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Thursday morning Nats Q&A

Thursday morning Nats Q&A
The first week and a half of the Nationals' season has not lacked for compelling storylines. There have been positives (eight-ninths of the lineup, four-fifths of the rotation) and there have been negatives (injuries to everybody who plays shortstop, struggles by everybody who pitches out of the bullpen). The end result of all of that? A 5-4 record, with series wins at home over the Marlins and Cardinals and a series loss on the road at Philadelphia. The Nationals are off today before...
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Recurring problem areas crop up again in loss to Cardinals

Recurring problem areas crop up again in loss to Cardinals
They are 5-4, with one of the most productive lineups in baseball and a 2.49 ERA among the permanent members of their starting rotation. So let's not write the Nationals off altogether. Having said that, there are without question several areas of concern nine games into the season, areas that have mostly been responsible for their four losses to date and have nearly turned a couple of their wins into defeats. There is the bullpen, which has surrendered a staggering nine home runs already, the...
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No comeback this time from Nationals in 6-1 loss to Cardinals

No comeback this time from Nationals in 6-1 loss to Cardinals
If nothing else, the Nationals have shown through the season's first week-plus they don't easily roll over. Six times in their first eight games, they came from behind to at least tie things up. So it wasn't surprising this evening when, despite trailing by three runs late and showing few signs of life to that point, the Nationals again made things interesting. They couldn't complete the comeback this time, stranding the potential tying runners on base during a furious bottom-of-the-eighth...
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With two shortstops down, Nats now turn to Difo and Green

With two shortstops down, Nats now turn to Difo and Green
Two days after placing their starting shortstop on the disabled list, the Nationals were forced to do the same with their backup shortstop, adding Stephen Drew to a rapidly growing infirmary. Drew was placed on the 10-day DL with a right hamstring strain, an injury he sustained in the fifth inning Tuesday night running out of the batter's box on a comebacker to the mound. The Nationals purchased the contract of Grant Green from Triple-A Syracuse to account for their sudden dearth of healthy...
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Game 9 lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals (Drew placed on DL)

Game 9 lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals (Drew placed on DL)
The Nationals today send Max Scherzer to the mound with a chance to sweep the Cardinals. Now, hit the rewind button 48 hours and ask yourself how that statement would've sounded to you at the time. The Nats have righted the ship a bit here the last two nights, riding a ridiculously productive lineup to a pair of blowout wins and now have their ace pitching this afternoon's series finale. It's been a nice bounceback after a rough weekend in Philadelphia. Scherzer will be facing his hometown...
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Roark pitches around shaky defense, emerges with a win

Roark pitches around shaky defense, emerges with a win
It's not particularly fair to evaluate Tanner Roark based on his final pitching line from last night's game. He gave up five runs (three earned) on seven hits in five innings, throwing a whopping 104 pitches in the process. But that doesn't provide an especially accurate portrayal of his performance. Roark's numbers might have looked a whole lot better had the Nationals infield simply made a string of makeable plays behind him. Officially, there were four errors charged, one to every...
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After dramatic double play, Nats turn clunker into blowout win

After dramatic double play, Nats turn clunker into blowout win
On a night in which the Nationals committed four errors - one a piece by every member of the starting infield - it was strangely fitting that the moment that changed the entire complexion of this game was a brilliant double play turned by three members of that very infield. Two on, one out in the top of the fifth, the Nationals trailing by two runs and teetering on the brink of disaster. Stephen Drew dives to his right at shortstop to make a backhanded snare of Jhonny Peralta's scorched...
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Nationals start ugly, finish strong in 14-6 win over Cardinals

Nationals start ugly, finish strong in 14-6 win over Cardinals
It certainly wasn't easy on the eyes, unless your eyes were closed when they committed four errors and when they squandered a number of opportunities with men in scoring position. But sometimes you just gotta win ugly, and the Nationals won't be apologizing for the lack of style points they displayed tonight in beating the Cardinals 14-6 to snap a two-game losing streak. Especially given how well they finished. Clutch hits by Stephen Drew, Matt Wieters and Adam Eaton provided the offense...
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Turner lands on 10-day DL, Taylor recalled from Syracuse

Turner lands on 10-day DL, Taylor recalled from Syracuse
Had Trea Turner suffered a mild right hamstring strain on April 8, 2016, the Nationals might well have waited a week to let him heal and then put him back in their lineup, avoiding a 15-day stint on the disabled list. But because Turner suffered his injury on April 8, 2017, and because Major League Baseball has turned the 15-day DL into the 10-day DL, the Nationals decided not to waste any time and shelved their leadoff man and shortstop now. Turner was placed on the DL this afternoon, a...
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Game 7 lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals (Turner to DL)

Game 7 lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals (Turner to DL)
The Nationals are back in town, home for the entire week to face the Cardinals and Phillies, hoping for some better results than their weekend in Philadelphia. The bullpen probably will have a major say in how this all turns out, but first things first ... Tanner Roark is on the mound for the Nats in tonight's opener against St. Louis. He pitched well in his season opener, allowing two runs in six innings against the Marlins. If he can go six or seven tonight, the Nationals bullpen should be...
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More on Strasburg, Nathan and this week's pitching matchups

More on Strasburg, Nathan and this week's pitching matchups
Some day-after tidbits, quotes and thoughts as the Nationals lick their wounds from a tough weekend in Philadelphia and now prepare to host the Cardinals the next three days ... * It got lost in the shuffle after the ninth-inning drama Sunday, but Stephen Strasburg put together a very nice start. And it could easily have been a great start if not for some unfortunate developments behind him in the field. Strasburg allowed three runs over seven innings, providing the lengthy start the Nationals...
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One week in, Nats hope relievers' psyches aren't damaged

One week in, Nats hope relievers' psyches aren't damaged
PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Zimmerman and other veterans on the Nationals roster who have been through the grind before understand the significance of 1-of-26 weeks in a baseball season, especially when it's the first one. "It's one week," Zimmerman said. "So it's hard to take anything away from it." Easy for a veteran to say. For the younger members of the Nationals, especially those who spend the majority of their time in the bullpen, there is more danger of letting one ragged week have...
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Nats lose 4-3 to Phils, despite Zimmerman's clutch homer

Nats lose 4-3 to Phils, despite Zimmerman's clutch homer
PHILADELPHIA - They got the big blast they needed from Ryan Zimmerman, just in the nick of time. But the Nationals bullpen again couldn't seal the deal, and so what could've been an uplifting Sunday afternoon at the park instead turned into the team's first two-game losing streak of the young season. Zimmerman's three-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the top of the ninth brought the Nationals back from the dead to tie a game that had looked lost. But Koda Glover gave up the winning run...
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Murphy keeps on hitting in season's first week (Nats lose 4-3)

Murphy keeps on hitting in season's first week (Nats lose 4-3)
PHILADELPHIA - If this is how Daniel Murphy hits after an abbreviated spring training, imagine how he'd hit had he actually been getting consistent at-bats throughout March. Murphy ripped a single to right field in his second at-bat this afternoon, extending his hitting streak to six games to open the season and raising his batting average to .522. Only the Rockies' Nolan Arenado, the Giants' Brandon Crawford and the Angels' Andrelton Simmons have also opened the year with six-game hitting...
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Nationals promote Albers, designate Guthrie for assignment

Nationals promote Albers, designate Guthrie for assignment
PHILADELPHIA - Needing a fresh arm after four consecutive days of extensive bullpen use, the Nationals purchased the contract of Matt Albers this morning, ensuring the veteran right-hander will be available if needed during today's series finale against the Phillies. Jeremy Guthrie, who was rocked for 10 runs in only two-thirds of an inning Saturday night, was designated for assignment to clear a roster spot. It was an unceremonious, but necessary, end to Guthrie's 24 hours with the...
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Game 6 lineups: Nats at Phillies

Game 6 lineups: Nats at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - It's a new day, and that can only be a good thing for the Nationals after last night's debacle. They still have an opportunity to win this series against the Phillies, and though their bullpen is pretty taxed at this point, they do have Stephen Strasburg starting this afternoon's finale at Citizens Bank Park. Strasburg has been electric inside this stadium during his career, going 2-0 with a 1.22 ERA in six starts, with the Nats winning all six of those games. And he was sharp...
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Morning-after notes on the bullpen, Blanton, Kelley and Murphy

Morning-after notes on the bullpen, Blanton, Kelley and Murphy
PHILADELPHIA - Some more notes, reactions and repercussions of last night's ugly 17-3 loss to the Phillies ... * The last thing the Nationals needed last night was a start of anything fewer than five innings. So when Jeremy Guthrie had to be yanked with only two outs in the bottom of the first, the rest of the pitching staff might as well have gone into crisis mode. All things considered, though, the bullpen came out of this one as reasonably well as it could, given the circumstances. Blake...
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Encouraging news on Turner softens sting of blowout loss

Encouraging news on Turner softens sting of blowout loss
PHILADELPHIA - At the end of a brutal night of baseball that saw the Nationals dig themselves into a 12-run hole in the first inning amid a barrage of hits against Jeremy Guthrie, then burn up what remained of their bullpen just to record the requisite number of outs required to make this 17-3 thumping at the hands of the Phillies official, there was at least some encouraging news. Shortstop Trea Turner does not appear to be seriously injured after pulling up lame in the top of the...
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Disastrous first inning sends Nationals on way to 17-3 loss

Disastrous first inning sends Nationals on way to 17-3 loss
PHILADELPHIA - In the annals of worst innings in club history, this had to rank at the top. The Nationals gave up 12 runs to the Phillies in the first, and that might not even have been the worst thing to happen to them in the frame. As disastrous as that 12-spot was, with Jeremy Guthrie taking the brunt of the pounding, and as ugly as the Nationals' eventual 17-3 loss was, the larger concern in the big picture was the sight of Trea Turner departing in the top of the first inning with an...
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Trea Turner suffers apparent leg injury (Nats trounced 17-3)

Trea Turner suffers apparent leg injury (Nats trounced 17-3)
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals avoided significant injuries to prominent players throughout the spring and entered the season as healthy as any team in baseball, but that run of good fortune may have come to an abrupt end. Trea Turner had to come out of tonight's game against the Phillies in the top of the first inning after suffering an apparent hamstring injury running the bases, a potentially major blow to a club that intends to rely on its dynamic leadoff hitter and shortstop heavily this...
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