The Washington Nationals had found something special in Alex Call, who was a spark for the Nats in many ways. In two separate appearances, Call said he made a mechanical tweak but also a mental adjustment that changed his game. In his 30 games this season, Call batted an impressive .343 with a .950 and delivered some crucial hits, including another memorable walk-off. This time, Call hit with power and consistency at the plate. Unfortunately, his season may be coming to an end as he has a crack in his Plantar fascia in the heel of his left foot. He will go on the 10-day IL.
In the twists and turns of baseball, Dylan Crews is being called up on Monday, and that would have pushed Call into the role of fourth outfielder and DH — and now it looks like Call will be out for a while. The good news, if you’re an optimist, is that many thought this was an Achilles injury, which would have cost Call most of the 2025 season as well.
With the Nats on the verge of calling up Crews, they could have opted to bring him in today as Call’s replacement — but it looks like they’ll cobble together a replacement, possibly with Joey Gallo in right field and Drew Millas as an extra player. That would still leave the Nats with a player to spare on Monday if Crews is activated. Of course, the Nats can expand their roster to 28 players on Sept. 1.
Based on last year’s winning record of 71 games, the Nats need to go 14-19 or better to surpass that record. To surpass FanGraphs’ 66 wins, the Nats need to win 9 more games. There are only 33 games left in the season, and the rest of this season should really help determine the players that could impact the 2025 roster.
The Nats are outsider today, at +150 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100, you win $150. Bet $10.00 and you win $15.00.
Nats manager Dave Martinez had a tie game in overtime and rested their closer Kyle Finnegan. The work in the bullpen was shared by Jacob Barnes, Eduardo Salazar, Robert Garcia and Jose A. Ferrer.
This is what the Nats’ schedule looks like in the future:
- Saturday: Jake Irvin vs. Braves
- Sunday: DJ Herz vs. Braves
- Monday: Mitchell Parker vs. Yankees
- Tuesday: Patrick Corbin vs. Yankees
- Wednesday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Yankees
- Thursday: Closed, August 29
- Friday: Irvin vs. Cubs
- Saturday: Hearts vs. Cubs
- Sunday: Parker vs. Cubs
- Monday: Closed 2 September
Your best Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR Leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. at the top of the WAR rankings at +3.1, Jacob Young at +2.4 and CJ Abrams at +2.1. In total, 29 Nats players have a positive WAR and another five have a neutral WAR of 0.0.
“We played well. We played really well – until the last play of the game.”
— Nats manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.44 and 22nd in the MLB.
This is how they are classified:
Starter No. 5: Patrick Corbin 5.73
No. 4 starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.51
No. 3 starter: Mitchell Parker 4.26
No. 2 Starter: DJ Herz 4.15
Starter No. 1: Jake Irvin 3.81
BAshington Nationls against Atlanta Braves
Stadium: Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia
1. Rope length: 7:20 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN
Radio: 106.7 The Fan Radio and on the MLB app; in Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. Tune in to Sirius/XM channel 186 for the home broadcast; the away team can only be seen online.
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TalkNats celebrates 5th and 100th anniversaries of World Series victories with game recaps.
Game 130:
The Nationals won on August 24th against the Chicago Cubs on the road with a score of 73-57. They will not fall below .500 for the rest of the season. The Nats are in second place in the NL East. But you already knew that. Match report / tables
The Senators won at home against the Philadelphia Athletics on September 1st, reaching a record of 75-55. The Senators are now in first place, ahead of the Yankees. Result/Table
