Game 158: Corbin Solid in Low Scoring Coors Field Loss

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 3-1 in Colorado as Patrick Corbin struck out nine in what could be his final start of the season. Mark & Al evaluate Corbin as September has by far been his best month of his terrible season. How important will ending this year on a positive note be for the high priced lefty? What are the chances he pitches Sunday vs. the Red Sox? (15:27) Juan Soto went 0 for 4 and didn't reach base for the first time in two weeks. He is now hitting .318; which trails Trea Turner (.325). Should he maybe get the day off on Wednesday? (20:40) Ryan Zimmerman had an excellent game on his 37th birthday. He had a double, an infield single, and made a web gem catch in foul territory. What insights do we have on if this weekend will be his final time at Nationals Park? (29:44) A listener email asking about the Nationals organization infrastructure regarding player development. Our conversation quickly then moves into the direction of Baseball Analytics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Match chat is brought to you by Walters.
0:02.4	One last weekend to baseball, and Walters is ready to see all of its friends.
0:06.9	One last time before the end of the season, the weather will be crisp.
0:10.4	Soto will be making a push for MVP votes, and most importantly, the beer will be cold.
0:15.9	Come for the beer, burgers, bourbon, and baseball.
0:19.5	We hope you'll walk on over to Walters.
0:23.1	Here it comes.
0:24.7	Check swing, strike three, three sliders, see you later.
0:27.5	Patrick Corbyn with strikeout number nine.
0:29.8	One hit of the infield variety, one man left.
0:32.5	Corbyn has pitched six good innings, but he's on the short end of a two-nothing score.
0:36.3	And welcome to Natchchat for Wednesday, September 29, 2021, along with National's Insider,
0:41.6	Mark Zuckerman of Massensports.com. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Well, it was perhaps
0:47.7	the ultimate test of whether Patrick Corbyn was ending his oh-so-bad 2021 season on a high note. A start in maybe the single
0:57.9	worst pitchers park in Major League history, Corse Field on Tuesday night. How would Corbyn do of having
1:05.0	done well in three of his previous four starts? And the answer is he did very well. Nationals did lose the game
1:12.7	three one. But Mark, this is something here. Patrick Corbin and perhaps his final outing of the
1:19.6	season goes out on a high note, makes it four good outings over his final five starts. And maybe,
1:25.8	just maybe he can exit this season, not feeling so bad about
1:29.0	things.
1:29.8	Yeah, and you know what, Al, to me, it's not even just the results, you know, two runs and six
1:34.0	settings.
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