Lowe Homers in Win After Willits Gets Introduced

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Nats topped the Padres 4-2 on a busy Saturday in Navy Yard. Mark & Al begin with Mitchell Parker's victorious effort after six innings of work. Parker only needed 82 pitches to reach that point and his biggest moment of the night came when striking out Manny Machado in thev bottom of the 5th with the bases loaded. (11:00) Jacob Young slammed into the wall while in CF in the top of the 3rd, but remained in the game. Young was unable to pull off the catch and San Diego cut the Nationals lead to 2-1. (12:45) The bullpen combined for three scoreless frames. Kyle Finnegan bounced back from Friday's nightmare with a his first Save in over a month. (18:15) Nathaniel Lowe slugged his 15th homer, but yet his OPS remains below .700 (.697). We continue our friendly debate on whether or not Lowe is having a good season. (21:30) Eli Willits, the number one overall pick in last week's MLB Draft, was officially introduced after signing with Washington. Willits broke the salary record for a high school prospect, but it is well below the slot value. (26:00) Hear what Interim GM Mike DeBartolo answered in response to Mark's questions about the upcoming Trade Deadline. Is he open to trading MacKenzie Gore?

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be this time of year, across the street from Nationals Park and near
0:05.2	Audi Field, open daily from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. and on the weekends, closing time is at 3 a.m.
0:16.3	The left-hander coming set. He deals. Swing and a miss. He struck him out with a slider. Mitchell Parker strikes out Manny Machado to leave the bases loaded and the top of the fifth. Parker steps up big time. Makes a huge pitch to get out of trouble in the fifth. Matsui's 2-1. Low swings. It's a line drive to center. Merrill breaking back, still on the run.
0:38.5	After the morning track, he did the finish. He jumps up. It is out of here. It's a line drive homer just to the left of dead center. Into the red seats. The Nationals have a 4-2 lead on Nathaniel Lowe's 15th home run of the year. And welcome to Nats Chat, along with Massinsports.com, Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park. I'm Al-Galdi, host to the Al-Galdi podcast. We have a Nats win to discuss just their 11th win since the start of June. A 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres at Nationals Park on Saturday 9
1:12.1	in a game for which the start was delayed for an hour and five minutes due to rain. The Nants
1:16.5	now are 39 and 59. This installment in Natschat brought to us by Mason Calphus, the top legal
1:22.7	recruiter in Washington, D.C. Mason has been with us since our first season. You can reach them at 202-486-3535. You can find us on X at Nats underscore chat. You can find us on Blue Sky at Nats Chat Podcast. You can email us Natschatpodcast at gmail.com, including if you would like for us to deliver a shout out for you. A happy birthday. A
1:44.3	congratulations. A happy anniversary. A get well soon. You get the idea. Hit up the man who runs
1:49.2	his podcast. Tim Schovers again, that email address, Nats chat podcast at gmail.com. The Nats on
1:55.9	Saturday afternoon announced the signing of Oklahoma High School shortstop, Eli Willits,
2:00.3	who they took with the number one overall pick in the 2025 MOUD draft.
2:04.2	The Nats held a press conference on Saturday afternoon.
2:07.3	And after the press, their Nats interim general manager, Mike DeBartolo, in a side session with reporters,
2:12.8	had some rather notable things to say about his plans for the 2025 MLB trade deadline, which is coming up
2:19.9	July 31st at 6 p.m. Eastern. We'll get to what DeBartolo had to say in a bit. But you know,
2:25.5	Mark, we should not take for granted what happened on Saturday night a win, an actual
2:31.1	Nats win, just their 11th win in 40 games since the start of June.
2:37.1	It is nice to have a Nats win to talk about with you.
2:40.9	Oh, absolutely, Alan.
2:42.2	Had they lost, I was fully prepared to share this nugget.
2:45.4	I guess I'm glad I don't have to, although I'm going to share it anyways because they did the research on it.
2:49.5	If they had lost, and as you said, that was only their 11th win in 40 games, if they had gone 10 and 30
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