Washington Nationals
Game #138 Aces matchup in D.C.
The Washington Nationals were a deep underdog in Friday’s matchup and Jackson Kent came out barking like a bulldog to get his first win of of his MLB career. Today’s game is that classic matchup of each team’s ace as Cade Cavalli goes for the home team in Washington, D.C., and Sandy Alcantara goes for the visitors. Earlier today, James Wood took full swings with full body rotation in the batting cage today (pictured above). It is expected that if he comes out of these sessions with no pain that he will come off of the IL in the next few days. Manager Blake Butera said that Wood would not be the team’s September 1 callup at roster expansion. What that means is someone will still come up as the team’s 14ᵗʰ position player, and someone else would come off of the roster when Wood is activated off of the IL. Getting Wood back into this lineup would certainly feel like a major jolt of offense. And the team is hoping for breakouts from Brady House and Dylan Crews as they keep showing glimpses of greatness, just not enough consistency, yet. Since August 11ᵗʰ, House has an OPS of.776, and Crews has a.725 OPS since July 19ᵗʰ. Can the Nats get on a winning streak as there are just 24 games remaining in this regular season. To avoid a 90 loss season, the Nats need to get 9-games in the win column. And to get to a winning season, the…
Game #136 Nats must win for a split!
The Washington Nationals got a zero last night from Matt Waldron in his 2.0 innings of work. Unfortunately, bullpen games don’t always go by plan, and Wednesday’s game was a disaster. The near-perfect Will Dion gave up two bombs of the 2-run variety, and he departed with a 4-1 deficit. Then the real issues and the pre-game plan of manager Blake Butera went awry with the newly called up Luis Perales. The average WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) in Major League Baseball is approximately 1.30, and 16 pitches per inning for the 2026 season. That means that the average pitcher should face 4⅓ batters per inning. In a typical 2.0 inning appearance that would be 9… pic.twitter.com/XmOuvgnpBF — Nats.Talk (@TalkNats) August 27, 2026 CJ Abrams returned to the lineup on Monday and DH’d for two nights, and was supposed to play shortstop on Wednesday — and then the lineup changed to where Abrams was back at the DH. Can the Nats get on a winning streak as there are just 26 games remaining in this regular season. If they don’t, the final results might look very disappointing. To avoid a 100 loss season, the Nats need to win one more game. To avoid a 90 loss season, the Nats need to win 11 more games. And to get to a winning season, the Nats would have to go 20-6 to finish the season. Sometimes, a manager needs to look in the mirror. Manager Blake Butera was critical of…