Nats Begin 2023 Spring Training

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

"Pitchers & Catchers" have reported to West Palm, FL and Mark Zuckerman has as well. Mark and Al begin with the not so surprising bad news that Stephen Strasburg has no timetable to return. Minor setback or is the final time we will go down the Strasburg road? (19:00) We start to set the 2023 table and let you know who "The Big Six" are to keep your eye on for this season. This includes Josiah Gray, who is aiming to give up far fewer home runs this year. What is the ceiling for Keibert Ruiz behind the plate? (29:30) All of MLB is adapting to the slew of new rules coming in 2023. Mark explains some potential quirks that might emerge from the new wrinkle involving a "Pitch Clock". How steep will the learning curve be across the sport? (39:30) There is not much of an update regarding the potential sale of the team and the hosts run through the reasons why. Last week Ted Lerner, the former Managing Principal Owner of the franchise, passed away at age 97. **Audio courtesy of NBC- 4 WRC TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nat's chat is brought to by Walters.
0:02.4	Walk on over to Walters as the XFL has returned to D.C.
0:06.4	at nearby Audi Field.
0:07.6	Next home game is Sunday, March 5th.
0:09.7	Walters is also the spot to be in Navy Yard for March Madness.
0:13.6	More details to come as the NCAA tournament approaches.
0:26.9	Their work ethic has been really, really good, you know, for a few weeks, even though today was day one.
0:34.7	Seeing everybody together, getting everybody in the circle of trust, talking to them guys, a lot of energy today, which was awesome, was a lot of fun. And And getting to meet the new guys and talk to them
0:38.1	face to face was pretty awesome as well. And welcome to Natschat for Monday, February 20th,
0:43.6	2003. Presidents Day, 20203. A happy President's Day to you and yours, and especially to the man
0:50.5	known as El Presente. One of the best pitchers in National slash Expos history, Dennis Martinez,
0:57.1	along with Massinsports.com, Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was in West Palm Beach, Florida,
1:02.0	site of National Spring Training. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is great to have you
1:07.5	with us as National Spring Training has begun. You know, it is rather appropriate that
1:12.7	we are together with you on this President's Day because this also is the day on which
1:16.6	Nat's players, all Nat's players are supposed to be in camp. This is the time of year in which the phrase
1:22.3	visa issues becomes prominent. Mark, do you anticipate writing the phrase visa issues at all in the coming
1:29.6	days? I sure hope not, Al. As of our taping of this, almost everybody's already here. Most
1:35.7	of the position players reported early, there's a couple of guys left, and I don't think, knock on wood,
1:40.3	any of them are visa issue candidates. So hopefully everyone is there come Monday morning
1:45.9	and it's a different camp than we've seen in the past. You don't walk in and have that one big
1:53.7	name looming over everyone. Even last year when we knew the team wasn't going to be good,
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