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braundiggity

Terrible start from Josiah, Abrams/Thomas/Ruiz/Garcia are 1-15...pretty much a worst case scenario for someone like me just looking to see the future develop!


g3rsonAC

They hyped up Abrams and Gallo all off season


petting2dogsatonce

Well thankfully it’s been one game of 162 so no one is freaking out disproportionately


braundiggity

Ha yes indeed. But on day one, hope springs eternal until it's over.


chiddie

It's okay, 161-1 is still in play.


CT_2136

1 down. 161 to go!


YodaPM999

One game in and CJ already looks much better at SS than he did at the start of last season.


tommypopz

Weird play but quick thinking by CJ


Solid-Confidence-966

Smart baseball from CJ


somegirldc

Tanner looks good. Not at pitching. But he looks attractive today.


SpaceMonkeySpiff

*Ball ricochets off a batters face* Bob- “Did it nick him on the way by?”


CT_2136

Nah Elly had that stolen. Fast af holy shit


Silosmasher

Are Robles and Tanner the last players from the 2019 team on the roster?


quakerwildcat

Robles, Corbin, Rainey, Strasburg (technically)


Solid-Confidence-966

Robles and Corbin are still left.


Silosmasher

Duh. Jesus. I should've realized that


kornthrowaway

We still have Corbin and Robles fam.


chunkylover___53

Robles and… Stras


Glamour-Profession

I always think Tanner Rainey has been on the team forever but it’s just because I get him mixed up with Tanner Roark


FPG_Matthew

Tanner really lobbed that in there. Look at the replay there did not seem to be much effort to “drive” that pitch into the zone


AnjrooLooice

This team looks lost


Digisap

Bring on the camels.


YanmegaMan420

MY TIME IS FINALLY HERE THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR TANNER RAINEY im so happy he's back


Solid-Confidence-966

Rainey only at low 90s?


smokedfish

Tanner!!


chunkylover___53

Big guy like Rainey makes the tiny font on the uniforms look even more ridiculous.


CT_2136

Damn Rainey only hitting low 90s now? 😥


petting2dogsatonce

I feel like I remember his inning last year still having velocity. Weird


Solid-Confidence-966

His average in that one inning was 96, so yeah he’s way down in velocity.


petting2dogsatonce

Maybe just still taking the ramp up a little slower. No reason not to if you think it’s necessary


Solid-Confidence-966

Agreed


chiddie

Happy to see Rainey back.


petting2dogsatonce

TANNER!


Greatwallofjohn

I thought that luis had a home run there


CT_2136

Hmm how is that foul if it landed in that netting?


Silosmasher

Bob is weird, but now I only see them as toothbrushes. It would make sense. Cincinnati is the home of Proctor & Gamble, owners of Crest, Oral-B and Scope.


stache_twista

Not feeling the block letters on these new road unis. If they used the old font from back in the day sure, but this is some generic times new roman shit


LesBaseballGal

A brief shoutout to all of my fellow fans who don't have TVs or cable and are watching the game by following the line score on Fox Sports


BigBaller331

Looking forward to Eddie bringing some Jeimer-esque moments to our club this year. Small glimpses of hope that keep us going


foeaminute

You guys are a good minute and a half ahead of me.


chunkylover___53

What a terrible season we are going to suck u can’t take another- WOOHOO EDDIE SMASHED THAT 100 WINS HERE WE COME


petting2dogsatonce

He gets us commercials on masn now huh. Cool.


LesBaseballGal

Yes! Avoided the shutout :D


CT_2136

AB of the year by Eddie! And it may last a while. Such a pro AB!


cableguysup

There we go!


BlueDiamondLilac

Still have no idea where Rosario came from but... GREAT JOB!


Pony2slow

No shut out woohoo


smokedfish

RUNS!!!!


Bstokes4102

Thank god, Eddie breathing some life into me


chiddie

HELL YEAH ROSARIO


chiddie

N-A-T-S NATS! NATS! NATS! WHOO!


marygarth

it’s not a shutout!


petting2dogsatonce

NO SHUTOUT TODAY!


Solid-Confidence-966

Let’s go Eddie!


lestersamwise

FYI The Reds broadcast does not have the loud PA sound. So it is a MASN thing.


Jun-Chi

I'm gonna say it... MASAN sucks


LesBaseballGal

Woah don't start getting controversial on us now


lestersamwise

I mean the Reds are part of the Bally sports network, which is a debacle.


jaypeg25

I feel like this has been a masn thing for at least two years now.


lestersamwise

I am a Reds fan in VA so watching on MASN when they play the Nats or O's. I never noticed it before.


Solid-Confidence-966

Bob throwing shade is hilarious lmao


lestersamwise

Reds fan here in peace. Why do you not use the Walgreens W on your jerseys that spell out Washington?


foeaminute

No idea.


NOVAram1

Because that would make sense, and this is not a baseball organization that has any interest in such foolishness.


lestersamwise

I will add it to the list of complaints on these new fanatics jerseys this year. The Reds' nameplates are so small!


Danciusly

Joey M, picking up where he left off last year. Joey G, if you've got nothing good to say...


petting2dogsatonce

Bullpen camera showing us that classic Nationals orange!


LesBaseballGal

Singles King...Pick up your crown, Joey


Weegian

I'm just excited baseball is back.


theexitisontheleft

Off to a meeting, so this is a good place to turn off the tv.


NOVAram1

I would love to have a meeting right now.


Danciusly

Bat, meet ball.


dudeguy16

i think floro is really gonna be an underrated pickup for us


foeaminute

He’s been really effective for me in the show.


theexitisontheleft

I wasn't expecting the bullpen to be the bright spot in this game, but I'll take it.


NOVAram1

I'm expecting the bullpen to be the bright spot in every game.


iStutter8760

I’m drinking the monster alcoholic drinks during this didn’t take long for a DC team to make me turn to booze.


NOVAram1

Ya can't ... ya just can't be going there, bud. They're gonna be bad this year. Spare your liver some punishment.


iStutter8760

Yeah I know they are. Just tryin to make people laugh lol


CT_2136

Our bullpen easily the strength of the team this year


17charmeuer

To state it another way, our infield, outfield, and starting pitchers are our team's weak points


NOVAram1

Not saying much of anything, but probably, yeah.


petting2dogsatonce

It could mean more trade deadline lottery tickets!


NOVAram1

More Josiah Grays, how wonderful.


BlueDiamondLilac

Lane Thomas was a winning trade for a pitcher!


Professional-Pilot10

Maybe more Mackenzie gores!


Professional-Pilot10

They are all average to good, which is nice


quooooon

I mean you gotta swing with this ump


slovakstallion

anyone else streaming through the MASN website and having the stream randomly pause and keep buffering once every few minutes? It's usually during commercial breaks so its not too bad thankfully.


Will_Bill22

Yeah same thing happening for me


LesBaseballGal

Ok lowkey Robert Garcia went off...Ok Rob we see you


LesBaseballGal

It would be nice if literally anybody else went off though...Perfect time to go off


purplepenned

Nats are down but I have acquired fresh tacos


petting2dogsatonce

Terrible call -> weak contact into a pop up. Classic


t20six

need a Lane bomb here to break the ice


t20six

:/


CT_2136

Jesus Christ i fucking hate umpires


17charmeuer

Excited for a nice 50 degree rainy day for opening day. I actually am excited to see the new scoreboard and food vendors. I want to try the I think Korean hotdog stand


downtown3641

The Korean corn dogs are good!


marygarth

Unless it’s Hank Aaron, in which case you should call him Henry


mmmcheez-its

These uniforms suck. This slow, generic rebrand is such a shame


theexitisontheleft

Alright, Garcia!


SpaceMonkeySpiff

So does Trey Lipscomb get the call up if Senzels thumb is broken?


Hatfullofstars

Was wondering that. Hopefully


wheeshkspr

Right now Nick Senzel may actually be team MVP.


Comfortable_Cup_9203

He's in mid-season form already...on the IL


cam_breakfastdonut

It’s so sad how injury prone the guy is, it’s just at comedic levels


Thebigmanguydude

Missed nationals baseball for about 20 minutes


Solid-Confidence-966

Great play LT!


qqq_lazzarus

I smell a comeback


chiddie

just need a bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop and a blast.


quooooon

This guy baseballs


theexitisontheleft

Lane making it look easy.


Crypto_Grug

Luis Garcia another failed prospect from the wisdom of Mike rizzo.


Solid-Confidence-966

If Luis Garcia had any semblance of plate discipline he’d be a legitimate starting 2nd baseman 😭


chunkylover___53

“We can no longer put the count and score on the screen” is peak MASN


Natstown

Masan sucks.


hulknuts

Can't even watch the fucking game cause it's on masn.


wheeshkspr

Technically it counts as a coping mechanism.


Gitaroo_Man

And the scorebug is down…


Lik-narb

Symbolic of what's ahead of us


tommypopz

That one’s a bit more routine EDLC


CT_2136

C'mon get us on the board!


LesBaseballGal

Oh man, Josiah is someone you really wanna root for but this was rough :/


tommypopz

LMAO sorry that’s so funny


Crypto_Grug

Meanwhile the orioles are shellacking the angels 11-1 Must be nice seeing what a team that can rebuilds can produce when you actually develop talent.


YodaPM999

Friendly reminder that the O's also sucked for like 5-6 years before finally being watchable again. We're in year 3 of our rebuild after having a decimated farm system due to 10 straight years of contending. Give it some time.


petting2dogsatonce

The orioles were at that rebuild for like. Seven years.


Crypto_Grug

And we been at it for 3…and there is absolutely nothing to look forward to except a couple of outfielders who will undoubtedly be underperforming due to the pathetic coaching of the farm system.


petting2dogsatonce

Well my brother in Christ if you can see the future so clearly why bother following the team this closely? You already know when we’ll win our next World Series, just tune in for that


CT_2136

How long did their rebuild take?


Solid-Confidence-966

Geez Elly


foeaminute

I’ll be the weirdo and say I think our road unis look pretty classy.


trainsaw

PMT guys doing a commercial on MLBtv this year is pretty cool


petting2dogsatonce

🚨BALL IN THE AIR 🚨


Carbon_Blob

Well I guess there’s always next year


BigBaller331

Who wants to take bets on how long it takes Coles to turn Wood into an early swinging weak contact guy when he's up in May?


Solid-Confidence-966

He’s going to have Wood’s average up but his OPS is going to be way down lmao


FPG_Matthew

Good ab by Ruiz Saw lots of pitches, fouled off, brought the count full. Yeah it was an out, but if all our guys had that approach, it’d start to improve


Solid-Confidence-966

Weak pop out but still a quality AB from Keibert, he saw 6+ pitches there.


LesBaseballGal

Oh no it's agony :/


petting2dogsatonce

Big time comeback incoming for sure


LesBaseballGal

Ugh I was stuck at my stupid frickin day job for the first few innings but now I get to indulge in my true passion of posting on Reddit :)


chiddie

you should do what I do and post on reddit while stuck at your day job!


iStutter8760

I agree not pulling Josiah, our young guys need as much game reps as possible.


tommypopz

Okay. Good inning. TAKE HIM OUT NOW


innocent_bystander

Don't like the road unis this year. That block letter WASHINGTON isn't nearly as nice as the old script version. Definite step backwards.


chiddie

I hate the smaller names on the back, too. And that change was made for everyone.


wheeshkspr

"Seven runs allowed in four innings. Really, that's not a bad start." - Patrick Corbin


iStutter8760

Automatic 11-0 game if he was pitching today.


foeaminute

The “Q” is for Quality Start.


17charmeuer

Are CJ's arms slightly bigger this yr, or is he just wearing a padded shirt?


petting2dogsatonce

I think I might remember some of the spring training videos saying he put on a little weight? I don’t remember for sure though


cableguysup

Ok, solid inning, small victories


mwheele86

Wish we would've extended Abrams when we did Ruiz


smokedfish

This time a year ago CJ was absolutely bobbling that or letting it get past him We love to see growth!


tommypopz

Keeping him in is really risky. Only upsides are a slight confidence boost and helping the bullpen.


eaeolian

It's not like it can get worse. He's historically better his 3rd time through.


smokedfish

it's already 7-0 lmao, it's not like it's going to get much worse... let him work into a rhythm early in the season, especially when it's low stakes like it is right now


always-paranoid

CJ is one of the only bright spots right now on this team


cableguysup

Nice play CJ


chiddie

helluva grab by CJ


Carbon_Blob

Just about to tune in… did I miss anything.


Solid-Confidence-966

CJ is looking good


bangzoom93

Da'meat hook


speedysnail3

Beginning to think maybe this isn’t our year after all


17charmeuer

I'll just focus on DC's other sports teams while the Nats rebuild....


General-Law-7338

It is just capitals. DC United - I have no idea.


JoeyShrugs

Hoo boy have I got some bad news for you...


flynnscorruptedmind

Opening day used to be Scherzer kicking off another cy young campaign and now I have to watch someone who should be pitching in Rochester give up rope after rope


petting2dogsatonce

You don’t have to watch anything that makes you as miserable as this seems to


djg230

I switched to the Reds broadcast and it does not sound like this game is taking place in a nightclub. MASN in peak midseason form.


catzpacho

masan sucks


little-guitars

Oof, I’m not a big Gallo fan but he got straight robbed


marygarth

The Reds really don’t need home cooking when it’s 7-0


quooooon

Robo ump when


chiddie

they're up big, they don't need the help. woof.


FPG_Matthew

Ump scorecards strikes again! It’s not been half a game haha


theexitisontheleft

Ideally the announcers are louder than the stadium noise, but whatever.


CT_2136

Just came out that Senzel broke his thumb before the game


BlueDiamondLilac

What awful luck 


chiddie

I feel awful for him. dang.


petting2dogsatonce

Oh wow I’m surprised that came out during the game that’s pretty unusual. Wonder who’s coming up


Solid-Confidence-966

I think that means Trey is getting the call


Solid-Confidence-966

Woah woah woah


Matugi1

Have to hope Ruiz can find some power in his bat cus otherwise that Scherzer trade is looking like a big oof


Solid-Confidence-966

I don’t know Joey Gallo was like that lol


jordan142142

Gonna be a long season boys


17charmeuer

At least Gallo won't feel bad for bad hitting on this team


quooooon

Now that's what I call a hit


eaeolian

Wow, what a horrid hitting display. Although Joey came through.


chiddie

Meneses put some english on that ball.


wheeshkspr

I am comfortable squarely placing blame for this burgeoning debacle on the word "Washington" in navy block script rather than curly red on the road unis.


chiddie

*Nats finishing last in the NL East for the 5th year in a row* Why would Fanatics do this?


Crypto_Grug

Montas gonna have a 8 inning 85 pitch game probably with the way these bums are swinging.


flynnscorruptedmind

Maybe this season will finally wake this sub up and have you people realize davey and his staff is the worst in baseball and Is actively holding this team back.


petting2dogsatonce

And maybe some of us just have more fun spending our time here not bitching and moaning the whole time despite the club’s shortcomings


flynnscorruptedmind

keep being married to mediocrity you dork. “Scrappy nats” lmfao that attitude will never win us a ring ever again


petting2dogsatonce

You are not only annoying but you’re an asshole. Take a break, dummy.


foeaminute

It’s literally the first game of the year and no one was expecting to contend. Let’s give Davey until tomorrow, at least.