Author Archives: Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Game #142 Afternoon baseball at Nats Park

The Washington Nationals had a lead that they lost in the bullpen last night. They only got 4.0 innings from starter, MacKenzie Gore, who was placed on the 15-day IL with a blister on his finger, and that might end … Continue reading

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Game #141 Nats have the Dodgers in for the weekend

The Washington Nationals have a weekend series with the Dodgers that begins tonight with MacKenzie Gore on the mound. There will be no Stephen Strasburg retirement announcement this weekend. He might not retire at all. More on this later because … Continue reading

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Jacob Young has had 10-full games to show-off his hot tools!

The Statcast™ math on Jacob Young has already highlighted some of his impressive tools. He is not a 5-tool player as nobody expects him to be a power hitter. Is he a 4-tool player? He will have to show he … Continue reading

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Game #140 Nats looking for a series split

The Washington Nationals losing streak continues with the starting pitchers putting the team in a deep hole. The offense fought back but it is hard to win when your starter gives up 8-runs over 4.0 innings.

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Weak links further exposed for the Nats

The Washington Nationals cannot start a serious conversation about winning in 2024 unless they address the 1,000 pound elephant in the room with the 3 pitchers at the back of this rotation. Current ERA’s are awful if we can be … Continue reading

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Game #139 Nats and Mets for a quick 2-game series

The Washington Nationals are mired in a losing streak that just feels like they cannot put together enough runs to make up for the issues with the pitching. We will see if Patrick Corbin has a gem in him and … Continue reading

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The Stone Garrett effect — and the deteriorating starting pitching

The Washington Nationals were an incredible 47-42 in games with Stone Garrett in the lineup, and have been 15-34 without him. A broken fibula suffered nearly two weeks ago changed everything. Without Jeimer Candelario and Garrett (both pictured above), the … Continue reading

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Game #138 Nats in a 4-game salvage today

The Washington Nationals were not sure if Josiah Gray would make his scheduled start today until he threw his side-session when the team returned to Nats Park from Toronto. Manager Dave Martinez declared Gray “good to go” and said he … Continue reading

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Game #137 Nats need to get back to winning ways!

The Washington Nationals made their two required moves to bring their roster to 28 players for the annual September 1 roster expansion, and Travis Blankenhorn made his impact immediately felt with a game tying home run in the third inning … Continue reading

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Game #136 Nats expand their roster to 28

The Washington Nationals made their two required moves to bring their roster to 28 players for the annual September 1 roster expansion. There was no top prospect added at this time, but two players get a chance to show what … Continue reading

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