The visitors were the victors in both Nationals games yesterday, as the home Nats lost, 2-1 in 10 innings while the road Nats won, 8-5. At the BotPB, Stephen Strasburg made his first spring start and tossed two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out three. Journeyman Vance Worley gave the …
The Washington regulars jumped on Houston starter—and former Nats farmhand—Brad Peacock for four in the 1st and cruised to a 13-1 demolition for their third straight spring win, smacking three HRs (Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth, Anthony Rendon) and collecting 18 hits total. The Syracuse auditions continued with another eight relievers combining for the nine innings …
Raudy Read and Drew Ward smacked back-to-back two-out jacks to cap off a four-run 6th as the Nats pummeled the Tigers, 9-1 for their third spring win in five games. Joe Ross got the start and tossed two scoreless innings, a feat matched by the law firm of first two relievers, Taylor Hill and Jacob …
Michael Taylor, a favorite here during his meteoric rise from High-A to MLB in 2013-2014, gave the fans at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches a thrill as he drilled a two-out solo HR in the bottom of the 9th for a 4-3 walkoff over the Houston Astros. Jeremy Guthrie got the GCL start with …
This time, the Nats gave up four runs late rather than early to turn a 4-1 lead into a 5-4 defeat in Game 3 of 2017 Spring Training. Tanner Roark got the start and dealt three scoreless innings to the Cards, with no walks and two hits allowed while striking out four. The Nats scored …
Minnesota jumped on starter A.J Cole for four runs in the 2nd and cruised to a 5-2 win over Washington. Cole faced 10 batters but retired just five of them, giving up four runs on four hits and a walk while striking out two (both looking) over an inning and two-thirds. Offensively, the Nats were …
The barrage began with a long home run by Bryce Harper in the 2nd, continued with two-run blasts by Neftali Soto (5th) and Andrew Stevenson (6th) and finished with Matt Skole’s solo shot as the Nats totaled four long balls in an 8-6 win over the Mets in the 2017 Grapefruit League opener. Beginning with …
With the demise of the John Sickels prospect book, there’s one less news peg to use during the offseason. Hence, today’s post. For those who prefer to cut to the chase – IN: Armond Upshaw, Jose Marmolejos, and Jose Sanchez; OUT: Rhett Wiseman, Tres Barrera, and Spencer Kieboom. I mainly bring this to folks’ attention …
No, the site hasn’t gone dark. It’s just been slow on the minor-league front. To be honest, it’s been slow on the major-league front, too. Maybe there are some folks who care about Adam Eaton’s choice of t-shirt or which hat Bryce Harper wears, but I’d rather pass along something more meaningful, albeit tragic. The …
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training today, but as you might imagine, the signing of Adam Lind has further depressed the chances of any of “our guys” making the big club. Not that it was all that likely anyway. Don’t get me wrong: When a lot of young players have a good chance of …