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James Wood Goes Deep & the Lerners Aren't Selling

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9573 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Nats have played a pair of Grapefruit League games and James Wood homered in each one. Mark & Al begin by discussing the team's #2 ranked prospect's mammoth shots in West Palm and Jupiter over the weekend. Wood is 21 years old spent the bulk of 2023 with Double-A Harrisburg. Meanwhile, Robert Hassell III tripled on Saturday night and Dylan Crews already came through with a diving catch. (11:45) Keibert Ruiz's had a rough start to Spring as he was charged with two catcher interference calls and a passed ball. Mark explains what Keibert is working on in camp after his sub standard 2023 behind the plate. (16:45) The Lerners have told the Washington Post that they are no longer exploring a sale of the Nats. How much does the timing of this announcement have to do with the specifics of the Orioles sale? (31:35) Saturday was the deadline for all players to report to Spring Training and Stephen Strasburg was not among them. At the beginning of camp Mike Rizzo indicated he expected Strasburg to be in West Palm by February 24th. Mark explains the latest regarding the situation. (40:00) Ryan Zimmerman meanwhile is helping out down in Florida. Al wonders what the future holds for "Mr. National". (47:35) Tim Shovers speaks with Gary Sarnoff about his new book on the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators, "Team of Destiny: Walter Johnson, Clark Griffith, Bucky Harris, and the 1924 Washington Senators". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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visit to Navy Yard. Walters is located across the street from the ballpark. Now the left, he's ready.

0:48.2

Looking at the runner, at first kicks the left to the plane and Ward belts it high in the air to

0:52.2

deep center field. Back goes Sanoa at the warning track water track at the wall and it is caught goodbye for the second day in a row

1:00.6

bang zoom goes James Wood to the right of the 400 foot marker and landing at the base of

1:08.8

the batter's eye screen in center field.

1:11.9

It's a two-run shot to tie the game here in the fifth inning.

1:16.3

Two games, two homers for James Wood.

1:19.9

It's the Nationals, two of the Marlins two.

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And that was on a 78-mile-per-hour breaking ball,

1:25.5

the same pitch that he flailed at earlier in the at-bat.

1:29.6

And that's a big boy home run here at Roger Dean, Chevrolet Stadium.

1:33.0

And welcome to Natchchat for Monday, February 26, 2024, along with Mass and Sports.com

1:39.5

Nationals insider Mark Suckerman, who was in West Palm Beach, Florida, the site of National Spring Training. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. We are coming to you on about a once-per-week basis during spring training as we prepare for what we do during the regular season, which is do a show for the morning after every NADS game day. But, you know, we right now now in doing a show on about a once per week basis,

2:01.5

end up having topics pile up. And boy, do we have topics for this installment of the podcast,

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