Going Deep with The Nats

The Washington Nationals travel to Port St. Lucie to face the New York Mets at Clover Park. With exactly two weeks remaining in Florida for Grapefruit League games, starting pitchers might be down to their final-3 starts of the pre-season. Jake Irvin takes the mound for the Nats today.

Tomorrow, the Nationals have a day/night doubleheader against the Marlins. Tuesday is the final off-day in Florida on the Grapefruit League schedule. Mitchell Parker is scheduled to pitch the first game on Monday with Shinnosuke Ogasawara getting the start in the evening game.

The Washington Nationals are home at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches for an early afternoon game in West Palm Beach, Florida. With just 15-days remaining in Florida for Grapefruit League games, we will see if DJ Herz, who is pitching today, impresses enough to grab the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation.

Some players have emerged and we posted up the small sample size leaders in OPS and in WHIP yesterday, and it is incredible how quickly things change. Jorge Lopez is no longer the WHIP leader, and Luis Garcia Jr. is no longer the OPS leader. James Wood leads the team in OPS after he homered again last night on a tape measure oppo shot. Top batting average leaders have a tie between Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez at .429. Nunez hit the walk-off double to win last night’s game. What we try to look at is process over results because small sample sizes, as well as the strength of the competition, will skew numbers.

The Washington Nationals are back home at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches for an early evening game in West Palm Beach, Florida. With just 16-days remaining in Florida for Grapefruit League games, we are almost at that mid-point mark on the schedule.

Some players have emerged and we posted up the small sample size leaders in OPS and in WHIP. What we try to look at is process over results because small sample sizes as well as the strength of the competition will skew numbers.

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.

The Washington Nationals lost another game in the 9th inning, and that is only somewhat acceptable as these late Spring Training games are a battle of minor league players. Manager Dave Martinez welcomes James Wood into the lineup for the first time this year in the outfield.

In case you missed it, Wood was recovering from minor quadricep tendinitis. Also, Luis Garcia Jr. returns to the lineup after an illness.