Nats Sweep Split-Squad Games on Sunday
Defeat Tigers, 6-2; Mets, 7-3
Nats Win Again, 8-1
The defending champs looked more like chumps in the 5th as they issued five walks, hit a batter, and committed an error to turn a 1-0 lead into a 7-1 deficit as the Nats took their third straight, 8-1. Stephen Strasburg gave up the lone Houston run on three hits over two innings and struck …
Scherzer Strikes Out Click Bait, Nats Win Second Straight, 2-1
The Nats won their second straight yesterday against the Mets, 2-1, powered by three perfect innings by Max Scherzer and highlighted by a Victor Robles solo HR. Scherzer dominated a split-squad New York contingent, including a three-pitch strikeout of a 30-y.o. minor-leaguer that took 40 seconds of game time, and infinitely more for the dilettantes …
Nats Bats Come to Life, 6-2 over the Braves
The Nats dug out of a 2-0 hole with a four-run 5th and a two-run 6th to win their second 2018 Grapefruit League game, 6-2 over the Braves. A.J. Cole made his first start of the spring and turned in two scoreless innings, though he had runners in scoring position in both frames – giving …
Nats Unable to Overcome Errors, Lose Again, 3-1
Three errors rendered all three Marlins runs unearned in a 3-1 win over the Nationals. Tanner Roark retired the side in the 1st and worked around a leadoff Robles HBP with a double play before giving up a two-out double. Back-to-back errors by Anthony Rendon extended the inning and led to two unearned runs. Roark …
Nats and Marlins Tie, 2-2
The Nats got single runs in the 4th and 6th to build a 2-0 lead but gave them back in the 8th and couldn’t score in their final two trips to the plate for a 2-2 kiss-your-sister tie. Gio Gonzalez tossed two scoreless innings in his spring debut, allowing a hit and a walk while …
Nats Drop Another One-Run Game, 2-1
Nine runners left on, two thrown out on the basepaths
Nats Triple Up Braves, 9-3
Highlighted by a five-run 6th, the Nats finally got in the win column with a 9-3 win over the Braves. Max Scherzer dispatched Atlanta on 23 pitches over two innings with a 1st-inning hiccup over the LF fence by Dansby Swanson for the lone hit and run allowed. The Nats’ ace walked none and struck …
Nats Lose Another ST Game, 3-2
Twice the Nats took one-run leads, twice the Marlins answered to tie, but Washington had no answer for Miami’s final salvo in the 7th for another 3-2 loss in Spring Training. As is common with road games in the spring, five of “our guys” filled the starting lineup and accounted for two (2) of the …
Watchlist Reports Are Finished
Just a quick note to let folks know the 2018 Watchlist Reports are now complete. Most of the edits were on the pitchers who I punted on in hopes of them getting written up by either Baseball America or MLB Pipeline. That’s the proverbial “last shoe” from the horrid 2017-18 offseason.