Nats Chat

The Nats home woes continued in Saturday afternoon's 4-1 loss to the Brewers.  Al & Tim note how the team is now 3-12 at Nationals Park to begin the season, and they have not yet won a home series.

(06:30) The offense has cooled off a bit recently; other than a few recent exceptions.  Washington had two men on, with no outs in the bottom of the 9th and were unable to do anything with it.  Brady House's OPS is currently at .642 and that needs to improve this month; as does the contribution at the plate from the catchers.

(13:30) Foster Griffin had a slow start to his outing, but did settle down over the course of six innings.  Griffin's was charged with three unearned runs in the top of the 1st after Brady House made a two-out fielding error.  Griffin's ERA remains impressive at 2.27.

(19:00) Orlando Ribalta pitched the top of the 9th shortly after returning from Rochester.  Cionel Perez, also a reliever, was then ultimately sent down to AAA after clearing waivers.

(23:20) Zack Littell will take the mound on Sunday in the series finale and this will be his 7th outing of the season.

(27:00) Blake Butera is publicly not pleased with how the team leads the majors in errors.  Washington committed a pair of errors in the field on Saturday. 

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The Nats continue to struggle at home as they lost 6-1 to Milwaukee on Friday night. Al & Mark marvel at Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski, who no-hit the Nationals until being removed in the bottom of the 6th due to a right hamstring cramp. Misiorowski eclipsed 100 MPH many times in his dominant outing.

(08:00) The offense only mustered two hits and the first one didn't come until the bottom of the 7th after a Daylen Lile double.

(11:45) Washington is 3-11 at home this season and it is comfortably the worst record in Baseball. Conversely, the Nats are 12-7 on the road thus far.

(15:20) Jake Irvin allowed four runs in just five innings of work.  Irvin did strike out five Brewers however and his ERA currently sits at 4.93.

(21:40) Mark's assessment of the team's defense after one month of play.  The Nationals committed pair of errors in Friday evening's defeat.

(27:20) Foster Griffin, the franchise's Ace so far in 2026, will take the mound on Saturday afternoon.  Griffin had his own no-hit bid in Milwaukee a few weeks ago.  

(29:30) An update from the Voice of the Harrisburg Senators at the AA level, Frankie Vernouski. 

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The Nats won another road series after rallying for a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Thursday afternoon.  Mark (From Citi Field) & Al open with CJ Abrams, who crushed a 2-run HR in the top of the 8th to put the Nationals up for good.  Abrams' OPS is up to .961; which is 5th best in the NL (Ildemaro Vargas has the lead believe it or not).

(13:15) Sloppy base running in the top of the 9th; which cost the team chance at insurance runs.

(15:45) James Wood made two excellent defensive plays in RF.

(20:00) Miles Mikolas pitched competitively and ultimately allowed three runs in four innings of work. Mikolas struck out three Mets and his ERA currently sits at 8.23.

(23:00) The bullpen only gave up one run the entire series.  Gus Varland notched a four out Save, his 3rd of the year.

(25:35) After a 4-2 road trip, the Nationals return for six game home stand on Friday.  This weekend they host Milwaukee, who they swept last month on the road. Minnesota comes to town on Tuesday for a three game series on South Capitol Street.  Washington will enter May at a surprising 15-17.

(28:00) The Juan Soto trade and its after effects seemed to be in the background this series more than past meetings against Washington.

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The Nats pummeled the Mets 14-2 on a wet Wednesday night in New York. Mark (From Citi Field) & Al have another strong Cade Cavalli outing to go over as he struck out ten hitters for the 2nd straight start. Cavalli lasted six innings and ended his evening by throwing 24 straight strikes.

(11:00) A trio of relievers combined for three scoreless innings in relief of Cavalli.  PJ Poulin threw the bottom of the 9th, meaning it is unlikely that he will be the Opener on Thursday afternoon for Miles Mikolas.

(14:05) Brady House's Grand Slam in the top of the 4th put the game out of the reach by giving the Nationals a 9-1 lead. The offense had no trouble with David Robertson, who gave up seven runs in his outing.

(15:30) Curtis Mead had a 4-hit evening, which included a 9th inning homer, a double, two singles, plus a RBI HBP.

(25:45) Josh Whetzel, the Voice of the Rochester Red Wings, gives an update on Dylan Crews and others in AAA.

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The Nats were shutout 8-0 on Tuesday night at the Mets. Mark (From New York) & Al begin with Zack Littell, who gave up a homer on the first pitch of his outing  Littell allowed eight runs, and almost all of those came in the decisive bottom of the 4th.  The veteran righty's ERA is now up to an awful 7.85.

(05:30) Littell has pitched 16 innings this season and stunningly has give up 13 homers in that stretch. This leads to a discussion about Littell & Miles Mikolas, who both have really struggled in the starting rotation thus far.

(15:05) The bullpen did not give up a run in relief of Littell.  Is Brad Lord the next man up if there is an opening in the rotation?

(18:10) Offense struck out 11 times and could only muster three singles. Luis Garcia Jr. went 0 for 4 and his OPS is only at .617 this season.

(22:00) Paul Toboni met with the media prior to the game on Tuesday afternoon and this could be a monthly occurrence.

(24:15) Toboni on Dylan Crews and how he is doing down in AAA.

(35:00) Cade Cavalli will take the mound on Wednesday in the 2nd game of this series on the road.  

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The Nats emerged victorious in another extra inning affair this weekend vs. the White Sox.  Mark (From Chicago) & Al recap Sunday's 2-1 triumph; where the Nationals took the series rubber match.

(04:00) Washington went 9-8 in this stretch of 17 games in 17 days.  As they sit at 13-16, it feels like the team culture is at a better place all things considered.

(07:05) Foster Griffin tossed seven shutout innings and he closes his April with a very impressive 2.67 ERA.  Griffin pitched in Japan for the past three seasons for the Yomiuri Giants.

(15:10) Paxton Schultz notched the first save of his career immediately after getting called back from AAA.  Clayton Beeter has been placed on the IL due to right forearm tightness.

(22:00) Jose Tena pinch- hit for Jacob Young ; even though the Nationals were already up 1-0.  Tena responded with a solo homer to give his squad some insurance.

(26:40) Next game is Tuesday at the Mets after a much needed off day. Will we get an Opener for Zack Littell on Tuesday?

(28:15) Some symmetry between the bizarre firing of the Red Sox staff and what happened to the firings on South Capitol Street last early July. 

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The Nats beat the White Sox 6-3 on Saturday afternoon in 10 innings. Mark (From Chicago) & Al praise Jake Irvin for his nine strikeout effort in almost six innings of work. This was the first scoreless outing for Irvin in 2026 and the most strikeouts he's had since April 20th last year in Colorado.

(11:30) Mitchell Parker allowed a pair of runs, but did strikeout three Chicago hitters.  Brad Lord took the mound in the 10th to notch the final three outs.

(14:30) Nasim Nuñez was the offensive star of the day with four RBIs in the win.  Nuñez's big hit came in the 10th to give the Nationals two more insurance runs.

(18:00) It seems like ABS has led to more walks across the sport. The Nats drew 10 walks in the victory on Saturday afternoon.

(23:10) Foster Griffin will toe the rubber on Sunday in the series finale. Griffin so far has been the team's Ace and this will conclude a stretch of 17 straight days with a game. 

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The Nats fell 5-4 at the White Sox to open their road trip on Friday night. Al & Mark (From the South Side) begin with the White Sox's curious decision to pitch to James Wood in the top of the 9th w/ first base open and Luis Garcia Jr. standing on second base.

(04:45) PJ Poulin was the opener before handing the ball to Miles Mikolas in the bottom of the 2nd. Munetaka Murakami hit his 11th homer of year off of Mikolas, which is tied for most in Baseball.

(07:30) Riley Cornelio was put in a tight spot for a MLB debut.  Cornelio took the mound in the 7th and it was a rough ride that included issuing four walks, and allowing the decisive three runs. Cornelio joined the team from AAA on Friday, but was sent back to Richmond following the defeat.

(11:00) Parsing through the decision to use Cornelio in a high leverage bullpen spot for his MLB debut, when he normally is a starter.  Why did he not just start the game?

(20:30) Erick Fedde was the White Sox Bulk pitcher and he gave up 3 runs in almost six innings of work.

(22:10) Brady House had a big night as he homered in the top of the 8th to briefly to tie the game at 4.

(23:15) Two more instances of costly and terrible base running.

(29:00) Injury updates on Josiah Gray and Cole Henry. 

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The Nats lost 7-2 to the Braves on Thursday afternoon to conclude another disappointing home stand. Al examines the bullpen meltdown in the top of the 7th where Atlanta scored four runs to break the tie. Gus Varland & Cionel Perez were the culprits in the pivotal frame.

(08:10) Cade Cavalli struck out 10 in just five innings for his best outing of the season. Cavalli gave up two runs and his ERA dropped down to 4.01.

(14:00) Mark gives a quick update on Riley Cornelio, one of the organization's top pitching prospects, who will join the Nationals on Friday in Chicago.

(16:30) James Wood homered for the 10th time, which has him atop the NL. CJ Abrams hit his 7th homer of the year in the bottom of the 4th.

(21:40) The Nationals will start a two city road trip tomorrow night at the White Sox before moving to the Mets on Tuesday.

(23:45) Tim is joined by Bob Black, the Voice of the Richmond Spiders, to talk about the new AAA Ballpark in Richmond and if one day the Nats could get an affiliate there. 

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The Nats were out-slugged 8-6 on Wednesday vs. the visiting Braves. Al & Mark recap another rough start for Zack Littell, as he gave up a quartet of homers in six innings of work.

(07:00) Littell's ERA is now at 7.56 in five appearances and he has allowed a staggering 11 homers in 25 innings.

(12:30) Further examination of the evaluation process that led to Littell not signing until Spring Training was well underway.

(17:25) James Wood homered yet again, and he now is atop the NL in this category.  Six of his Wood's homers have been opposite field shot so far this season.

(19:30) Daylen Lile & Joey Wiemer also homered on Wednesday evening.  The Nats are on pace so far to contend with hitting 200 home runs this season as a team.

(30:00) Cade Cavalli will take the mound on Thursday afternoon in the series finale as Washington looks for the split with the Braves. 

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