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Nats Chat

Kyle Finnegan Back + Robert Hassell III Discussion

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9574 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Finnegan returned to the Nationals (1 year/ $6M) after originally not being tendered by the team last November. It has been quite the adventure in the past few months for Finnegan, who also surprisingly was not dealt at last summer's trade deadline. Al & Mark (From West Palm Beach) dive into the move as it seems probable that he will slide back into the role of closer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Nats chat podcast.

0:05.2

Walters is the best spot to go before and after home games, located at the southeast corner of Capitol and End Street right across the street from the ballpark.

0:17.7

34,000-plus all around Nationals Park on their feet.

0:21.6

Runners lead first and second two out.

0:25.6

Finnegan sets the kick and the pitch, swinging a fly ball to right field.

0:30.6

Dylan Cruz moving back, shy of the track, back pedaling there.

0:33.6

He makes the catch.

0:35.6

And bang, Zuma, curly Ws in the books.

0:40.7

And welcome to Nats chat for Thursday, February 27, 2025. One month to the day of the Nats

0:48.1

2025 regular season opener. Nats versus the Philadelphia Phillies at National Park on Thursday

0:53.8

afternoon,

0:54.7

March 27th at 405, along with Massinsports.com. Nats insider Mark Zuckerman, who is in

1:00.5

West Palm Beach, Florida, signed a Nat Spring training. I'm Al Galdi host of the Al-Galdi

1:04.9

podcast. The Nats' exhibition season is underway. Nats 3-1 so far in this exhibition season, and doing really well for the Nats so far in this exhibition season is underway. Nats 3 and 1 so far in this exhibition season and doing really well for

1:12.4

the Nats so far in this exhibition season is the man who Nats president of baseball operations

1:17.0

and general manager Mike Rizzo last July called the Nats forgotten prospect outfielder Robert

1:23.4

Hassel the third. Where might he fit into the Nats outfield picture? We have that to discuss.

1:29.5

We also have the return of reliever Kyle Finnegan to discuss. He's being resigned quite the journey

1:35.8

for the Nats and Finnegan these last few months, but perhaps all is well. That ends well.

1:41.0

We also have yet another sign of the, shall we say, thawing of the relationship between

1:46.0

the Nats and Baltimore Orioles. It on Monday morning became official. The two teams will conclude

1:50.6

their 2025 exhibition seasons against each other. O's at the Nats at Nats at Nats at

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