The Washington Nationals have been finding ways to come-from-behind for wins. From a 4-0 deficit to an 11-5 winner has to feel good as nearly everyone on the Nats’ side contributed to the win. Tonight, weather permitting, the Nats will face Blake Snell who is coming off of a no-hitter. The Nats have their top pitcher, Jake Irvin, on the mound.
There are just 48-games remaining in the season, and the rest of this season is really supposed to help to determine the players who could help impact the 2025 roster. Based on last year’s win total of 71-games, the Nats need to go 20-28 or better to beat that total.
The Nats are deep underdogs today, at +135 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $135. Bet $10.00 and you win $13.50.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez‘s bullpen threw a 4.0 inning shutout last night. Derek Law threw 2.0 perfect innings when the game was close. Robert Garcia and Tanner Rainey finished the game. Jacob Barnes had warmed up and wasn’t used. Kyle Finnegan got the day-off.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward:
- Wednesday: Jake Irvin vs. Giants
- Thursday: DJ Herz vs. Giants
- Friday: Mitchell Parker vs. Angels
- Saturday: Patrick Corbin vs. Angels
- Sunday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Angels
- Monday: Day-off (August 12)
- Tuesday: Irvin vs. Baltimore
- Wednesday: Herz vs. Baltimore
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. atop of the WAR rankings at +2.3, and CJ Abrams moved up to +2.1 and Jacob Young is at +2.0. In total, 22 Nats’ players are in positive WAR and another eight are at a neutral 0.0 WAR.
“We went from real gloomy to boom.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.42 and 22nd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.88
No. 4 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.66
No. 3 Starter: DJ Herz 4.27
No. 2 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.06
No. 1 Starter: Jake Irvin 3.56
Washington Nationals vs. San Francisco Giants
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
1st Pitch: 6:45 pm EDT
TV: MASN
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 181 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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