The Washington Nationals have won 55 games this year and just dropped to a season low of 14 games under .500. The team is stuck in a 4-game losing streak and needs to rely on Jake Irvin as a stopper. You have to dig deep to find any positives from the last four games. If you look hard enough, they were there. The team’s last win was with Irvin as the starter against Baltimore. The Nats need him to be a top performer on the mound.
Based on last year’s win total of 71 games, the Nats need to go 17-21 or better to surpass that number. To surpass FanGraphs’ 66 win total, the Nats need to win 12 more games. There are only 38 games left in the season, and the rest of this season should really help determine the players who could impact the 2025 roster.
The Nats are outsider today, at +150 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100, you win $150. Bet $10.00 and you win $15.00.
Nats manager Dave Martinez only had to use two relievers yesterday, Joe La Sorsa and Joan Adon. The bullpen would certainly be fresh if needed, and the team has an off day tomorrow.
This is what the Nats’ schedule looks like in the future:
- Sunday: Jake Irvin vs. Phillies
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: DJ Herz vs. Rockies
- Wednesday: Mitchell Parker vs. Rockies
- Thursday: Patrick Corbin vs. Rockies
- Friday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Braves
- Saturday: Irvin vs. Braves
- Sunday: Hearts vs. Braves
Your best Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR Leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. at the top of the WAR rankings at +2.8, Jacob Young at +2.2 and CJ Abrams at +2.0. In total, 25 Nats players have a positive WAR and another 10 have a neutral WAR of 0.0.
“MacKenzie (Gore) threw the ball really well for five innings. I gave him every chance to get out of the sixth inning, but he just couldn’t do it. He threw the ball much better. Much better. The efficiency was good. He attacked the strike zone. Everything was down. When he got hit, he threw the ball up. But he threw the ball better.”
— Nats manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 and 22nd in the MLB.
This is how they are classified:
Starter No. 5: Patrick Corbin 5.92
No. 4 starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.66
Starter No. 3: Mitchell Parker 4.44
No. 2 Starter: DJ Herz 4.25
Starter No. 1: Jake Irvin 3.72
BAshington Nationls against Philadelphia Phillies
Stadium: Citizens Bank Ballpark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1. Rope length: 1:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2
Radio: 106.7 The Fan Radio and on the MLB app; in Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. Tune in to Sirius/XM channel 177 for the home broadcast; the away team can only be seen online.
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TalkNats celebrates 5th and 100th anniversaries of World Series victories with game recaps.
Game 125:
The Nationals lost on August 20th to the Pittsburgh Pirates on the road by a score of 68-57. They will not fall below .500 for the rest of the season. The Nats are in second place in the NL East. But you already knew that. Match report / tables
The Senators lost at home to the St. Louis Browns on August 27th, resulting in a score of 71-54. The Senators are now in sole second place. Result/Table
