Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ weekend in West Palm Beach, FL...
Going up against New York’s Mets last week in West Palm Beach, FL, MacKenzie Gore gave up two hits, three walks, and one earned run in 5 2?3 innings pitched.
Gore, 25, retired nine straight to start the outing (on just 32 pitches), before a single and three walks forced in the first run. A 4-3 double play got the lefty out of the fourth inning, and he got a 5-4-3 DP after a one-out hit in the fifth, then...
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ last two games...
FRIDAY:Trevor Williams got off to a rough start in his second outing of the spring last week in West Palm Beach.
Williams gave up a leadoff home run, back-to-back singles, and a three-run blast which put him and the Nationals in a 4-0 hole early in what ended up a 9-4 loss to the Astros.
All four of the hits came on pitches up in the zone, and the 31-year-old veteran left pitches up for back-to-back singles, the second an RBI hit, in...
Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ prospects in today’s Spring Breakout game...
“I think the Baby Nats are no surprise anymore,” manager Davey Martinez told MLB Network hosts Mark DeRosa and Robert Flores on Wednesday afternoon in West Palm Beach, Florida, referring, of course to the top prospects in big league Spring Training with the Nationals this year like James Wood, Robert Hassell III, Brady House, Trey Lipscomb, Darren Baker, and Dylan Crews.
“They’re here,” Martinez...
Notes and quotes from West Palm Beach, FL, where Jake Irvin shoved and Carter Kieboom was outrighted to AAA...
Jake Irvin made his first two appearances in Grapefruit League action this spring out of the bullpen, piggybacking on the days he and MacKenzie Gore were scheduled to pitch. Irvin’s first start (after he’d given up 8 R, 7 ER in 3 2?3 innings pitched in his first two outings), was a four-inning, 51-pitch, 37-strike, two-hit, five-K outing.
Good to get in that routine again,”...
The Washington Nationals have a few options to consider for Opening Day left fielder.
The Washington Nationals announced Wednesday that third baseman Carter Kieboom has cleared outright waivers. He will be sent to Triple-A Rochester despite no signs of him being removed from the 40-man roster.
The Nationals announced that third baseman Carter Kieboom has cleared outright waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Rochester. There had not been any previous indication that he had been removed from the 40-man roster, so the club’s count will drop to 39.
Notes and quotes from Spring Training...
When the Washington Nationals made their first roster cuts of the Spring on Monday, 6 of 8 players optioned out to Triple-A or reassigned to minor league camp were pitchers, with Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez explaining it was time they get stretched out and prepare for the start of the regular season.
Joan Adon, Cole Henry, DJ Herz, Mitchell Parker, and Amos Willingham were sent down to Triple-A Rochester (along with infielder Jake Alu), while...
The Nationals are entering the third full season of their rebuild, and their lackluster offseason was emblematic of a team more focused on the long-term picture than even feigning an attempt at competing in 2024.
Notes and quotes from Monday’s game in West Palm Beach, FL...
Patrick Corbin left a cutter up to Marlins’ outfielder Griffin Conine, a 2018 2nd Round pick who’s worked his way up to Triple-A in Miami’s system but hasn’t yet reached the majors, and Conine turned it around for a two-run home run in the third inning of the Nationals’ left-hander’s four-inning, 47-pitch, 37-strike start last week.
Corbin missed his location on that particular pitch, but overall, he said, he’s...
Here are three rising stars looking to make an impact for the Nationals in 2024.
Notes and quotes on the Nats’ right-hander’s start against the Twins...
Joan Adon made two appearances in relief early in 2023, then 10 starts down the stretch in which the Nationals’ 25-year-old right-hander put up a 6.56 ERA, a 4.65 FIP, 4.18 BB/9, 8.36 K/9, and a .294/.374/.479 line against in 46 2?3 innings.
“Even when he was coming out of the bullpen for us earlier,” manager Davey Martinez told reporters late last year, “I saw a big difference in him.
“His demeanor, his...
Notes and quotes on the Nationals in West Palm Beach, FL.
ROUGH DAY FOR GRAY:Josiah Gray walked two, struck out five, and gave up a run on two hits when he faced the Boston Red Sox in his second start of the spring last weekend.
Gray, 26, gave up a run on four hits, with two walks and 10 Ks in his first five innings pitched this spring going into last night’s outing.
He talked to reporters after his second start about his new, shortened, delivery, which he adopted late last season, as a...
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 3-1 loss to the Mets in Port St. Lucie, FL.
Jake Irvin made his first two appearances of the spring this year in relief, and the 27-year-old right-hander struggled, with two hit batters, four Ks, two hits, and one run allowed the first time out, and then a total of five hits, two walks, and seven runs, six earned, allowed in 1 2?3 innings pitched his second time on the mound.
“He was a little quick, flying open,” Davey Martinez said, as quoted by...
Notes and quotes from West Palm Beach, FL.
STARTER TALK:Patrick Corbin gave up three hits in three scoreless innings in which he struck out four batters in a 41-pitch, 32-strike start in his second outing of the spring back on February 29th.
Corbin struck out four, one on his cutter, which he threw eight times (20%) in the Grapefruit League appearance, as the 34-year-old southpaw tried to work the pitch into the mix for the 2024 campaign, the final year of his 6-year/$140M deal in...
The outfielder has decided to go from one recent NL East champion to another.
Eddie Rosario and the Washington Nationals are in agreement on a split contract. Meaning that can pay the veteran up to $4 million after incentives, reports Daniel Alvarez Montes of El Extra Base.
Notes and quotes from Spring Training in West Palm Beach, FL.
STONE GARRETT STILL BUILDING BACK UP:Stone Garrett, 28, suffered a season-ending injury (a fractured left fibula) in August of 2023, but the Nationals’ outfielder finished his first season in D.C., after he’d signed as a free agent in late 2022, with a .269/.343/.457 line, 17 doubles, nine homers, 82 strikeouts, and 26 walks over 89 games played and 271 plate appearances.
Garrett rehabbed all winter, but early on in Spring...
Notes and quotes from West Palm Beach, FL.
Signed to a 2-year/$13M free agent deal last winter, Trevor Williams returned to starting full-time after pitching in a swing role for a few seasons, with what could politely be described as mixed results (a 5.55 ERA, 5.98 FIP, NL-leading 34 homers allowed, and a .300/.359/.533 line against in 144 1?3 IP).
Despite his struggles, the Nationals’ brass talked this winter about the 31-year-old veteran posting up and taking the ball 30 times in the...
The Washington Nationals are considered to have overachieved in 2023 with a 71-91 record. This year, however, it’s possible that they could underachieve.