The Washington Nationals got pummeled last night, and all you can do is turn the page. After tonight, there are just 10-games remaining for the Washington Nationals. This is the series finale for the Washington Nationals with the Mets, and this is a salvage game for the Nats.
The Nats need to go 4-7 or better to beat their 2023 win total. How great would that be to finish in the mid-70’s for a win total? For the remainder of the season, the Nats will face teams with winning records with postseason aspirations on the line.
The Nats are deep underdogs today, at +160 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $160. Bet $10.00 and you win $16.00.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez did not get to use Kyle Finnegan last night. He went to his “B” bullpen plus Eduardo Salazar yesterday.
Manager Dave Martinez said that he would like to seed Trevor Williams back into the rotation on Friday against the Cubs. Here is a look at the matchups:
- Wednesday: DJ Herz vs. Mets
- Thursday: Patrick Corbin vs. Cubs
- Friday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Cubs
- Saturday: Trevor Williams
- Sunday Jake Irvin vs. Cubs
- Monday: Day-off September 23
- Tuesday: Mitchell Parker vs. Royals
- Wednesday: Herz vs. Royals
- Thursday: Corbin vs. Royals
- Friday: Gore vs. Phillies
- Saturday: Williams vs. Phillies
- Sunday: Irvin 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 +2.7. CJ Abrams is at +1.6 WAR. There are 30 Nats’ players in positive WAR with another 7. Finally, Keibert Ruiz has worked his way back from -0.8 just last month to a positive +0.1 now.
“We just couldn’t catch up to a fastball. The guy was throwing fastballs, and we were late. Bad combination.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.37 and 21st in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.45
No. 4 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.44
No. 3 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.17
No. 2 Starter: Jake Irvin 4.07
No. 1 Starter: DJ Herz 3.70
Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
Stadium: CitiField, New York, New York
1st Pitch: 7:10 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 184 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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