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Notes and quotes on the Nationals going into the 2024-25 offseason... Looking at the season as a whole in late August, GM and President of Baseball Operations in D.C., Mike Rizzo, told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies the continued development of the club’s pitchers was one of the biggest positives from the Washington Nationals’ 2024 campaign. “You’re seeing really the development … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close…

Notes and quotes on an up and down year for the Nationals’ shortstop... “We don’t have a specific ‘‘You have to be in at 11 o’clock’ type of thing,” GM and President of Baseball Ops in D.C. Mike Rizzo told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies when asked about a report which had shortstop CJ Abrams out all night at a casino in Chicago before a day game in Wrigley Field late this year. … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams and the abrupt end of his 2024 campaign…

Notes and quotes on lefty DJ Herz’s surprisingly successful run in the Nationals’ rotation... In his next-to-last start of the season, DJ Herz struggled through 3 1⁄3 innings over which he gave up six hits, three walks, and seven earned runs. Herz, 23, got up to 83 pitches in the abbreviated turn in the rotation, with five of the hits, all of the runs, and two of the three … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: DJ Herz learns a lot in first major league run

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ left-handed starter finishing strong after a rough stretch... Going into MacKenzie Gore’s 32nd and final start of the 2024 campaign, Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez summed up all he’d seen from the 25-year-old lefty for the previous six months. “Honestly, he started out really well,” the manager told reporters, “… he had a little lull. “For me, … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finished strong after struggles…

Notes and quotes on the reliever Davey Martinez kept on sending out there this season... Derek Law spent two weeks on the IL in late August/early September, dealing with an elbow issue, a flexor strain, but the right-handed reliever still managed to throw the second-most innings in the majors in 2024, finishing the year with 90 IP overall this season (behind only reliever Ryan … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Derek Law wants the ball