Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #60 Trevor Williams scratched and place on the IL; DJ Herz up for his debut

The Washington Nationals got some good news and bad news today. The bad news is that the Nats best pitcher, Trevor Williams, was placed on the 15-day IL with a strained flexor tendon in his right forearm. He will be … Continue reading

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Game #59 First series against the Mets

The Washington Nationals won yesterday in Cleveland and arrived at Dulles Airport just before 7:30 pm last night. What a difference in an early arrival after that debacle traveling out of Atlanta last week. The Nationals have the Mets in … Continue reading

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It’s not 19-31 — and 27-31 is better!

There is parity in the middle of the National League, and that has kept the Washington Nationals in close proximity of the Wild Card and within 1.0 game at this moment. The season is 35 percent complete. A long way … Continue reading

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Game #58 Key players are dealing with injury concerns

The Washington Nationals couldn’t catch a popup with two outs in the first inning. The Cleveland broadcasters thought that Eddie Rosario gave up on the ball while Kevin Frandsen of the Nats booth thought that shortstop Ildemaro Vargas should have … Continue reading

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Game #57 Mitchell Parker has another top offense to face

The Washington Nationals have Mitchell Parker back on the mound after normal rest, and having just thrown a career-high 100 pitches against the Braves. Parker faced the Dodgers for his MLB debut in mid-April when the Dodgers were the top … Continue reading

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Game #56 The happy flight arrived at 3:45AM in Cleveland

The Washington Nationals won a key series against the Braves, and now have this weekend series against the very hot Cleveland Guardians, a team in first place in the AL Central that was just voted the 5th best team in … Continue reading

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Smart change on the roster is needed

The difference a week makes. The Washington Nationals just won two consecutive series against teams that would be playoff teams if the season ended today. In fact, that is the first back-to-back series win since April for the Nats, and … Continue reading

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Game #55 Series finale in Atlanta

The Washington Nationals received a gem last night from starter MacKenzie Gore to deliver a victory to the Nats with the big offense coming from Lane Thomas who put the Nats in front to stay with a 3-run homer off … Continue reading

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Are you talking to me?

Last night, MacKenzie Gore threw a gem with one earnie over 5⅓ innings with 10 Ks and no walks. That moved Gore to the top of FanGraphs WAR on the Nats at +1.5 and slightly ahead of Trevor Williams. Let’s … Continue reading

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Game #54 Big game for Gore

The Washington Nationals were tied at 0-0 to enter the bottom of the 7th inning last night. Manager Dave Martinez went to Jacob Barnes who got lit up quickly, but maybe the game was lost by the fact the Nats … Continue reading

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