Game 79: Gray Struggles in Loss + Soto Contractual Talks

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Nats lost 6-3 to Miami to open up a four game series on a holiday weekend in D.C. Al gives kudos to Mark for his pinch hit performance on Friday night as he filled in as color commentator on MASN. They then evaluate Josiah Gray's outing; where he allowed six runs in just under six frames. How much time off should he have between starts? (12:10) Keibert Ruiz had an impressive game both with the bat and the glove. In the top of the 6th he yet another pickoff play at 1st base and then in the bottom of the 6th he crushed a 2 run HR. Will opposing runners start adapting to this new knack of his? (21:30) Riley Adams was sent down to AAA in a mild surprise and was replaced by Tres Barrera. Will he return next month at 1B if Josh Bell is traded? (31:45) Thursday saw a lot of traffic about Juan Soto's contractual situation after a report surfaced from a Dominican based MLB Insider. It leads to a conversation of whether or not Soto would be open to signing an extension as opposed to waiting for Free Agency. How important is the ownership situation? (42:01) We begin our series of looking back at the unparalleled month in Nationals history (July 2021) with the evening that Alex Avila played 2B in a loss to the Dodgers. July last year began with the Nats over .500 and it ended with them becoming sellers at the trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Natschat is brought to you by Walters.
0:02.1	Walters is your spot this holiday weekend to watch UFC 276 on Saturday night as Israel-A-Sanja faces Jared Kennanier.
0:10.8	Visit walters.com backslash events for more information.
0:17.2	The 2-1.
0:18.8	Swinging a high, high drive deep left field toward the corner.
0:22.1	Way back goes Thomas, and it is gone.
0:24.7	A soaring drive, about seven rows deep into section 105, giving Miami a 1-0-0 lead.
0:30.9	The 0-1.
0:32.2	Swinging in a hard shot.
0:33.6	It gets past Franco to his glove side for a hit.
0:36.3	Rounding third coming home is Garcia.
0:38.6	Adrianz's fire to the plate is offline, and so Garcia will score.
0:42.6	It's now Miami 5 of the Nationals 1.
0:45.7	And welcome to Natschat for Saturday, July 2nd, 2020, along with Massensports.com,
0:51.5	Nationals Insider.
0:52.6	Or should I say, Nationals Color Commentator,
0:55.0	Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park. I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast.
0:59.8	So Friday was July 1st, 2022. The one-year anniversary of something that in so many ways
1:06.7	captured the Nats 2021 season. Alex Avila playing second base for the Nats in a loss to the Los Angeles
1:14.1	Dodgers at National's Park, July 1st, 2021. More on that game later in the show. Well, what did you know it?
1:21.1	On the one year anniversary of Alex Avila being a true team player in playing second base for the Nats,
1:27.4	our guy, our pal, Mark Zuckerman, a true team player in playing second base for the Nats, our guy, our pal,
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