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The Washington Nationals will have just 59-games remaining in the 2024 season after today. For the Padres, this is their sprint to the finish, and the Nats would like to spoil their day with a salvage win.
We are just 5-days to the trade deadline, and the front office is finishing up the signing of their draft picks with the huge signing today of second round pick Luke Dickerson.
A poor start by Mitchell Parker put Nats’ manager Dave Martinez in a tough spot to have to cover 5.0 innings with his normal bullpen, and his secret weapon — Ildemaro Vargas who closed out the game with a zero. Jordan Weems who seemed under-worked just had nothing and was bombed for 5-runs in just 1.0 inning. Jacob Barnes covered 2.0 innings and the bulk of the work. Tanner Rainey and Dylan Floro each took an inning.
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The Nationals are the deep underdogs today, at +140 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $140. Bet $10.00 and you win $14.00.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward:
- Thursday: Patrick Corbin vs. San Diego
- Friday: MacKenzie Gore vs. St. Louis
- Saturday: Jake Irvin vs. St. Louis
- Sunday: DJ Herz vs. St. Louis
- Monday: Mitchell Parker vs. Arizona
- Tuesday: Corbin vs. Arizona (Trade Deadline)
- Wednesday: Gore vs. Arizona
- Thursday: Day-Off
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard has CJ Abrams on the top at +2.0 for position players and the team’s All-Star. He is behind MacKenzie Gore at +2.4. Jake Irvin is at +1.9. Luis Garcia Jr. and Jacob Young are tied at +1.8 as the second best position players. In total, 23 Nats’ players are in positive WAR and another seven are at a neutral 0.0 WAR.
“[Josiah Gray] had a reconstruction. He’s going to miss time, as we all know, but he’s doing well. He feels good about it.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.27 and 20th in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.35
No. 4 Starter: DJ Herz 4.95
No. 3 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.34
No. 2 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.20
No. 1 Starter: Jake Irvin 3.494
Washington Nationals vs. San Diego Padres
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
1st Pitch: 12:05 pm EDT
TV: MASN2
Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app; In Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 184 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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Game 103:
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