Abrams Homers in Atlanta Defeat

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 5-2 in the Atlanta series finale on Thursday afternoon. Al Galdi hosts solo and begins with a wide angle lens look at CJ Abrams' future, as it is growing more appropriate to talk about Washington signing him to an extension ahead of his Free Agency after the 2028 season. Abrams homered in the 8th inning, his second dinger this week, and his average currently sits at .317. (11:35) Trevor Williams only lasted 4.1 IP and fell apart once he faced the Braves lineup for a 3rd time. Williams' ERA is now up to 5.91 and it is fair to wonder if he should flip places with Brad Lord in the bullpen. (14:40) Davey Martinez explains why Jose Tena got the start at 3B while Amed Rosario was at 2B. Luis Garcia Jr. has been out all week after just having a child. (18:00) Al reads an email from an exasperated fan, who is asking for a purge of veterans that are not playing well. (23:00) Jim Callis, senior writer MLB Pipeline, gives Nats Chat an exclusive look at who the Nationals might pick at #1 overall in July's Draft. **** (This is a replay from earlier this month)

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be this time of year, cross the street from Nationals Park and near
0:05.2	Audi Field, open daily from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. And on the weekends, closing time is at 3 a.m.
0:16.7	2-2 pitch. Swain a soft-line drive that'll be a base hit in this shallow center field
0:21.9	Allen scores for do go on his way to third Jacob Young lobs in into second and the Braves now
0:27.9	leaded three to nothing Drake Baldwin's two for three picks up his 12th rbi eye of the season
0:32.7	the one-one slider hit in the air to right field well white turning all all the way around, looking up at the wall, and there it goes.
0:40.3	Now it up into the chop house seats in straightaway right field.
0:44.3	Abrams gets a hold of a slider.
0:46.3	Homers for the second time in the series and pulls the Nationals within 4 to 2.
0:50.3	That's number six on the year.
0:52.3	Soaring fly ball deep into the afternoon and out in right field.
0:57.0	Here it comes.
0:58.0	So we have a slow ground ball to the second basement.
1:00.0	Albee, shovels to Allen for one, on to first for two, and the ball game is over.
1:05.0	The Braves turn the double play. They win at five to two.
1:09.0	And they take the series from the Nationals three games to one.
1:12.9	The Nationals ahead to Baltimore having dropped the first leg of the road trip in Atlanta.
1:18.5	And welcome to Nats chat. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. Mark Zuckerman is off for this installment of the podcast.
1:25.1	But it is nice to be with you as things right now are not so nice for the Nats.
1:30.6	Coming up later in the show, insight from MLB Pipeline Senior Writer Jim Callis on candidates to be taken by the Nats with the number one overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft.
1:40.1	You could find us on X at Nats underscore chat.
1:42.8	You could find us on Blue Sky at Nats Chat Podcast.
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