Nationals vs Astros, Game 3

[nats2playoffs]

This game will be repeated on MASN-2 at midnight and at 1 PM on Monday April 22 on MASN. Players from the 2019 World Series winners were in the booth during the broadcast.
 
The Nationals pitcher was outstanding and the batters gave him an easy win over the Houston Cheaters

[varoadking]

INNING                                        HOU   WSH
1st   Winker singled to left, Abrams scored.   0   1
1st   L. García Jr. singled to center, Winker scored and Thomas scored, L. García Jr. to second.   0   3
5th   Meneses singled to right, Abrams scored and Young scored, L. García Jr. to third.   0   5
6th   Senzel homered to left center (389 feet).   0   6

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          Houston Cheaters   0
(Image removed from quote.) Washington Nationals  6

 

[JCA-CrystalCity]

With the posted, we honor the memory of our friend Old Chelsea with the traditional post that tracks the Nats wins to date, in Anglophile style.


THE RACING PRECEDENTS - Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 10th win, each season:

2012 - 18th April (13th match of season)
2014 - 18th April (17th match)
2016 - 19th April (13th match)
2017 - 20th April (15th match)
2013 - 20th April (17th match)
2018 -20th April (20th match)
2019 - 21st April (20th match)
2024 - 21st April (21st match)
2005 - 24th April (19th match)
2011 - 24th April (20th match)
2010 - 25th April (19th match)
2008 - 29th April (27th match)
2021 - 30th April (22nd match)
2015 - 30th April (23rd match)
2023 - 30th April (27th match)
2006 - 5th May (30th match)
2022 - 7th May (29th match)
2009 - 8th May (28th match)
2007 - 11th May (35th match)
2020 - 22nd August (23rd match)

1 game below .500 through 13% of the season.

Welcome back, N2P!  Can you do Shakespeare's birthday GDT? that's later this week.

[imref]

Quite the president’s race today:

https://x.com/LetTeddyWin/status/1782116005809889400

[GataNats]

His curveball is as good as I’ve seen from a leftie in a National jersey

[zimm_da_kid]

His curveball is as good as I’ve seen from a leftie in a National jersey

Gio is #1 until proven otherwise. Parker’s is good.  Gio had more vertical break

[JCA-CrystalCity]

His curveball is as good as I’ve seen from a leftie in a National jersey

"current" value 55 on his FG scouting grades, which are from 2023.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mitchell-parker/27636/stats?position=P

[welch]

"current" value 55 on his FG scouting grades, which are from 2023.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mitchell-parker/27636/stats?position=P

FG Prospects Report is often bunk. As in this guy:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/erick-fedde/17425/stats?position=P

[OfftheBat]

Quite the president’s race today:

https://x.com/LetTeddyWin/status/1782116005809889400

Awesome lmao

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

One of the comments on that Tweet ("bring back fat Screech") is the key takeaway.  I guess they are all x-rated tweets now. 

Quite the president’s race today:

https://x.com/LetTeddyWin/status/1782116005809889400

[nobleisthyname]

FG Prospects Report is often bunk.

That's true for all prospect scouting.