{"id":3034,"date":"2022-03-30T06:08:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T06:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/washington-nationals-at-houston-astros-grapefruit-league-gamethread-federal-baseball\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T06:08:43","slug":"washington-nationals-at-houston-astros-grapefruit-league-gamethread-federal-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/washington-nationals-at-houston-astros-grapefruit-league-gamethread-federal-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals \u201cat\u201d Houston Astros: Grapefruit League GameThread – Federal Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Washington and Houston meet in Grapefruit League action in their shared spring home. <\/em>GAME TIME:<\/strong><\/em> 1:05 PM ET; <\/em>FOLLOW<\/strong><\/em>: MLB.tv; <\/em>nationals.com<\/em><\/a> for radio.<\/em>
Davey Martinez shared his plan on Monday to have Josiah Gray, who is scheduled to throw today, work in a minor league game while a parade of relievers get their work in on the major league side, with the Washington Nationals<\/a> taking on the Houston Astros<\/a> in their shared spring home this afternoon.
Washington, as noted by MASN\u2019s Mark Zuckerman on Twitter<\/a>, is expected to send Carl Edwards, Jr., Tanner Rainey, Kyle Finnegan, Andres Machado, Sam Clay, and more out to the mound to get their work in in this abbreviated ramp-up to the 2022 regular season.
Martinez talked in the first week of Spring Training about sorting out his bullpen in West Palm Beach and figuring out how he will assign roles given the new rules NL teams will be playing under this year.
\u201cRight now I\u2019m focused on who is going to be in our bullpen,\u201d he said when asked about potential roles and who will fill them. \u201cI mean, so, but yeah, it will be nice to have roles for these guys once they get going and we see who is actually going to pitch in the bullpen for us. So, yeah, the good news is you don\u2019t have to worry about the pitcher\u2019s spot. So if a guy comes in the game and gets two hitters and he\u2019s doing well and he\u2019s a good matchup for the guy leading off the inning, we don\u2019t have to worry about that pitcher\u2019s spot coming up and double-switching or anything like that. That\u2019s where it comes in. And quite honestly, the other thing is, we\u2019re getting a really good DH, so that\u2019s kind of nice.\u201d
That DH [ed. note<\/strong> – \u201cIt\u2019s Nelson Cruz. He\u2019s talking about Nelson Cruz.\u201d<\/em>] is in the lineup today for the matchup with the Astros in the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
Cruz is 1 for 19 to start the spring, but we know not to put any real weight on ST stats, right? Right? If not, Davey\u2019s got you.
\u201cFor me, nobody knows those guys better than themselves,\u201d Martinez said, as quoted by MASN\u2019s Zuckerman<\/a> on Monday.
\u201cI go back and I look at the history of what they\u2019ve done in different camps, stuff like that.
\u201cSome guys do have bad spring trainings, and they work on different things. So I\u2019m not overly concerned.\u201d
See. Now enjoy today\u2019s game. You can watch it on MLB.tv or the MLB Network in D.C.
HERE\u2019S THE NATIONALS\u2019 LINEUP FOR TODAY\u2019S GAME WITH THE ASTROS:<\/strong>
Today’s lineup.#SpringTraining<\/a> \/\/ #NATITUDE<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DbWs95BEUI<\/a><\/p>\n

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