Game 93: More Rain and Injuries

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Nats lost the series rubber match on Sunday 8-4 in St. Louis as there was a rain delay for the third consecutive day. Al & Mark (Live from Busch Stadium) begin with the pair of crucial injuries that the team is currently dealing with for closer Hunter Harvey and Jeimer Candelario. Harvey's velocity was down and Saturday and this led to him being scheduled for a MRI back in D.C. Candelario tried pregame to be able to play despite his bone bruise, but instead Ildemaro Vargas played again at 3B. The timing of these injuries are also relevant as the MLB Tradeline is around the corner (August 1st). (18:45) More bad pitching for the Nationals as Josiah Gray allowed 10 hits and the taxed bullpen didn't do much better. Josiah Gray might have had a sterling All Star debut, but that momentum did not carry over on Sunday. (26:00) CJ Abrams tripled and doubled on Sunday and collected six hits in the weekend series. His OPS is at .719 for the month and has a batting average in July at .395. (36:00) The road trip moves to Wrigley Field for three straight evenings with MacKenzie Gore taking the mound on Monday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Make Walters your spot before and after the MLS All-Star festivities at Audi Field.
0:06.3	Skills Challenge Tuesday night, Arsenal against the MLS stars on Wednesday.
0:13.9	Now the payoff pitch.
0:15.4	Swagon hit high in the air to keep right field.
0:17.7	Back goes Thomas to the warning track, and now he's just going to watch as that one lands beyond the Cardinals bullpen up into the bleachers a long solo home run for Nolan Gorman is 18th of the year RBI number 55 and the Cardinals extend their lead here in the bottom of the fifth with one out it's now st. Louis four in
0:37.5	Washington one weaves one swain a blast to left center field in deep sending
0:43.4	call back to the warning track looking up at the wall and there it goes it lands on
0:50.0	the very top of the batter's eye hill and straightaway center. It's now six three cardinals on a
0:57.1	tape measure home run 16th of the year for Paul Goldschmidt. And welcome to Natchat for Monday, July 17th,
1:04.7	2020, along with Mass and Sports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Bush Stadium in
1:10.0	St. Louis, I'm Al Galdi,
1:11.2	host of the Al Galdi podcast. As the saying goes, rain, rain, go away, please. The Nats now
1:17.7	dealt with a rain delay in five of the team's last seven games, including in all three games of
1:23.6	a series in which the Nats did lose two or three games at the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend,
1:28.4	Sunday afternoon, an 8-4 loss in a game plagued by a rain delay of 38 minutes. Nats fell to 37 and
1:35.4	56, second worst record in the National League. The Cardinals have the third worst record in the
1:41.1	National League. But, you know, right now it's not just the rain, nor is it just the losing.
1:46.1	It's also now two developing injury situations for the Nats. And these situations involve two
1:51.3	trade chips in reliever Hunter Harvey and third baseman Jamer Candelario. The 2023 MLB trade deadline
1:58.7	is just a few weeks away. August 1st, the Nats, as a rebuilding team,
2:02.4	of course, need to continue to add to the inventory of prospects. But what's happening,
2:07.3	especially with Harvey, not so good, and in multiple ways. This episode, the Nats chat podcast,
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