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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.

The Washington Nationals have dropped 4-in-a-row and call on their All-Star ace, MacKenzie Gore, to be the stopper. After throwing a career-high 111 pitches in his previous start, Gore will pitch on two extra days of rest. Why he pitched 111 is more of the mystery.

Today we learned that Trevor Williams will be having UCL ligament surgery on his elbow after throwing 54 pitches in the first inning of his last start — be glad that Dave Martinez is no longer making decisions about the pitchers on this Nats’ staff. Some of his decisions boggled the mind. But then again, Miguel Cairo pulled a Davey last night and shoved a fatigued Jake Irvin into the 6th inning in a 3-2 game that quickly turned to 4-2. Irvin had pitched a season-high 107 pitches last week and got zero extra rest days and was actually moved up from starting Thursday to pitch last night to give Gore extra rest. What are we missing in this picture?