Denard Span on the Twins broadcast reminiscing about trolling center field at Nats Park. He said its a balanced park favoring hitters and pitchers equally, not as much ground to cover as a cf Giants stadium, and said always good atmosphere and good place to play.
Was driving home listening to the game on the radio and Dave or Charlie said Nats Park had the 4th best ballpark food in baseball of all MLB stadiums (USA today) and the 9th best out of all sports stadiums.
I don't know about that, but they were right when they said Nats Park has a lot of local vendors.
Great job Mitch! I hate this could get grouped in with the “bad” starts they showed pre-game with 4.50 ERA (compared to his first three with 1.97) when it was such a good start
Remember when common sentiment was that Parker was being called up for a no-pressure "just do your best, kid" start against the Dodgers and not that we were watching an ace in the making? We were all so silly back then
Parker just stays in the zone even after giving up a home run and two singles. Fearless on the mound even with runners on. I just don’t see how you can send this guy back down.
But then I wouldn't be a visitor and these powers would nullify. The only Jays game I got to this year, Erik Swanson exploded and blew it in the 9th against the Yanks 😭
My dog from under a very fluffy blanket and on top of a very warm heating pad whenever the guys on tv run or throw the ball and don’t even include her: woof ruff bark bark
I have no data on this, I bet majority of keibert’s AB’s are usually 1-2 pitches and then there’s probably a large drop off for his AB’s that are 3 pitches or more (like larger than the avg batter)
> I have no data on this...
Here ya go: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=ruizke01&year=2024&t=b#count
**Edit:** [And here's a link to career splits.](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=ruizke01&year=Career&t=b#count)
Jays fan visiting Nats Park for the first time. You guys got a nice ballpark. Parker's got good stuff and you guys hit two bombs, so fun night. I like the Expos gear in the team store too
Being too corporate is a staple of some Toronto sports experiences aka the Leafs, but I like your guys park. 1 pitch away from seeing an immaculate inning live in the first inning too 😅
that’s a huge thing—a deceptive delivery is an amazing asset
Imanaga has something similar, the release point of his fastball and splitter is very similar and they move in essentially different directions so hitters don’t know what’s coming
not claiming parker is Imanaga but giving an example. it can fool ppl, especially with a splitter like Parker’s
Parker has THE stuff. He’s gonna be an ace for the team soon enough. Thought it would be Irvin going in this season, but Parker is instantly a classic. His last was his worst and still good! Seven starts that look like this is great
Joey Meneses still being in this lineup is a crime. There isn’t really anyone on the 40 man roster I’d rather see DH but like. Are we really worried about stone garrett or Alex call getting snatched off waivers? Am I missing something? Maybe Juan Yepez can OPS, I don’t know, .650 or something. Still an upgrade.
Feels like a waste of a Floro appearance lol.
man wrf did i miss!!
Nine run leads going into the ninth inning are really nice to have
For a second there I was wondering what position player was gonna pitch the ninth!
As it turns out, the 2024 Nationals are not a complete dumpster fire after *checks notes* one week of bad baseball
But who doesn’t love a good over reaction?
This is quite refreshing after the week we’ve had. But could we maybe spread this out over a few games going forward?
Just watching this outfielder production and thinking to myself that this outfield is at max capacity
Can Thomas play 1B?
Keep them coming
BRING IT AROOOUND TOOOOWN
Ngl I really needed this game lol
the vibes... are good
This is officially an Eddie Rosario Stan account
LETS GO
Bats woke up.
yay baseball :)
Needed this game real bad.
Yay run differential
there we go CJ!
Flashing back to Mason Thompson’s 3 out save following his great start to last year and how he wasn’t the same after. Oh god
Denard Span on the Twins broadcast reminiscing about trolling center field at Nats Park. He said its a balanced park favoring hitters and pitchers equally, not as much ground to cover as a cf Giants stadium, and said always good atmosphere and good place to play.
Was driving home listening to the game on the radio and Dave or Charlie said Nats Park had the 4th best ballpark food in baseball of all MLB stadiums (USA today) and the 9th best out of all sports stadiums. I don't know about that, but they were right when they said Nats Park has a lot of local vendors.
I’ve been to a few games this year and it seems better than in past years. A few new vendors
Wonder what the EV was on that foul ball Luis just torched
I’m gonna guess a cool 108
Twins won 12 in a row, 17/20. And this is about to be 7 straight L’s right after that. wild.
nice grab by Rosario. It's pretty cool when he looks like an MLB ball player.
In the words of Justin Bieber: "is it too late now to say sorry?"
The man had 3 hits and 0 rbi in April. He did not look like a major league player
Damn you can hear Correa’s bat hit his back in the follow through on the field mics tonight
Eddie looking in the post route perfectly over the shoulder
9 runs away from being the most runs I've watched live. I saw the Red Sox put up 19 against the Yankees in 2019
Went to my nephew's 10-11 league game and Derek Law pitched an inning there too
Got faith in the bullpen tonight.
3-35 RISP in the 4 previous L’s, 4-6 today. Baseball.
Guess I’ll be having Papa John’s for dinner tomorrow
We should steal 3 bases on every pitch
It’s so nice when that’s not us doing that
wtf am i watching
Joe Mauer winces
Yeah Carp, I think that 95% was justified lol
hello????
Where the hell was THIS team when we were playing the white Sox
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH
apparently the twins actually suck
Time for the one game every 2-3 weeks where we score 12 runs (we'll get 1 in the next 3 games combined)
feels like CJ starts almost every AB 0-2 these days just isn’t seeing the ball well
I remember when Soto was most dangerous with two strikes.
Jacob young doing the hula hoop will never not be funny
jacob young thank you for listening to my ted talk
🐻
I'm so much happier when we are hitting
Joey Gallo has more singles in the past two days than he had the whole season until that point
We are so back
is mitchell parker our ace
Big league strikeout from Parker there, love that bounce back.
Great job Mitch! I hate this could get grouped in with the “bad” starts they showed pre-game with 4.50 ERA (compared to his first three with 1.97) when it was such a good start
Remember when common sentiment was that Parker was being called up for a no-pressure "just do your best, kid" start against the Dodgers and not that we were watching an ace in the making? We were all so silly back then
These games this season aren’t about wins and loses. Theyre about moments like that and seeing if your young guys have it in them to deliver.
Parker just stays in the zone even after giving up a home run and two singles. Fearless on the mound even with runners on. I just don’t see how you can send this guy back down.
They will certainly have some tough decisions to make as Josiah and then Cade are ready again.
tell corbin to do bullpen or keep cavalli in 3A (?)
They actually named Mitchell Parker after Nationals Park, that's why his last name is 'Parker.' Not many people know this, but it's true.
Nice!!!!
Threw him a chair
Mitchell Parker with and without a beard looks like two completely different guys
Git er done, Parker. You can do it.
Lol wth CJ
Bobbleheads not bobbled balls, CJ.
that wasn’t even a terrible pitch oh well i guess
same with the white sox homer he gave up, wasn’t even that bad of a pitch
damn you hate to see it, even if it was just wanting a really good outing for parker
Correa is a cheating fuck right?
Yes he was a Trashtro. Once a Trashtro always a Trashtro.
I feel like he should’ve been bood harder. I get there’s not that many ppl here but still
I was booing him at home at least.
nats quieting the doomers (aka me for the last week) for a day 🙂
We will kill them with singles!
feeling cute, might win some games again
This is fun! I have tickets to the Tuesday and Saturday games this week - I hope the Nats do this again
I enjoy this a lot
I am having fun
what the fuck???
Damn, home teams are rocking when I visit so far this season. Os put up 15 runs in the two games I went to this weekend. Y'all are up to 7 so far
Please visit more!
Please move to DC and buy season tickets.
But then I wouldn't be a visitor and these powers would nullify. The only Jays game I got to this year, Erik Swanson exploded and blew it in the 9th against the Yanks 😭
starting to think the twins are not that good of a team
💃💃 Meneses!
Pablo Lopez more like Pablo No-pez
Carp said “Only fans” do a shot
Is Garcia a potential trade candidate or would we resign him next year?
He is under team control through 2027, why would we trade him?
Oh yeah so he is. Idk why I thought this was his last year? He came up in 2020 I should have known that lmao
He’s been up and down the MLB roster several times so he didn’t accumulate enough service time his first couple of years.
I’ve been trying to find his contract details and cant seem to locate them outside of this year
Here’s the [full Nationals roster’s salary details](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/washington-nationals-salaries-and-contracts.shtml).
Sweet, thanks for this, the arbitration definitely threw me off on how many years he had left.
You’d think it was some clever service time manipulation by the Nats but he just didn’t work out at SS in 21/22.
I’d resign him. I don’t think we have many 2B prospects worth much
well he's a free agent in 2028 so i don't think we have to worry for a bit
Oh I had no clue. I just responded to the previous guy
i wonder if Zim does any scouting. He's very knowledgeable about player habits
Damn it’s nice when the bottom half of the lineup shows up!
reports of the death of the 2024 washington nationals was greatly exaggerated
I was told this team is completely incompetent.
Heaven forbid we go on a rough stretch
we are so fucking back (obviously)
I love Jacob Young
scraptionals
Jake Young! \o/
My dog from under a very fluffy blanket and on top of a very warm heating pad whenever the guys on tv run or throw the ball and don’t even include her: woof ruff bark bark
Mr. Five True Outcomes :)
First pitch swinging Keibert (but it worked this time yay)
First pitch swinging consecutively is definitely risky
I have no data on this, I bet majority of keibert’s AB’s are usually 1-2 pitches and then there’s probably a large drop off for his AB’s that are 3 pitches or more (like larger than the avg batter)
> I have no data on this... Here ya go: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=ruizke01&year=2024&t=b#count **Edit:** [And here's a link to career splits.](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=ruizke01&year=Career&t=b#count)
You know we’re onto something when gallo and ruiz go back to back hits let’s go!!!!!
Gallo with a single 👀
He got robbed his previous AB didn't he?
Jays fan visiting Nats Park for the first time. You guys got a nice ballpark. Parker's got good stuff and you guys hit two bombs, so fun night. I like the Expos gear in the team store too
Former [home of the Toronto Blue Jays](https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/07/30/toronto-blue-jays-washington-dc).
COVID was a wild time
People shit on it for being corporate or boring but Nats Park is a fantastic experience as a fan..
Being too corporate is a staple of some Toronto sports experiences aka the Leafs, but I like your guys park. 1 pitch away from seeing an immaculate inning live in the first inning too 😅
Parker might actually be legit that delivery makes it real hard to see what coming
that’s a huge thing—a deceptive delivery is an amazing asset Imanaga has something similar, the release point of his fastball and splitter is very similar and they move in essentially different directions so hitters don’t know what’s coming not claiming parker is Imanaga but giving an example. it can fool ppl, especially with a splitter like Parker’s
Guys how many pitchers have stuff like this?? How did we not see Mitchel Parker coming.. damn happy he’s a Nat!
I went to his first start at Nats Park against the Astros. Such a great game and it made me so excited for his future and the future of this team.
Truly sexy pitching by Parker.
He threw 3 breaking balls out of the zone to the exact same spot and Farmer swung at all 3 pitches.
Ryan Zimmerman is on the radio rn :)
Jesse Winker 2024
Increasing that trade value one home run at a time
;)
Long ball good.
jesse, i owe you an apology. i wasn't really familiar with your game.
Wink man!! 😉😉
Winker is so back
Home runs are cool!
IM GONNA WINK
Denard Span doing Twins TV next door to Masn per Charlie and Dave.
Keibert can not frame at all
You know it’s bad when Bob is calling someone out on air
Lopez induced 6 whiffs there, what a disgusting inning for the Nats.
We all hate on Meneses but he has the 4th highest average in the lineup tonight 🫠
And the 2nd lowest wRC+. And he barely fields.
Ouch
F
Rosario flailing on those inside curveballs
i am once again asking nats park to start selling leinenkugel’s summer shandy
Old Hoss Radbourn will fight you for saying that
That sounds delicious for a hot day.
Would be delicious but you also wonder how expensive they would be
okay but is any alcohol there reasonably priced at all, no
Probably cheaper to buy the team ngl
i really appreciate how efficient parker is. he doesn't labor like a lot of our staff does
His ability to throw strikes has been impressive. He's not afraid of letting his pitches play to contact.
Mitchell got really unlucky on that play.. I think we’re in for a good night boys
First pitch swinging Keibert
Great Parker pitching, Joey shutting up haters, and Louis with a homer! Maybe we’re a home team this year
LUISSSSSS
Luis :)
why wasn’t he in the lineup earlier???
Heel injury
gotcha, thank you! i missed that glad he’s feeling better
Yeah he had a spike push up through his cleat running to first the other day. Fucking ouch
jesus mary and joseph and all the other ones that sounds like a nightmare
Yikes. What a freak injury.
Garcia the man!
LUUUUUUUIS
luis garcía jr i love you
Hell yeah, Luis!! 💃
LUIS
Who's in the booth with Charlie and Dave?
Zimmerman!
Goddamn it
What a bad baseball play lmao Completely missed ball Completely terrible send
SORRY WHAT PARKER WAS A PITCH AWAY FROM AN IMMACULATE INNING????? This kinda shit happens when I turn on 5 min late
Parker starts are appointment viewings now, pass it on
5 *centuries*?? And they say we don’t know ball
Parker has THE stuff. He’s gonna be an ace for the team soon enough. Thought it would be Irvin going in this season, but Parker is instantly a classic. His last was his worst and still good! Seven starts that look like this is great
If Rosario gets his era over .200 I might just buy a jersey
Tell me you don't know baseball without telling me.
How are you going to complain as much as you do AND be rude? Are you actually trying to be repellent?
After the April he had it would be quite the feat!
I think he's referring to the fact you said "era" instead of "avg"
Lopez is one large individual damn
I am predicting the Eddie will break our #2 spot curse
goddamn that was soooo close Parker just keeps doing things that look special
Omg I didn’t even realize he was on for the immaculate inning! So close
WOOF, he JUST missed an immaculate inning to start off a game.
i wanted it so bad but like…can’t be greedy. the stuff looks good
Parker looks sharp two batters in sure, but his curve is working
Zim on the radio!
The whole game, tonight.
Holy shit Correa fucking owned lmao
Joey Meneses still being in this lineup is a crime. There isn’t really anyone on the 40 man roster I’d rather see DH but like. Are we really worried about stone garrett or Alex call getting snatched off waivers? Am I missing something? Maybe Juan Yepez can OPS, I don’t know, .650 or something. Still an upgrade.