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For only the second time since the first Obama administration, a Nationals starting pitcher earned a win (for what pitcher wins are worth) in his MLB debut, as Andrew Alvarez threw five shutout innings to follow in the footsteps of Mitchell Parker, Stephen Strasburg, Luis Atilano, Jordan Zimmermann, and Colin Balester. That he did it while allowing just one hit and throwing a fairly tidy 81 pitches (there were a lot of foul balls in the fifth inning) was also notable, along with his catcher (CJ Stubbs) also making his own major league debut. It was a bright spot in what has been a struggle bus of a summer.

Things got off to a bit of a wild start yesterday afternoon, as home plate umpire Brennan Miller ejected Marlins leadoff man Xavier Edwards four pitches into the game after the latter’s continued chirping about a high strike called on him in his plate appearance. Alvarez, for his part, remained unfazed despite the delay (which also involved Marlins manager Clayton McCullough coming out of the dugout to argue with Miller using some very colorful language before the MASN crew turned the field microphones down).

Both runs were scored in the bottom of the second - Luis García Jr. singled and was driven home by a Daylen Lile triple, who then scored on an Andrés Chaparro sacrifice fly. That slim margin held up throughout, as Alvarez and the suddenly red-hot Nationals bullpen (yesterday it was Clayton Beeter, Konnor Pilkington, Cole Henry, and Jose A. Ferrer) covered the final four frames, allowing just two base runners while striking out six in the process. It was a good way to break an eight-game losing streak - can they come back tomorrow and play well again behind Cade Cavalli, looking to rebound from a rough start at Yankee Stadium?

He probably won’t play a ton (unless the team cuts Paul DeJong loose for the final few weeks), but I am happy to have Nasim Nuñez back in the majors. Nuñez is an ideal last position player on the roster, capable of playing anywhere in the infield except first base (he probably could, but he’s a small target at 5’9”) as well as the outfield quite well, and is an excellent late-game pinch-running option. More importantly, however, he brings something that is a fundamental necessity for anyone whose role consigns them more often than not to the bench; good vibes.

I have learned this over my many years of coaching a number of sports (including baseball) - the end of your team’s bench needs to bring energy and fun in something approaching inverse proportion to their playing time, and Nuñez does that. He in particular appears to have a strong relationship with James Wood, and you might recall that Wood first started to break out of his atrocious second-half slump in San Francisco a couple weeks ago…which happened to be when Nuñez was with the team in case Luis García Jr. needed to go on the injured list (which didn’t turn out to be the case). 162 games over 180 days is a slog to go stand in the sun in glorified pajamas, and having guys around who can keep things light and keep everyone’s spirits up regardless of whether or not they’re playing is vital. Nuñez does that. I still would like to see Christian Franklin before the end of the year, but for now I’m glad to see Nasim and his megawatt smile back in the Nats’ dugout.

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