Good Morning, Washington Nationals Fans,

Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for today, April 29.

Welcome to the Morning Briefing! Haden here. Let’s talk about this weekend’s games.

Leading this Morning’s Briefing: Nats win weekend games against Marlins

The Nationals offense scored 26 runs against the Miami Marlins this weekend. The team hit five home runs, with three coming from Nick Senzel. By the end of the weekend, Senzel had raised his OPS to .902. The numbers now show the Nationals having a strong offensive trio at the top of the lineup with CJ Abrams, Nick Senzel, and Jesse Winker. As a whole, the offense now ranks 16th in the league in OPS.

That is in part thanks to the new focus on getting on base. The offseason additions of Joey Gallo and Winker both excel at taking the free base, and while Gallo uses his walks to get himself to a barely acceptable OBP, Winker has a .400 OBP at the moment.

Ildemaro Vargas also continues to have a quietly good season, raising his OPS to .802 with two hits including a double on Sunday.

But with a roughly league-average offense and a top-four baserunning team, the Nationals have a decent offense. When James Wood and Stone Garrett return to provide some extra thump, anything is possible.

Nationals pitchers stay in a top-three spot in fWAR, even after Patrick Corbin’s blow-up start.

The Nationals stay in Miami another night as RHP Jake Irvin (1-2, 4.55 ERA) takes on LHP Trevor Rogers (0-3, 4.10 ERA). The game starts at 6:40 ET and will be on MASN2.

Down in the Minors

The Red Wings had their game against the St. Paul Saints postponed due to weather.

The Senators had their game postponed due to weather as well. Keep an eye on our Twitter/X account as we will have special coverage of the Senators this week.

Blue Rocks 5, Brooklyn Cyclones 1: Recently promoted Phillip Glasser went 2 for 4 with two doubles. Andry Lara struck out seven in six innings of work. Catcher Maxwell Romero Jr. contributed with a double of his own.

Nationals 6, Delmarva Shorebirds 4/13: The FredNats squeaked out an extra innings victory over the Shorebirds. The team stole six bases, including a Cristhian Vaquero steal of home. Brenner Cox notched four outfield assists in the game. The FredNats got just five hits in the game, two of which came from Brandon Pimental who doubled and singled.

Featured Story of the Day

MLB to address uniforms after player complaints, per memo via ESPN

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