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The Sports Junkies

Best of the Nationals on WJFK/WTEM: Impressive Showing in Beltway Series

The Sports Junkies

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Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In the best of the Nationals on WJFK/WTEM, GM Mike Rizzo joins The Sports Junkies following an impressive win over the Orioles; Grant & Danny can't get enough of James Wood; Dave Jageler joins Grant & Danny to break down the Orioles series; Chris Russell shared his thoughts on the Rockies series

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0:00.0

Time to head out to the rude guest hotline,

0:02.2

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0:06.7

We say good morning to Mike Rizzo,

0:08.4

President and General Manager of the Washington Nationals,

0:11.8

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0:13.3

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0:16.5

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0:20.8

Mike, hello. Good morning, guys guys how are you uh we're not doing

0:25.1

as well as mitchell parker was on the bump last night i mean what an awesome outing by him eight

0:30.8

innings pitch allows just one hit two walks fans four orioles, his ERA is at a sparkling 1.39.

0:40.9

I mean, were you just blown away by what he was doing last night on the mound?

0:45.0

Yeah, he's been, you know, a very consistent pitcher force last year and a half since we brought

0:50.9

him up.

0:51.3

And, you know, he had everything working last night he was pounding

0:54.8

the strike zone and kept the batters off uh off balance and uh you know kept the barrel kept the ball

1:01.2

off the barrel of the bat and that's the secret to his success what's his background did he play

1:06.3

college ball did you guys draft him right out of high school? San Jacinto, it looks like. Junior college.

1:12.4

Gotcha. Yeah, he's a New Mexico kid that we drafted out of junior college in San Jacinto

1:17.4

in the fifth round, which was that year, remember, that was the last round, you know, in that draft

1:23.3

because of COVID. So, yeah, we took him in the fifth round, and, you know, development did a great job of them,

1:29.2

Sammy Neron and those guys down in the minor leagues because he was a guy that had a really good

1:35.2

arm, but, you know, scattered his fastball and, you know, didn't pitch with much command or feel

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