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 THE LEAD
Game Recap for this Weekend

Saturday

The Nats made a trek to Jupiter to play the St. Louis Cardinals with new signing Mike Soroka - at $9 million, the second-highest paid player on the team - pitching well in his three innings of work and new old signing Josh Bell clubbing a two-run homer in the first. Alas, the Cards walked it off 3-2 with relief prospect Marquis Grissom Jr. (whom you very well might see in DC sometime this summer) on the mound, five innings after another new signing (Lucas Sims) surrendered a game-tying home run to Willson Contreras. Read More

Sunday

The Nats defeated their West Palm Beach complex partners, the Houston Astros, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon, with Trevor Williams starting and Paul DeJong going yard. DJ Herz, who pretty clearly was the Nats’ best starting pitcher after the All-Star break in 2024, came out of the bullpen - should we read that as a sign that he might be ticketed for Rochester (presumably in favor of Shinosuke Ogasawara)? I don’t know; I’m neither a doctor, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. But Herz was all over the place yesterday, walking four while striking out just one batter of the five outs he recorded. Not an ideal outing for one of the few guys actually competing for an Opening Day roster spot. Read More

Up next:

The Nationals will host the St. Louis Cardinals in West Palm Beach, FL on Tuesday, with the scheduled first pitch at 1:05 p.m. EDT.

Don’t forget to visit our live Spring Training blog as we provide live updates from West Palm Beach, analysis, and much more throughout the day.

SPRING TRAINING COVERAGE 2025

The Week Ahead

The Nationals will continue spring training this week with matchups against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Miami Marlins, and the New York Mets. The Nationals will have today off and return to action tomorrow against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Here is the schedule for the Nationals this week

• Monday, March 3, 2025 - DAY OFF

• Tuesday, March 4, 2025, vs. St. Louis Cardinals (First pitch scheduled at 1:05 p.m.)

• Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @Miami Marlins (First pitch scheduled at 1:10 p.m.)

• Thursday, March 6, 202,5 @ St. Louis Cardinals (First pitch scheduled at 1:05 p.m.)

• Friday, March 7, 2025, vs. New York Mets (First pitch scheduled at 6:05 p.m.)

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 ANALYSIS

MacKenzie Gore Shines in Spring Start, Signals Growth Amid Control Quest

MacKenzie Gore offered glimpses of the brilliance that occasionally shone through last season. However, he also revealed some of the persistent challenges that have tripped him up in the past, underscoring both his potential and the hurdles he must clear to become a reliable starter for the Nationals.

MacKenzie Gore is honing in on throwing strikes with greater consistency, an area where he wavered early in Saturday’s game. Despite the shaky start, he transformed into a strike-throwing force over three scoreless innings during the Nationals’ 7-0 victory over the Marlins on March 1.

“We figured it out,” Gore remarked. “You’re bound to toss a ball now and then, but we didn’t overreact. We just settled back into the count. For March 1, I’d say it was a solid effort.”

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SPEED READS
What we think the Washington Nationals front office is reading

📌 MLB Plots a New TV Model After Striking Out With ESPN (Wall Street Journal)

📌 Get to know Orlando Ribalta (MLB)

📌 One old friend messed with another old friend yesterday using the ABS system (The Athletic)