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Runner goes to pitch, swing and a miss, throw by Ruiz. They're going to get him. He is out at second base.

With Abrams supplying the tag on Nimmo, it is a strike him out, throw him out, double play.

Abert Ruiz fires and dart. And again, Josiah Gray's out of the inning.

And welcome to Natchtach, along with Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natsjournal.com.

I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast, and this is the season preview installment of the podcast

as we now are on the doorstep of MLB's 2026 regular season.

That's at the Chicago Cubs this Thursday afternoon at 220 and game wood of a three

game series for season number 22 for the Nats since the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C.

in the 2004, 2005 offseason and became the Nats. This is season number six for this podcast.

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We have quite a bit to discuss. So we are recording this late

Tuesday morning, March 24th. We over the previous 11 days have had an avalanche of notable

roster transactions by the Nats just to take you through all that has gone down in terms of

announced moves by the Nats. And actually, this isn't even all that has gone down in terms of announced moves by the Nats. And actually,

this isn't even all that has gone down. These are just the most notable items that have gone

down. March 13th, the Nats announced having option pitcher Mitchell Parker to AAA Rochester.

March 18th, the Nats announced having option catcher Harry Ford to Rochester and

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