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How can Lord best serve the Nationals?

After impressing as a rookie, Brad Lord should be a lock to make the Opening Day roster. But do the Nats view him as a starter or reliever?

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Mark Zuckerman
Mar 02, 2026
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There’s a certain hierarchy to a spring training clubhouse, an unspoken acknowledgment that the locker you’re assigned at the start of camp corresponds to your chances of making the Opening Day roster.

Veterans and projected members of the team are bunched together at one end of the room. Career minor leaguers and you…

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