Season Preview + Sean Doolittle Interview

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The regular season is just a few days away and we get you set for 2022. Mark & Al set the pitching table for the Nationals as Patrick Corbin has officially been named the Opening Day starter. Do you remember Joan Adon from Game #162? Hear why you might hear that name again as soon as April. (19:53) A look at the position players, including Victor Robles getting another shot at the Major League level. Mark explains why there still might be more roster movement before Thursday. Why is Andrew Stevenson starting the season in the minors? (31:28) The Nats offense have a lot of reasons for optimism this season. The heart of the order is expected to feature Juan Soto, Josh Bell, and Nelson Cruz. What kind of production is expected from Keibert Ruiz at the plate? (35:16) Sean Doolittle makes his Nats Chat debut as he is back in Washington after being a crucial cog to the 2019 World Series title. Hear what "Doo" has to say about this year's team, returning after being honored last year, his thoughts on the "ghost runner" rule, and more! (52:39) The hosts give their season predictions for this season. Hint: World Series title not expected by either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nats chat is brought you by Walters.
0:02.2	Happy opening week, Nats fans, everyone.
0:04.3	Ed Walters is excited to see what the new season brings,
0:07.0	but first we've got the NCAA championship final tonight.
0:10.6	Come early to grab a seat and enjoy the game on over 30 TVs.
0:14.5	Plan your opening day at Walters.
0:16.7	Visit waltersDC.com and click on reservations.
0:20.3	Music Visit waltersDC.com and click on reservations.
0:27.9	Here's the set and the two-two pitch.
0:29.1	Swing and a miss.
0:30.3	He struck him out on a slider.
0:33.8	Ruiz picks it up out of dirt, steps on home plate to complete the strikeout.
0:54.6	And Patrick Corbyn does an amazing job to get out of a jam in the third inning. And welcome to Natch Chat for Monday, April 4th, 2022. This is a season preview installment of Natch chat. We have waited many, many months to be able to say that, but we now can say that, along with Nats Insider, Mark Zuckerman of Bassensports.com. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. We have a special guest coming up on the show, natural reliever Sean Doolittle.
0:59.0	Very much looking forward to that. We have our season predictions for the Nats. Mark and I
1:04.8	will each put forth a record for the Nationals in the 2022 regular season. Take these predictions to Vegas and make yourself
1:13.5	a lot of money, guaranteed, or Tim Schovers will refund you your money. And we have a lot to get
1:18.5	to here in terms of Nat's News over the last few days. As we get set for what will be the 18th season
1:24.2	of Nationals baseball since the franchise came to Washington, D.C. Opening day this Thursday,
1:30.5	April 7th against the New York Mets at Nationals Park, a 405 first pitch. 18 games in 18 days to begin
1:38.2	the Nats 2022 regular season. Mark, every baseball season is quite a ride, but this season, because of the
1:46.8	lockout, because there are so few off days, this figures to be an especially challenging
1:52.3	ride for every baseball team. We need to buckle up because these next six months are going to be
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