Dan T. Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Hunter Harvey has always had outstanding stuff, it's just been a matter if he can stay healthy. That's a guy to root for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Finnegan looked like he was in midseason form. Crews with a bad K with the bases loaded & 1 out. IF single his next AB. Gallo had a nice 2B to score a couple. Didn't realize how big Gallo is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 21 hours ago, EmirOfShmo said: Yay...Nats on MASN at 1:05pm in RVA today. Rutledge off to a bad start. Walked the bases loaded & 26 pitches. Ground out to end the inning - 27 pitches 1 K 3BB Evidently Rutledge was experimenting with a cutter. Mason Thompson will have TJ (his second). It’s a shame, when he’s on, he can be lights out. They have done a good job of getting bullpen arms that can help out. Probably four guys who could go on the 40 day IL. Hassell with a double to left field. He is hitting the ball the opposite way with power. Very excited about him turning things around like House did last season. If you can, watch a replay of Wood’s infield single. The ball wasn’t hit softly. The 3B caught it deep in the 5.5 hole, but Wood has blazing speed. He’s so smooth athletically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 3 hours ago, Ball Security said: Evidently Rutledge was experimenting with a cutter. Mason Thompson will have TJ (his second). It’s a shame, when he’s on, he can be lights out. They have done a good job of getting bullpen arms that can help out. Probably four guys who could go on the 40 day IL. Hassell with a double to left field. He is hitting the ball the opposite way with power. Very excited about him turning things around like House did last season. If you can, watch a replay of Wood’s infield single. The ball wasn’t hit softly. The 3B caught it deep in the 5.5 hole, but Wood has blazing speed. He’s so smooth athletically. I didn't know that about Rutledge. That's good. He got hit a bit in the 2nd but had much better control. Hassell looks so confident at the plate. He also made a nice grab in CF. Yeah, I saw the Wood hit live. I didn't realize he had that kind of speed - I think they said 4.07 to 1st & is the fastest on the team. Crews with another SB yesterday. Impressed by all of the pitching yesterday - Herz was a mixed bag of good and bad pitching. He, too, may have been working on a new pitch. They said the catchers will be spending more time on 1 knee this season even with runners on base. I think it helps them frame pitches better & gives the umps a better view. I noticed the Sox doing the same with their catchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Early in Spring Training I don't get too into the pitchers getting hit around because like others have said, they aren't throwing their best or even good stuff right now. They need to be working on their weaker pitchers and now is when they need to do it. Doesn't mean they are going to be ok when the season starts. But if someone is dominant right now, I'm suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Just now, EmirOfShmo said: I didn't know that about Rutledge. That's good. He got hit a bit in the 2nd but had much better control. Hassell looks so confident at the plate. He also made a nice grab in CF. Yeah, I saw the Wood hit live. I didn't realize he had that kind of speed - I think they said 4.07 to 1st & is the fastest on the team. Crews with another SB yesterday. Impressed by all of the pitching yesterday - Herz was a mixed bag of good and bad pitching. He, too, may have been working on a new pitch. They said the catchers will be spending more time on 1 knee this season even with runners on base. I think it helps them frame pitches better & gives the umps a better view. I noticed the Sox doing the same with their catchers. I’ve been fortunate to watch a lot of prospects these past two years in Fredericksburg (great place to watch baseball game, can’t recommend it enough). When they made the Soto trade and had Wood, Green, and Hassell in the pipeline with the likelihood of taking an OF in the 2023 draft. A lot of people assumed that Wood would be pushed to first base because of his height. But if you watch him play, he moves like an NBA wing player. He got a double on a base hit to center which would be a single for most players. He made catches in CF where he just glides to the ball. It’s awesome to think that they could have three CFs patrolling the OF soon. I would love to pitch with that behind me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, Ball Security said: It’s awesome to think that they could have three CFs patrolling the OF soon. I would love to pitch with that behind me. House is apparently a plus defender at 3B. Add in a 2B that can play defense (Nunez?) and pitchers will love us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warhead36 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Jimmy Wood gonna mash this year. I think we can win 80 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Wood with another hit. I believe that’s his sixth this spring. Hitting .500 with a 1.731 OPS. Paul Skenes hitting 102 on the gun in a perfect first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Wood looks amazing. Yeah yeah small sample size blah blah but holy cow is he fun to watch. It will be real interesting to see where he ends up at the end of spring training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, Warhead36 said: Jimmy Wood gonna mash this year. I think we can win 80 games. We have no idea if he's making the major league squad or not. They might withhold him until the summer for service time manipulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 All three of Wood's homers have been rockets--all of them 100+ MPH EV, 400+ moonshots. House's homer was a bomb, Hassell has been hitting the ball hard. While stats in Spring Training are meaningless, these guys aren't hitting BABIP bloopers, they're hitting rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 57 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said: All three of Wood's homers have been rockets--all of them 100+ MPH EV, 400+ moonshots. House's homer was a bomb, Hassell has been hitting the ball hard. While stats in Spring Training are meaningless, these guys aren't hitting BABIP bloopers, they're hitting rockets. Crews doesn’t have the same outcomes as Wood, House, and Hassell, but he has made some good contact that hasn’t dropped for hits. As you say, ST stats need to be viewed in context. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 30 more days until opening day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 19 hours ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said: We have no idea if he's making the major league squad or not. They might withhold him until the summer for service time manipulation. I think MLB tweaked the rules so that there's less incentive or less ability to manipulate service time. I caught fragments of a conversation about that on 106.7 the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Anyone have fielding stats for our spring training? Ruiz has a lot of errors, but do all of our catchers as well? I know they've switched up a lot for that group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) The Twitter handle DC Connoisseur live streams the ST games. Abrams led off the bottom of the first with a bomb. Edited March 1 by Ball Security 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PleaseBlitz Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Is that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 46 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Is that good? He’s made seven outs. Padres fleeced us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 No Nationals games on National TV this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 Interesting that Toronto has zero also. They’re supposed to be pretty good and have a sizable fan base. ESPN cramming the same 6 teams over and over again. Their coverage sucks hot holy ass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yesterday's game. Couldn't find a video but it's in the article below Lile carted off with back injury after scary flip over OF wall Nats' No. 6 prospect, who was able to move his legs and feet, to undergo CT scan https://www.mlb.com/news/daylen-lile-back-injury Update... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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