The Washington Nationals have seemingly turned a corner over the past week of the 2024 regular season. They have played much better as of late winning five of their last games and won back-to-back series for the first time this year.
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 7-1 loss to the Guardians in Cleveland... Washington’s pitching staff, starters and relievers combined, finished the four-game series in Atlanta with the 11th best ERA in the majors (3.83) and the fourth-best FIP (3.58).
The Montreal Expos joined Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1969. While their iconic logo has stood the test of time, the Expos made the playoffs just once (1981) in 35 years of play, getting robbed of a potential World Series run in 1994 because of the strike-shortened season.
Notes and quotes from the Nationals and Braves’ series finale in Atlanta’s Truist Park... Trevor Williams struck out eight in five innings of work against
Trevor Williams continued the visiting Washington Nationals' streak of stellar starting pitching by throwing 5 2/3 strong innings in a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, their third win of the four-game set between the National League East rivals.
Action Network's Cody Goggin shares his Nationals vs. Braves pick for Thursday, May 30, including MLB odds on the run line, moneyline and over/under.
Washington's Trevor Williams will try to keep his record unblemished on Thursday night when the visiting Nationals complete their four-game series against the Atlanta Braves.
Notes and quotes from MacKenzie Gore’s impressive outing in Atlanta... Mackenzie Gore struck out 10 of the 22 batters he faced on Wednesday night in Truist Park, without walking one batter, making him just the 11th player in Washington Nationals’ history to manage the feat.
Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer and MacKenzie Gore struck out 10 batters to lead the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.
Notes and quotes from Jake Irvin’s 10-K start in Truist Park... Jake Irvin struck out a career high 10 batters last night in Atlanta’s Truist Park, tossing six scoreless frames on 90 pitches, 58 strikes, but Braves’ starter Max Fried held the visiting Nationals off the board through eight in the pitchers’ duel.
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series opening win in Atlanta... An off day last Thursday gave the Nationals an opportunity to switch things up a bit so that rookie starter, Mitchell Parker could get an extra day of rest, and take on the Atlanta Braves in the opener of Washington’s series in Truist Park.
The Washington Nationals haven’t come close to a playoff appearance since they won the World Series in 2019, but they might well be the envy of some of the other perennial losers across Major League Baseball.
Jacob Young had three hits, one of six Washington players with multi-hit games, to pace the visiting Nationals to an 8-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday in the opener of their four-game series.
The Washington Nationals are finally giving up on a one-time top prospect.
Heading into 2019, many expected the Washington Nationals to contend for a championship thanks to a breakout performance from a top outfield prospect. And while evaluators were correct about the team winning in this fashion, nobody anticipated Juan Soto being that youngster.
Per the rankings from Baseball America, he was the Nationals’ No. 1 prospect in three straight years from 2017 to 2019.
Streaming starting pitchers is a common strategy that often leads to success in fantasy baseball. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the idea is simply to pick up a “lesser” pitcher for an inviting matchup or two that is soon to come.
The Washington Nationals have the No. 5 prospect in baseball in outfielder James Wood, but have curiously refused to call him up to the big leagues in recent weeks despite the team struggling to break out of a serious slump.
Did the Washington Nationals fumble the bag with Juan Soto? It’s a great question. On the one hand, Soto helped the Nationals to their first World Series title in franchise history.
He started for the Brewers Monday night but departed after just one inning, with the club later relaying that the righty is dealing with a low back strain.
Trevor Williams’ start to the 2024 season has been the best of his career, but can he keep the pace moving forward? Throughout the first two months of the 2024 season, Trevor Williams has shocked Nationals fans, posting a team-best 1.94 ERA and 1.06 WHIP over his first eight outings.
The Washington Nationals need a power boost and a promotion of outfield prospect James Wood might do the trick.
It appears Leonsis is willing to be patient in putting together a new offer.
With the NBA's Wizards now joining the NFL's Commanders and MLB's Nationals in possessing a No. 2 overall draft pick during the past calendar year, things could look different in D.C. very shortly.
The way James Wood has started his season with Triple-A Rochester has raised questions on how much longer can the Nationals, who already have a deficiency in power, go on without him at the big league level.
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