The Washington Nationals travel to Jupiter today for a game against old friend Erick Fedde and his Cardinals. The Nationals will start Michael Soroka in this one.
This will be a 1:05 pm start and the game will be available on MASN as well as Nationals Radio and the MLB App.
The Nationals offense had a really good showing against the Marlins, even if it did not result in hits, putting process over results. Cayden Wallace was the offensive star. Manager Dave Martinez was impress by Robert Hassell III‘s 7-pitch walk against ace pitcher Sandy Alcantara.
“It’s really good [for Hassell to work a walk]. It’s something that we really are focusing on this whole spring. We try to get the ball up against him. He’s got a really good changeup, a really good slider. Just get the ball up. Let’s stay on the fastball. And they did a really good job with that.”
— Martinez said
Much of Spring Training is about getting the reps in for the veteran players while working on new pitches and mechanics for the pitchers, and batters are working on increasing contact and power. For the players who are trying to make the roster, they are the players who have to impress.
As we know, the key is also staying healthy. Players will be ramped up in their workload as Spring Training continues.
“We focus so much right now on pitch selection, what to swing at, that when we do get that pitch, go ahead. We want to see your ‘A’ swing, and they’re actually starting to grasp it. Everybody looks like they’re starting to get a little better timing. Trying to get the ball out front a little bit better. And that’s always a good sign.”
— Martinez said
Here is the 40-man roster as well as a list of the NRI players you will be seeing. At some point, you might also see players from Minor League camp get some action.
There are 21-days until the Opening Day, and we get to see this lineup today:
