Strasburg Drama Amid Defeat

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 8-5 on Friday night vs. the visiting the Dodgers, but that was hardly top of mind locally. Mark & Al sift through all the busy back drop currently involving the organization as it seemed like there was an endless avalanche of news reports involving the Front Office during Thursday's day-off. (04:00) As for the game, MacKenzie Gore struggled and only lasted 4 IP as he returned from the Beareavment List. This is the 3rd consecutive outing that he did not exceed 5 innings of work and it came at a bad time as the team just began a stretch of 17 straight days with a game. (11:00) The entirety of the offense came via the homer as Keibert Ruiz and CJ Abrams each went deep. Abrams also stole his 41st base of the season; which is 5 shy of the franchise mark set by Trea Turner in 2017. (17:30) There has been significant drama involving Stephen Strasburg and a potential retirement ceremony that will not occur this weekend. On Friday evening, Principal Owner Mark Lerner released an eyebrow raising statement as it relates to the situation. (33:15) There were a slew of reports this week regarding even more shake-up in the scouting department and the Front Office. Kris Kline, veteran Assistant GM & VP of Scouting Ops, was reassigned to Special Assistant to GM, which has the feel of a demotion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.3	Weems Deals. Swaying a fly ball toward the gap right center field. This is trouble. It will not be caught. And it is one up off the fence and will give the Dodgers the lead. Hernandez scores. Outman right behind him and in second with a go-ahead two-run double is Chris Taylor. And the seesaw game tilts back in the Dodgers favor. They lead it six to five. Ferreira, the Young lefty to the belts.
0:39.0	Here's his first pitch.
0:40.6	Swing to line drive center field.
0:41.9	That's down for a base in.
0:43.3	Freeman racing around third, trying to score.
0:45.4	Heading for third is Smith.
0:46.9	The throw there by Young is not in time.
0:49.3	And the Dodgers now lead at 8 to 5.
0:54.6	And welcome to Natch chat for Saturday, September 9th, 2023, along with Mass and Sports.com,
1:01.0	Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman, who is at Nationals Park.
1:04.2	I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:06.7	We are taping this installment of the show in the early morning hours of Saturday.
1:11.5	This off in 8-5 Nats lost to the National League West leading Los Angeles Dodgers at Nationals
1:16.8	Park on Friday night in game one of a three-game series in a game that featured a rain delay
1:22.1	of an hour and 34 minutes.
1:24.1	This was the Nats' ninth loss in 11 games.
1:27.1	But, you know, perhaps taping this show
1:29.3	in these early morning hours will somehow provide clarity, provide wisdom with everything else
1:35.9	that is going on with the Nats right now. We over the last 48 hours have had an avalanche of
1:43.5	reports and rumors and developments with the Nats off the field,
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