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As of September 6, here are the Washington Nationals’ bullpen stats and how they rank across the league. (Source: FanGraphs)

IP: 646.2 (#2)

ERA: 5.08 (#29)

ERA- (ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better): 119 (#29)

FIP: 4.95 (#29)

FIP- (FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better): 116 (#29)

xFIP (Expected FIP where HR are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced): 4.80 (#29)

FIP-Based WAR: -2.9 (#29)

RA9-Based WAR: -3.5 (#30)

Saves: 34 (#21)

Blown Saves: 37 (#1)

Holds: 69 (#23)

K%: 18.9% (#29)

BB%: 10.3 (#21)

HR/9: 1.39 (#29)

H/9: 9.09 (#27)

WHIP: 1.47 (#26)

LOB% (Left on Base%): 69.6% (#24)

WPA (Win Probability Added): -7.28 (#29)

RE24 (Run Expectancy based on the 24 base-out states): -61.93 (#29)

Exit Velocity (mph): 89.4 (#28)

HardHit% (EV ≥ 95 mph): 40.5% (#29)

Barrel%: 8.4% (#29)

So basically, can’t strike batters out, can’t limit extra-base hits, can’t hold runners on base, and can’t do anything right.

This is per Baseball Reference.

- Somehow July 12th vs the Yankees didn't count as it only gave Andrew Alvarez a loss

- Some of these happened in games where the Nats still won

- Some of these happened as early as the 6th inning which makes the saves statistic rule weird to define

By Noah White

...Dozens of players — including Skenes, James Wood and Trey Lipscomb — make regular appearances between games and during the offseason...

“You just want to have everything at your disposal,” says Wood, the Washington Nationals’ all-star outfielder, who examined his hitting stance in West Virginia last year. The Nationals share more hitting and pitching metrics with players than most, including the sport’s ever-evolving advanced projective metrics, Wood said. But there’s something to knowing you’re consuming the latest stats folks have cooked up. “It’s always beneficial to see more,” he says. “Even if you need to sort through it.”

A year ago, he heard of the Mountaineers’ start-up from a teammate, Lipscomb, who had heard of it from a teammate. Players talk among themselves. Training facilities and practice quirks rarely remain underground for long. So Wood and Lipscomb acted quickly and made the three-hour drive.

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Nationals (67-78) @ Padres (75-68)

First Pitch: 5:10 PM at Petco Park

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AAA Rochester (3-4 walk-off loss to the Syracuse Mets)

-Seaver King (.310/.390/.920): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Trey Lipscomb (.293/.330/.887): 2-4 with a solo homer, a double, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, and 1 BB

-Andrew Pinckney (.268/.346/.771): 0-3 with 1 BB and 3 Ks

-Cayden Wallace (.299/.351/.900): 1-3 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 1 SB

-Sam Petersen (.238/.367/.781): 1-4 with a double and 1 K

-DJ Herz (rehab assignment) (3.38 ERA/21.1 IP/25:5 K:BB/1.03 WHIP): Herz second rehab start this week went much better than his first. He was through 3 hitless innings before giving up a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 4th, as well as a 2-out single that he was able to strand. Herz recorded 4 swinging strikeouts in his 4.1 inning start for the Red Wings.

Final line: 4.1 IP | 2 H | 1 R/ER | 0 BB | 4 K on 58 pitches (36 strikes)

-Ben Grable (2.40 ERA/48.2 IP/74:19 K:BB/1.03 WHIP): Grable struggled finding the strike zone in the bottom of the 9th where he walked the first 2 batters on just 9 pitches. He was able to induce a double but gave up 2 runs on a pair of doubles before being pulled.

Final line: 0.2 IP | 2 H | 2 R/ER | 2 BB | 0 K on 21 pitches (6 strikes)

-Eddy Yean (3.10 ERA/58.0 IP/61:27 K:BB/1.17 WHIP): A leadoff single in the bottom of the 9th would eventually come around to score thanks to an error by Yean on a sacrifice bunt.

Final line: 0.0 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 1 BB | 0 K on 6 pitches (2 strikes)

AA Harrisburg (4-8 loss to the Altoona Curve)

-Devin Fitz-Gerald (.249/.337/.763): 1-4 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 2 Ks

-Ethan Petry (.259/.337/.831): 1-4 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, and 2 Ks

-Branden Boissiere (.293/.362/.877): 1-4 with 1 BB and 2 Ks

-Nick Mitchell (.258/.358/.712): 1-4 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Elijah Green (.216/.314/.693): 0-3 with 1 BB and 1 K

-Jarlin Susana (5.14 ERA/14.0 IP/28:7 K:BB/1.21 WHIP): Susana struggled with control in his latest start and a pair of HBP in the top of the 2nd came around to score on a couple of bases-loaded walks. The only hit he allowed was a leadoff double in the top of the 3rd and he recorded 5 strikeouts (4 swinging) to his 3 walks.

Final line: 2.1 IP | 1 H | 2 R/ER | 3 BB | 5 K on 55 pitches (29 strikes)

-Thomas Schultz (4.36 ERA/53.2 IP/61:21 K:BB/1.16 WHIP): Schultz stranded the leadoff double in the top of the 3rd by inducing a pair of strikeouts (1 swinging), but gave up a leadoff homer in the top of the 4th.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 1 H | 1 R/ER | 0 BB | 2 K on 19 pitches (10 strikes)

-Josiah Gray (rehab assignment) (4.00 ERA/9.0 IP/6:3 K:BB/1.33 WHIP): Gray recorded 2 outs on just 5 pitches in his latest relief appearance for the Senators.

Final line: 0.2 IP | 0 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 0 K on 5 pitches (3 strikes)

-Eriq Swan (5.08 ERA/28.1 IP/36:22 K:BB/1.55 WHIP): Swan gave up 2 runs in the top of the 5th when a 1-out walk and triple both came around to score. He gave up a total of 2 hits and had 2 strikeouts (1 swinging).

Final line: 1.0 IP | 2 H | 2 R/ER | 1 BB | 2 K on 33 pitches (19 strikes)

-Robert Cranz (5.26 ERA/53.0 IP/74:32 K:BB/1.38 WHIP): Cranz put two runners on base with a HBP and a single in a scoreless top of the 6th where he recorded 2 swinging strikeouts.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 1 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 2 K on 14 pitches (10 strikes)

-Kendeglyz Virguez (4.05 ERA/40.0 IP/54:24 K:BB/1.48 WHIP): A leadoff single would come around to score on a sac fly thanks to a pair of wild pitches by Virguez. He walked 1 batter and had 1 swinging strikeout in the top of the 8th.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 1 H | 1 R/ER | 1 BB | 1 K on 20 pitches (11 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (6-5 walk-off win over the Hudson Valley Renegades)

-Eli Willits (.262/.404/.861): 1-4 with a triple, 1 run scored, and 1 K

-Jacob Walsh (.266/.356/.885): 0-2 with 1 run scored and 2 BB

-Yeremy Cabrera (.251/.346/.750): 0-4 with 1 RBI

-Luke Dickerson (.218/.378/.768): 0-4 with 3 Ks

-Angel Feliz (.232/.308/.678): 0-4 with 4 Ks

A Fredericksburg (7-2 win against the Wilson Warbirds)

-Gavin Fien (.242/.337/.738): 0-3 with 1 run scored, 2 BB, and 1 K

-Coy James (.220/.331/.736): 0-1 with 1 BB

-Dashyll Tejeda (.224/.348/.688): 0-1 with 1 K

-Rafael Ramirez Jr. (.276/.424/.886): 1-3 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Elian Soto (.262/.392/.824): 1-3 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 2 Ks

-Avery Ortiz (.246/.361/.820): 1-3 with a double, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Sir Jamison Jones (.204/.294/.658): 1-3 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 1 SB

-Juan Cruz (.293/.347/.852): 2-4 with 1 run scored and 1 K

-Juan Reyes (3.06 ERA/64.2 IP/75:23 K:BB/1.11 WHIP): Reyes continues to be lights out in Fredericksburg and he tossed 5.1 shutout innings on Sunday afternoon. He gave up just 2 singles and 1 walk while inducing a career-high 9 strikeouts (7 swinging) for the FredNats.

Final line: 5.1 IP | 2 H | 0 R/ER | 1 BB | 9 K on 70 pitches (46 strikes)

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed tonight and should include in future prospect roundups!

Nationals (67-78) @ Padres (75-68)

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Nationals (67-77) @ Dodgers (85-57)

First Pitch: 10:10 PM at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium

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By Danielle Allentuck

Devin Pearson, the Washington Nationals’ assistant general manager, looked on with awe. As the team’s Class High-A affiliate, the Wilmington Blue Rocks, waited out a recent rain delay in Jersey City, Eli Willits was playing golf in the visiting clubhouse...

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Blown save 36 had a familiar pattern with too many walks and a back breaking homer

Anyone remember these guys? They were basically Lego figures of athletes. I found my old Bryce Harper one (he has seen better days). Curious if anyone remembers seeing these at Nats park cause I could have sworn they used to sell them there as well as online.

Nats MiLB scoreboard

AAA Rochester (14-9 win over the Syracuse Mets)

-Seaver King (.313/.393/.928): 2-6 with a double and 1 K

-Trey Lipscomb (.292/.327/.876): 1-4 with 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 2 BB, and 2 SB

-Andrew Pinckney (.270/.347/.775): 1-5 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Cayden Wallace (.299/.350/.901): 2-5 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, 3 RBI, and 1 K

-Maxwell Romero Jr. (.257/.372/.903): 2-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 2 Ks

-Sam Petersen (.238/.368/.781): 2-4 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 SB

AA Harrisburg (8-5 win against the Altoona Curve)

-Devin Fitz-Gerald (.249/.337/.764): 2-3 with a double, 2 runs scored, and 1 BB

-Kevin Bazzell (.272/.369/.798): 1-4 with a dobule, 1 RBI, and was caught stealing 2nd

-Branden Boissiere (.293/.361/.880): 2-3 with a double, 1 run scored, 3 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Nick Mitchell (.258/.357/.712): 1-4 with 2 runs scored, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Elijah Green (.218/.314/.695): 1-4 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-TJ White (.236/.344/.735): 1-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, and 1 RBI

-Alex Clemmey (4.82 ERA/123.1 IP/130:77 K:BB/1.51 WHIP): A 3-run homer in the top of the 1st was all of the damage that Clemmey allowed in his 5 inning start today. He gave up a total of 5 hits and 2 walks while recording 6 swinging strikeouts on the night.

Final line: 5.0 IP | 5 H | 3 R/ER | 2 BB | 6 K on 85 pitches (49 strikes)

-Josiah Gray (rehab assignment) (4.32 ERA/8.1 IP/6:3 K:BB/1.44 WHIP): Gray recorded a 1-2-3 top of the 6th for the Senators on Saturday night.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 0 K on 12 pitches (7 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (5-3 win over the Hudson Valley Renegades)

-Ronny Cruz (.233/.321/.717): 1-3 with 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 SB, and 1 K

-Jacob Walsh (.267/.354/.886): 1-3 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Luke Dickerson (.220/.380/.774): 0-4 with 1 run scored and 1 BB

-Angel Feliz (.234/.311/.685): 1-4 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Erick Mejia (rehab assignment) (1.20 ERA/30.0 IP/38:15 K:BB/1.20 WHIP): Mejia tossed a perfect top of the 6th in his latest rehab relief appearance for the Blue Rocks.

Final line: 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 0 K on 15 pitches (9 strikes)

A Fredericksburg (6-3 win against the Wilson Warbirds)

-Gavin Fien (.245/.336/.741): 2-5 with 2 runs scored and 1 K

-Coy James (.220/.330/.736): 0-4 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Cashel Dugger (.167/.344/.615): 1-2 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Dashyll Tejeda (.225/.349/.690): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Rafael Ramirez Jr. (.275/.423/.887): 2-3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI

-Elian Soto (.261/.390/.823): 1-3 with 2 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Avery Ortiz (.241/.362/.810): 1-2 with 1 run scored

-Juan Cruz (.290/.345/.850): 1-4 with a double, 1 run scored, and 1 K

-Zack Konstantinovsky (0.00 ERA/6.0 IP/8:0 K:BB/0.50 WHIP): The Nationals 2026 14th round pick made his first pro start on Saturday and he allowed a single in between recording strikeouts for every single out in his 2 inning start for the FredNats. This included striking out the side in the top of the 2nd on 3 swinging strikeouts.

Final line: 2.0 IP | 1 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 6 K on 30 pitches (21 strikes)

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed tonight and should include in future prospect roundups!

No hair having home run hitting guy

While the Nationals do not have the financial might to pay Tucker $60 million annually — or the depth to take that sort of plunge and survive his disappointing season without drastically reducing their World Series odds for years to come — they are in a better position than most franchises to start taking financial risks this winter.

That might sound like an odd thing to say about the Nationals.

After Friday night’s 5-3 loss, they are nine games (67-76) under .500. They have also already exceeded last year’s win total in part because of their rational and disciplined approach to spending.

They allocated resources to coaching and technology last winter because those back-end costs offer more bang for the buck at this stage of their competitive cycle than a big-name producer might. That practical temperament, though, does not have to stretch indefinitely, nor do they have to apply it to every corner of the operation.

Consider the following: The Nationals have over $50 million coming off the books from players who are not even on the 40-man roster, according to FanGraphs, $35 million of which comes from Stephen Strasburg’s expiring contract. CJ Abrams and Cade Cavalli are the only players on next year’s roster due for a meaningful raise, and “meaningful” here is still less than $10 million.

If they stood pat, the Nats could theoretically enter 2027 with a substantially lower payroll than the 2026 Miami Marlins, whose $76 million payroll ranks last in MLB.

Read that and yell at the clouds, or the ownership group, or whoever else has not listened to the complaints of a beleaguered fanbase during the rebuild. While some would argue that this level of frugality is never worth it and that the Nationals owe their fans consistent spending, years of cheap behavior have created a window to make a splash in 2027.