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Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Spring Training is currently in its "Dog Days" phase as Opening Day in Navy Yard is two weeks away. Al & Mark open with a quick update on CJ Abrams, who exited Wednesday's game early due to cramping in both quads, but is expected in Thursday's lineup.

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0:00.0	Walters will have all of March Madness on their 30-plus TVs, located both inside and outside.
0:07.4	Walk on over to Walters during your lunch break when the first round begins on Thursday, March 20th.
0:15.7	Young doesn't run. Pitched Abrams has ripped down the right field line. It's fair. This one is
0:19.4	headed toward the corner. Young has turned on the Jets.
0:21.7	He's rounding second.
0:22.5	He's going to third.
0:23.2	He's going to try to score.
0:39.3	Trouble in the right field corner for Butler. So as Young scores, Abrams into third with a stand-up triple. And the Nationals have their first lead of the series. One to nothing over Oakland. And welcome to Natsch chat for Thursday, March 13th, 2025, along with Mass and Sports.com, Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who is in West Palm Beach, Florida,
0:43.2	site of National Spring Training. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. We now are two
0:48.2	weeks away from opening day, which is Thursday, March 27th. And that's host of Philadelphia Phillies,
0:54.0	Thursday afternoon, March 27th at The Nats host of Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday afternoon,
0:54.9	March 27th at 405. Four of the five spots in the Nats' regular season opening rotation now are set.
1:02.2	Who will get spot number five? We have that to discuss. We'll examine some other ongoing roster battles.
1:07.7	So we have the Nats' 2019 first round pick, starting pitcher. Jackson
1:11.0	Rutledge now officially being a reliever. All of that and a lot more coming up on the show. It's good to have you with us. You can find us on X at Nats underscore chat. You can find us on Blue Sky at Nats chat podcast. You can email the show, Nats chat podcast at gmail.com, including if you would like to sponsor the show, we'd love to have you on board.
1:29.3	All kinds of ways we can serve you as the Nats of 2025 regular season is coming up.
1:33.9	Email Tim Schovers, the man who runs the podcast.
1:36.0	Again, that email address, Natschatpodcast at gmail.com.
1:40.5	And we have a website that you can check out to natschatpodcast.com at which you can purchase
1:45.2	a Natschat podcast t-shirt.
1:48.4	2025 Natspring training now is more than a month old.
1:52.1	February 12th was the day of the first workout for Nats pitchers and catchers.
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