The Washington Nationals have a weekend series in Atlanta, and tonight is a tough test as the team faces lefty Chris Sale to open this series. This is a quick 3-game road trip with an early game on Sunday before the Nats fly back to Washington D.C., ahead of their series with the Yankees on Monday.
Based on last year’s win total of 71-games, the Nats need to go 14-20 or better to beat that total. To beat the 66-win total from FanGraphs, the Nats need to win 9 more games. There are just 35-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.
The Nats are huge underdogs today, at +225 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $225. Bet $10.00 and you win $22.50.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez had a nice lead yesterday and only used Robert Garcia, Jacob Barnes, and Joan Adon to win the game. But Adon was so shaky with an 8-1 that turned to 8-3 that Martinez had to warm up Kyle Finnegan. Of course Adon closed out the game, and the Nats won it by that final score of 8-3.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward:
- Friday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Braves
- Saturday: Jake Irvin vs. Braves
- Sunday: DJ Herz vs. Braves
- Monday: Mitchell Parker vs. Yankees
- Tuesday: Patrick Corbin vs. Yankees
- Wednesday: Gore vs. Yankees
- Thursday: Day-Off August 29
- Friday: Irvin vs. Cubs
- Saturday: Herz vs. Cubs
- Sunday: Parker vs. Cubs
- Monday: Day-Off September 2
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. atop of the WAR rankings at +3.2, Jacob Young and CJ Abrams at +2.2. In total, 29 Nats’ players are in positive WAR and another six are at a neutral 0.0 WAR.
“Regardless of how long it took [Patrick Corbin], 100 wins is still a lot of wins. Congratulations to him and his family. What I can say about Patrick is, the guy competes. He goes out there every five days, takes the ball, will give us 110 pitches if we ask him to. He’s been awesome.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.47 and 22nd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.73
No. 4 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.66
No. 3 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.26
No. 2 Starter: DJ Herz 4.15
No. 1 Starter: Jake Irvin 3.81
Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves
Stadium: Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia
1st Pitch: 7:20 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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Game 129:
The Nationals won on 08/24 on the road against the Chicago Cubs in a record of 72-57. They won’t drop below .500 the rest of the season. The Nats are in second place in the NL East. But you knew this already. Box Score / Standings
The Senators won on 08/31 on the road against the NY Yankees resulting in a record of 74-55. The Senators have sole possession of first place and ahead of the Yankees. Box Score / Standings
