Bobby Blanco
Sports Reporter at Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN)
Nats insider for @masnNationals. Managing Editor https://t.co/7UeAjjusFO. D.C. sports & nerd stuff. @UofMaryland & @GonzagaGoodNews grad. @PMICpodcast on the side.
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3 days ago |
masnsports.com | Bobby Blanco
Luis García Jr. has not had the start to the season he hoped for. Entering last night’s series opener against the Cubs, he was hitting only .247 with a .691 OPS. At the same time last year, those numbers were .264 and .729, respectively. And he finished his breakout 2024 campaign with a .282 average and .762 OPS. Yes, the 25-year-old has been the victim of some bad luck.
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4 days ago |
masnsports.com | Bobby Blanco
The Nationals returned home from the West Coast as one of the hottest teams in baseball. Entering tonight after a 4-2 road trip, their 11-5 record since May 14 was the fourth-best in the major leagues. Their next challenge? The Cubs, who were tied for the best record in the majors over the same stretch at 12-4 and who were singularly the best over a longer stretch at 15-5 in their last 20 games. A great litmus test for this young Nats team that started this homestand only three games below .500.
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4 days ago |
masnsports.com | Bobby Blanco
The Nationals return home after a very successful 4-2 West Coast road trip against two contending teams. The competition doesn’t ease up on South Capitol Street, however, as they face another first-place squad in the Cubs. Craig Counsell’s club has the second-best record in the National League at 37-22, trailing only the Mets by a half-game. They are 14-4 since May 12, the best record in the majors in the span, with the Nats just behind them at 11-7.
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4 days ago |
masnsports.com | Bobby Blanco
The Nationals returned home after a week on the West Coast with high spirits. They won four of their six games against the Mariners and Diamondbacks, and now they’re about to begin a highly anticipated series with the Cubs, who own one of the best records in baseball. And as manager Davey Martinez provided some pre-series updates on a few of his injured players, the good news kept coming as it related to their Gold Glove-caliber center fielder.
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1 week ago |
masnsports.com | Bobby Blanco
Injuries happen over the course of a 162-game season. There’s no avoiding it. Teams need to be prepared. Organizational depth plays a key role in a team’s success over the course of the six-month season. You need quality players as backups, ideally ones that play in a similar fashion as the players you hope you don’t, but inevitably do, lose to injury.
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It doesn't matter how they got it. What matters is the Nats finally got a win to break the streak. "I think that's a momentum builder." "We got good momentum. We got to keep our heads high." "It was a team win. I just think it was big for us." https://t.co/mrSYgcOlaj
Final: Nats snap seven-game losing streak with 5-4 comeback win over the Braves. CJ Abrams and James Wood were the catalysts in the eighth. Kyle Finnegan locked it down in the ninth.
Here comes Kyle Finnegan for the ninth inning, protecting a 5-4 lead in his first appearance since the first game of last Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians.
For what it’s worth: In 27 career appearances pitching on 5+ days of rest, Kyle Finnegan has a 6.92 ERA.