5.40, on the surface, won’t excite people But as you drill down, he has an ERA of 3.00 in the first 3.0 innings versus 8.56 for the following 3.0 innings. There has to be value there as a long reliever, a short starter, or a hybrid reliever.
As was discussed earlier, having new GM in Mike DeBartolo should only help at the trade deadline to pass off to a prospective GM in a trade discussion that Player X was not used well analytically, and here is the data we have.
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