by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
by Andrew Lang
With the season headed towards the 80 percent completion mark during the mid-game on Saturday, this is a good time to look at some of the positives with the Washington Nationals at this point in time. We want to look at the draft, player development, the deadline trades, and stand-out players.
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The Washington Nationals will go for a series win today, and starter Patrick Corbin is still in search of career win No. 100. He won his 99th game on July 19, and for him, this will be his sixth attempt, since then, for the elusive 100th milestone career win. After this game, the Nats will get on their American Airlines charter to fly for a weekend series in Atlanta. The team is back in Washington D.C. on Sunday night ahead of their series with the Yankees on Monday.
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The Washington Nationals get to turn the page on yesterday and find a way to get back into the Curly W column tonight. This team is 2-wins behind their 2023 win pace.
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Accountability is good to see from the top-down in the inverted triangle management theory. The Seattle Mariners’ President of Baseball Operations, Jerry DiPoto, is not a happy man. His team is not scoring enough runs and they are the third worst in both runs scored and OPS. But instead of DiPoto pointing fingers at players, he said it starts with him and straight down to his manager and coaches.
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The Washington Nationals put together a nice win on Sunday to get back to Washington, D.C. with 56-wins and a one-win behind last year’s record at this time. With speculation growing that top prospect Dylan Crews would make his debut today — that will not happen. That seemed to be the talk of the day on social media. The team did make several roster moves at the MLB and minor league level today.
The Nats activated Joey Gallo from the 10-day IL after he injured his hamstring on June 11. It took Gallo over 2-months to make it back, and to open a roster spot, Travis Blankenhorn was optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Also, Robert Garcia returned from the bereavement list, and Orlando Ribalta was optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Notable moves on the minor league side can be found on this LINK.
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What a Sunday to remember with Jake Irvin dominating on the mound for his first 5.0 innings, and a blast to remember from the youngest player on the field, James Wood, who hit a 417 foot shot off of the facing of the upper deck in Citizens Bank Ballpark with a ferocious velo that caused the ball to carom off of the concrete and back onto the field with over 100 feet of distance. That extra run solidified a Nats win 6-4 and win No. 56 on the season.
Earlier on Sunday, it was general manager Mike Rizzo making an appearance on MLB Network Radio. There were many subjects that were discussed from the trade deadline to the team’s core, to the top prospects, and what will the Nationals do in the offseason.
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As a Nats season ticket holder since 2005, I’ve accumulated a whole lot of bobbleheads over the years. Before I retired, I had quite a display in my office. But now, many are in storage boxes gathering dust or cluttering up my house, and sadly, it’s time to part with them. So I’d like to offer these soon to be homeless bobbleheads to any Talk Nats reader who might want them.
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The Washington Nationals have won 55-games this year and just sunk to a season’s low of 14-games under .500. The team is mired in a 4-game losing streak and must look to Jake Irvin as the stopper. You would have to dig deep for some positives from the past four games. They have been there if you look hard enough. The team’s last win was with Irvin as their starter against Baltimore. The Nats need him to throw an ace performance on the mound.
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The Washington Nationals have won 55-games this year and just sunk to a season’s low of 13-games under .500. Another one-run loss in the final inning could be looked at with optimism that the team is close due to the 17 losses by just one-run. Add to that the tie-games that went to extra innings where the losses were by more than a one-run loss and that would add another 3 losses to that 17 to make it 20 losses from either a tie in the 9th inning or a one-run loss at the end.
Learning how to win is something this team needs to learn how to do. “Obviously, we couldn’t get the job done tonight, but it was a good fight we put up in the ninth [inning]. We’re never out of the game.” — said 21-year-old rookie, James Wood. The Nats put themselves, with mistakes and not adding on runs, in a spot that where a former Nats’ player of Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper would be in a spot to be the walk-off hero last night. Turner took care of business — but truthfully it was the Nats failing to score early in the game, and then with two mistakes in the 9th inning to allow the Phillies to win.
Continue readingThe Washington Nationals enter the Players Weekend promotion with a chance to show off their individuality . The team got clobbered last night in Philadelphia, and the game seemed to slip away quickly. “As we talked about [before the game],” manager Dave Martinez said after the loss, “two things that can’t happen: We can’t give away outs and we can’t make pitching mistakes. Today, we did both.” The defense was riddled with mistakes and each time a defensive faux pas occurred, the pitching seemed to immediately fall apart.
In the first inning, it was a routine grounder to third base that newbie Jose Tena played back on against the speedy Trea Turner who beat it out after Tena’s throw skipped to first base. An unforced mistake ruled a single. That was followed by a single then a 3-run bomb. It felt right there like game over — but it only got worse.
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"Opening Day should be a National holiday"
