Mike Rizzo on Nats prospects, rotation changes
The Sports Junkies
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Nationals GM Mike Rizzo's weekly segment dives into Josiah Gray's struggles, how the Nationals will run a six-man rotation, top prospects in the system and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, Chuck. He's come to you live on 106 7 the fan and the team 980 in DC. Check |
| 0:10.0 | a side enrichment on 910 the fan and we are streaming live on the Odyssey app wherever |
| 0:13.5 | you may be. Joining us right now like he does every Wednesday at this time is Mike Rizzo, |
| 0:20.3 | the GM and president of your Washington Astles. He's presented by Main Street Bank. Cheer |
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| 0:29.6 | Hey, Mike. Good morning, guys. How are you? Hey, before we get into yesterday, you guys |
| 0:36.6 | have had a lot of come back slightly. How about a six run come back? I mean, how often |
| 0:41.1 | does that happen? Yeah, it's crazy. Six runs in the ninth to win it. It doesn't happen |
| 0:47.8 | very often, very unlikely. You know, you kind of put yourself in a position to do that |
| 0:52.4 | with some with some great early at bats. And you know, as I always say, those waiting |
| 0:56.6 | and relievers, you start walking guys. It gives the other team hope and crazy things |
| 1:00.9 | happen. And that's what happened in this one. So the guys grind it out. They battle, |
| 1:05.2 | you know, they've been battling all year and you put together some great at bats. But, |
| 1:10.4 | yeah, those things are so unlikely and it's so refreshing to see those guys never give up. |
| 1:17.4 | So, Jo, Jo struggled yesterday. We're just kind of talking about it during the break. |
| 1:22.8 | His last few starts, especially since the all star break, haven't been as good as he was |
| 1:30.0 | pitching in May and June. What do you see? And he's up to 100 and basically 130 innings. |
| 1:36.7 | Is he getting winded? Is he a little tired? Is that stuff you talk to the trainers about? |
| 1:40.7 | What have you noticed with Jo Jo? Those last few starts. Yeah, I don't think he's tired. I |
| 1:45.4 | mean, last night, I think you ran out of gas for sure. It was a hot night. He threw a lot of |
| 1:49.1 | pitches. They filed off a lot of a lot of balls in the zone. And last night, he was gassed. |
| 1:55.6 | You know, I thought in, you know, you know, after that third inning. And, but, you know, a lot of, |
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