The Morning Briefing

Here are your Washington Nationals Morning headlines, news, analysis, and more for Tuesday, May 6.

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Owen Ranger
May 06, 2025 • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Good Tuesday Morning, Washington Nationals fans.

Here are your Washington Nationals Morning headlines, news, analysis, and more for Tuesday, May 6.

It will be a high of 76 degrees outside the Nats Report Newsroom today, and a high of 75 degrees in Washington, DC, where the Nationals will be playing a traditional doubleheader this afternoon and evening against the Cleveland Guardians.

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THE LEAD

With last night’s rainout, the Nationals will keep the same pitching matchups for today’s straight doubleheader, with Jake Irvin pitching the opener and Brad Lord the nightcap. The scheduled off day Thursday should help the Nats get their pitching schedule back on track quickly, but things could get interesting. The most likely option for a 27th man today is reliever Zach Brzykcy, who is already on the 40-man roster, but at some point this week Michael Soroka should be activated from the 15-day injured list - do the Nats make that move now or wait until the weekend?

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Game Recap

There was no game last night on account of the weather, and now the Nats will play three games inside of 24 hours against the Guardians (tomorrow’s game has a noon start), who traditionally have one of the strongest bullpens in the sport (a weapon with such a schedule) while the Nats have the worst. Things could get interesting today and tomorrow.

 STORY TYPE

Power Up!

The Nationals have hit 36 home runs in 35 games thus far, a 166-homer pace over a full season that far outstrips the 135 they hit in 2024, which was only two more than the lowly White Sox for worst in the sport. And the weather hasn’t warmed up yet to its fullest, meaning that some warning track flyouts now could easily become taters later. Adding 30 bolts this season would go a long way towards improving the Nats from their consecutive 71-win seasons to hopefully something better (although the bullpen could drag them right back down). This very welcome development will at the very least make the Nationals far more entertaining to watch.

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