Who had the Washington Nationals with a solid pitching staff on their 2024 MLB bingo card? The MLB season is already past the quarter mark, and the Nationals, of all teams, rank second in the National League with 6.3 pitching WAR, according to FanGraphs.
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ loss to the White Sox on Wednesday afternoon...
CORBIN IN CHICAGO:“That was great,” Davey Martinez told reporters after a 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park, which saw his club score three runs early and add a pair late, giving starter Patrick Corbin a lead to work with in a strong, five-inning outing which he gave up seven hits but just one run.
“I always say, if we come out and jump to get the lead early, it gets our...
The Washington Nationals need a power boost and a promotion of outfield prospect James Wood might do the trick.
It appears Leonsis is willing to be patient in putting together a new offer.
Notes and quotes from the Nationals and White Sox’ doubleheader in Chicago...
WILLIAMS VS THE WHITE SOX:
Trevor Williams took the mound last night in Chicago, IL’s Guaranteed Rate Field on quite an impressive, four-start run, over which Washington’s 32-year-old, nine-year veteran posted a 0.86 ERA, a 2.47 FIP, and a .206/.263/.206 line against in 21 innings.
On the year, Williams was keeping the ball in the yard, (a problem last year when he gave up an NL-leading 34 home runs in 30...
Another poll on the Nationals’ 2024 season so far, this one asking what’s been the biggest surprise in the first few months of the campaign…
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Before the start of play on Tuesday, and in 39 games total on the season, Davey Martinez’s Nationals were second in...
With the NBA's Wizards now joining the NFL's Commanders and MLB's Nationals in possessing a No. 2 overall draft pick during the past calendar year, things could look different in D.C. very shortly.
The lefty reliever will look for an opportunity to join a big league club.
Notes and quotes on the Nationals after last night’s game was postponed by rain...
DON’T SIT ROSARIO NOW!!!!:Before last week, Eddie Rosario, 32, was 6 for 70 (.086/.133/.157) with two doubles, a home run, four walks, and 19 Ks in 24 games (19 starts) and 76 plate appearances this season. It’s been quite a week since. Rosario, whose slow starts in previous years Davey Martinez tried to point to in explaining his continued insistence on playing the veteran outfielder, in spite of the...
Monday's series opener between the Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals has been postponed due to rain and will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader beginning Tuesday at 3:40 PM CT.
Notes and quotes from Sunday’s series finale in Fenway Park...
WILL GORE BOUNCE BACK?:MacKenzie Gore worked around a single and a throwing error by catcher Riley Adams in the home-half of the first inning on Sunday afternoon, but a leadoff walk, single, and ROE on an entirely catchable fly to center Victor Robles just didn’t catch (it went in and out of his glove on a routine play), proved too much to overcome for the starter.
Gore got an out at home in the next at-bat, but a...
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 4-2 loss to the Red Sox in Fenway on Saturday...
Some shaky defense on a damp infield led, in part, to four unearned runs scoring in the first inning of Jake Irvin’s May 4th outing at home in the nation’s capital, but Irvin put that rough start (a 35-pitch frame in the end) behind him and went on to toss four scoreless innings (on 62 pitches) in a 6-3 loss to Toronto.
[Jake] threw the ball really well,” manager Davey Martinez said after a...
CJ Abrams and the Nationals “held substantive discussions” about a possible contract extension this past spring.
Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ win over the Red Sox in the series opener in Fenway Park...
CORBIN IN FENWAY:“You can’t let guys off the hook,” Toronto Blue Jays’ skipper John Schneider said, as quoted on MLB.com, after Patrick Corbin gave up three runs in the second inning of his start in the nation’s capital last week, but limited the damage after that, giving up just the three runs in what ended up a six-inning, 92-pitch start.
“Whether it’s Corbin or [expletive] Babe...
Patrick Corbin pitched five innings to earn his first victory of the season as the visiting Washington Nationals kicked off a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox with a 5-1 victory Friday night.
The No. 2 prospect in the Washington Nationals organization, Outfielder James Wood is red hot at the moment. He has homered in three of his last four at-bats as a member of the team’s Triple-A affiliate the Rochester Red Wings.
The way James Wood has started his season with Triple-A Rochester has raised questions on how much longer can the Nationals, who already have a deficiency in power, go on without him at the big league level.
Notes and quotes after an off-day yesterday ... so it’s sort of a hodgepodge of leftovers...
KEIBERT RUIZ STILL BUILDING:Going into the second of two with the Baltimore Orioles in D.C. on Wednesday, Keibert Ruiz was 3 for 40 (.075/.119/.150) with one home run, a walk, and six Ks in 10 games and 42 plate appearances since he returned from a prolonged IL stint.
Ruiz, 25, dealt with a rough bout of influenza, and, as he told reporters, eventually lost 18-20 lbs. over the course of the...
Six weeks into the 2024 season, he has emerged as one of the more interesting members of the club, thanks to his utter dominance so far this year.
The Boston Red Sox will be looking to revive their offense when they open a three-game series against the visiting Washington Nationals on Friday night.