2015 Washington Nationals Thread - Hot Stove News: Daniel Murphy signed, Phillips is an idiot.

[Slateman]

LOL the boo birds

Dominic Brown...another once hyped prospect whos proven to be crap

He had one monster half a season ... and then that was it.

[hail2skins]

Scherzer has to bat again this inning??  Don't even try Mad Max!!

[Mr. Sinister]

Adios

[Warhead36]

Our B Team lineup is crushing this garbage division

[CRobi21]

Baseball is cool..

[Bacon]

My IRL reaction to DD's homer:

 

[Slateman]

My IRL reaction to DD's homer:

 

 

mikewithbats ‏@mike_is_bored - BREAKING: Philadelphia Phillies acquire Jose Tabata from Pittsburgh Pirates for PTBNL

Didn't take much for them to find Brown's replacement

[Warhead36]

Daaaamn there goes the no no

[Slateman]

Damnit

[CRobi21]

Trade him...

Not getting it done.

[Bacon]

Panic button initiated.

[hail2skins]

Well, would be funny to sandwich the no-no between two one-hitters anyway

 

7th inning: Ugh.....now suspense on whether the starters shutout streak is maintained.

[skinswillwin06]

Wow Max. Get off my team

[Warhead36]

There goes the shutout streak.

Think Scherz is running out of steam here.

[Bacon]

Where does the streak end, 48? 41 1/3 + 6 2/3

[hail2skins]

Was over 41 going in, so guess it'd be 48. 

 

Don't know if I wanted to sweat through Gio thru 4-5 innings tomorrow anyway. 

[Warhead36]

Lotta fouled off pitches when normally he closes em out quick. Sign of fatigue.

Pull him. Hes done. No closeout pitch.

Max is a hero. Another fantastic start.

[Bacon]

That was an effort. Oh well, still (another) great game.

[CRobi21]

Max wants to go back out in the 8th. Hope MW takes the ball from him. Hes thrown a lot of innings these last 3 outings. Need to leave some for Oct.

[Warhead36]

Yeah hes done. He had no closeout pitch and was throwing meatballs at the end. Trust the well rested pen.

[StillUnknown]

I don't understand why Scherzer is pitching this inning

[queso87]

Why in the hell did MW send Scherzer back out there?

[Warhead36]

Yep, bad decision by Matt once again. When BEN REVERE hits a homer off you you know youre done.

[queso87]

I hate Matt Williams. I really really do.

[TheGoodBits]

Why in the hell did MW send Scherzer back out there?

Because Max asked to. Staple of Matt Williams managerial style. He's a players coach. Don't hate it at 93 pitches, though he was clearly struggling last inning.

Outside of the solo HR, good inning. Now turn over to Storen for the save.