The Washington Nationals got a good start from Patrick Corbin to get the win yesterday in a 4-1 victory. The Nats have now taken 2-of-3 in this four game series with the hopes of securing this series win today against the Marlins.
The Nats need to go 5-9 or better to beat their 2023 win total. How great would that be to finish in the mid-70’s for a win total? After today’s game with the Marlins, the Nats will only face teams in competition for the postseason.
The Nats are deep favorites today, at -185 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $185 you would win $100. Bet $18.50 and you win $10.00.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez had to cover 3.0 innings from the bullpen yesterday and had to use Kyle Finnegan for the second day in a row and 3-of-4 days now. Robert Garcia and Derek Law covered the other two innings to help seal the victory as the bullpen threw another shutout.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward, and the plan is to get Trevor Williams back into the rotation and finish the final week-and-a-half of the season with a 6-man rotation:
- Sunday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Marlins
- Monday: Jake Irvin vs. Mets
- Tuesday: Mitchell Parker vs. Mets
- Wednesday: DJ Herz vs. Mets
- Thursday: Patrick Corbin vs. Cubs
- Friday: Gore vs. Cubs
- Saturday: Irvin vs. Cubs
- Sunday: Parker vs. Cubs
- Monday: Day-off September 23
- Tuesday: Herz vs. Royals
- Wednesday: Corbin vs. Royals
- Thursday: Gore vs. Royals
- Friday: Irvin vs. Phillies
- Saturday: Parker vs. Phillies
- Sunday: Herz vs. Phillies (Final Game of the Season)
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. at a WAR of +2.9, and Jacob Young at +2.8. CJ Abrams is at +1.6 WAR. There are 29 Nats’ players in positive WAR with another 8 at 0.0 including Keibert Ruiz who has worked his way back from -0.8 just last month.
“It was really nice. The guys hit some homers today, which was awesome.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.39 and 22nd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.45
No. 4 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.34
No. 3 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.29
No. 2 Starter: Jake Irvin 4.19
No. 1 Starter: DJ Herz 3.70
Washington Nationals vs. Miami Marlins
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
1st Pitch: 4:05 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 180 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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