Glasser is a favorite of mine - 10th round senior sign out of Indiana (go Hoosiers!) who's done nothing but hit at every level despite his lack of recognition in prospect lists. Hoping he can get a shot as a speedy, versatile super-util type at some point!
Agreed - the only change I’d make would be to get Ruiz catching and have Chaparro DH. Very excited to see if they can put up some good numbers tonight!
Solid debut for Foster Griffin, who tossed two scoreless on 29 pitches. They don’t have radar gun or pitch type readings for some reason tonight, so it’s hard to say what he was throwing, or how hard he was throwing it. But to the naked eye, it looked good.
I feel like we're going to see this scenario play out for Clayton Beeter a few times this season: Bases loaded via two walks and a hit batter, then escaping the jam with a swinging strikeout on a 3-2 slider. It worked for Beeter there in the top of the fourth of a spring training game. Will it work for him when the regular season begins?
Is anyone else frustrated with Kevin Frandsen as our color guy? He just doesn’t read the room: he laughs at his own jokes that are not funny. And he adds nothing from a strategy perspective. Dan is great.
Was elated when hearing Dan was the new PbP and was immediately deflated when the follow up of Fransden was announced. Entirely unable to talk about the team at a realistic level, I can only hear so much of “I know he struck out/misplayed/made an error but I like where his head is at.” These guys are gonna make errors, not all of them need to be excused.
His style is his schtick, which is fine for him, I suppose, he seems to think he's cool. But my issue is his thought process and delivery are so jumbled and half-sentenced that I cannot follow the point he is making. So I find myself literally leaning in trying to learn something and then I simply become frustrated. I like Dan too, but it will be Charlie and Dave for me the rest of the way.
Frandsen is definitely an acquired taste, but he's grown on me. Couldn't disagree more about his insight. I think he's very informative, and in the way only a guy who had to scrap and struggle to stay in the big leagues can. Miss Bob, but think Dan is good too.
Boy, that had to feel really good for Keibert Ruiz. A three-run homer down the left field line by the Venezuela native against his home country. Obviously, Ruiz wasn't going to be chosen as their catcher over Salvador Perez, but maybe he's hoping to position himself for a roster spot three years from now in the next WBC.
Glasser is a favorite of mine - 10th round senior sign out of Indiana (go Hoosiers!) who's done nothing but hit at every level despite his lack of recognition in prospect lists. Hoping he can get a shot as a speedy, versatile super-util type at some point!
Today’s starting lineup seems like a preview of the opening day lineup. Could be a formidable group if they can fire on all cylinders.
Agreed - the only change I’d make would be to get Ruiz catching and have Chaparro DH. Very excited to see if they can put up some good numbers tonight!
Heading over to the Park. Go Nats!
Got to meet Alexa Datt this morning.
At tonight’s game and the Nats are occupying the Astros 3rd base dugout. Must be related to being the home team?
Correction. It appears that a number of National farmhands are filling out the bench for Venezuela. The Nats are in their customary 1st base dugout.
Both lineups look pretty strong. I hoping to see some good Nats pitching, hitting and defense!
GO NATS!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
So far, can't complain about the pitching (Griffin and Perez) or the offense or defense.
Go, Nats!!
Solid debut for Foster Griffin, who tossed two scoreless on 29 pitches. They don’t have radar gun or pitch type readings for some reason tonight, so it’s hard to say what he was throwing, or how hard he was throwing it. But to the naked eye, it looked good.
There's also no box score for the game on ESPN.com
The guy
Good job by Clayton Beeter to get out of that bases-loaded jam with a swinging K.
I feel like we're going to see this scenario play out for Clayton Beeter a few times this season: Bases loaded via two walks and a hit batter, then escaping the jam with a swinging strikeout on a 3-2 slider. It worked for Beeter there in the top of the fourth of a spring training game. Will it work for him when the regular season begins?
Did they not call Infield Fly rule until after Nunez let the ball bounce? It was a little confusing on broadcast
That's what it looked like to me.
Luis is just showing off with his picks at this point, man is revelling in the potential position change
Nice pick-off!
So far, so good for Luis Garcia Jr. at first base. He's needed to make a couple of tough picks out of the dirt, and he's looked good doing it.
I sure would like to see some Nats Bats come alive in the middle and late inning tonight!!
There you go, compliments of Keibert & company!
Well, that was nice of them!
2 much Ks 4 me
Is anyone else frustrated with Kevin Frandsen as our color guy? He just doesn’t read the room: he laughs at his own jokes that are not funny. And he adds nothing from a strategy perspective. Dan is great.
Was elated when hearing Dan was the new PbP and was immediately deflated when the follow up of Fransden was announced. Entirely unable to talk about the team at a realistic level, I can only hear so much of “I know he struck out/misplayed/made an error but I like where his head is at.” These guys are gonna make errors, not all of them need to be excused.
Looking for better chemistry between Dan and Kevin this season
His style is his schtick, which is fine for him, I suppose, he seems to think he's cool. But my issue is his thought process and delivery are so jumbled and half-sentenced that I cannot follow the point he is making. So I find myself literally leaning in trying to learn something and then I simply become frustrated. I like Dan too, but it will be Charlie and Dave for me the rest of the way.
Frandsen is definitely an acquired taste, but he's grown on me. Couldn't disagree more about his insight. I think he's very informative, and in the way only a guy who had to scrap and struggle to stay in the big leagues can. Miss Bob, but think Dan is good too.
Franny, I love this team—more than I should—but Brady House is NOT one of the better hitters of the game
Boy, that had to feel really good for Keibert Ruiz. A three-run homer down the left field line by the Venezuela native against his home country. Obviously, Ruiz wasn't going to be chosen as their catcher over Salvador Perez, but maybe he's hoping to position himself for a roster spot three years from now in the next WBC.
He is the king of March. His only two regular season HRs last year were in March, which is really hard to do.
How do you say "and I took that personally" in Spanish?
Me tomo este asunto de forma personal 🙂