00:00the Washington Nationals dude
00:02like I said this a couple
00:04weeks ago
00:06that at some point
00:09when does the conversation change
00:10from like oh this is so much fun
00:12to dude what if they
00:14add some pieces they might be a
00:16playoff team they're now one
00:18game over 500 28
00:20and 27 I believe
00:22I heard the junk say this this morning
00:24Grant and Danny are having their parade today
00:26right so I think at 530
00:28from the station down to
00:30Walters if you want to have a
00:32the Nats are over 500
00:34parade I think if you want
00:36I believe I have this right
00:38maybe somebody could get me the copy on this so I could
00:40properly promote it Ryan
00:42but I believe
00:45Grant and Danny are going to be here at the
00:46station I'm sure Toby
00:48Mr. National
00:50and others but anybody
00:52that's wearing Nats gear
00:55honestly channel 4 we should
00:56send a camera it's kind of a fun idea
00:59anybody that's
01:00wearing Nats gear
01:01you walk from here to Walters
01:03and I think the first 100 people
01:05in Nats gear get a free beer at Walters
01:07that's what I've heard as well
01:09so that's legit
01:10I mean
01:11I hope the weather holds off for them
01:14because I
01:14I mean talk about raining on a parade
01:17please stop raining
01:19but the Nats are playing
01:21great baseball and
01:24I had this thought
01:25right like they are just hitting
01:28everything I think they had six homers yesterday
01:30in route to a 10-2 win
01:32taking a series against the Braves over the weekend
01:36in Atlanta
01:37like
01:37these are big deal kind of things
01:40right now they're second in the NL East
01:42now granted
01:43Atlanta's way ahead but
01:45the Nats are playing really good baseball
01:47and some of it
01:48you wonder if they've just got a bunch of guys hot
01:51at the right time
01:53or
01:55it like
01:55Jacob Young
01:56hit another one
01:57yesterday right
01:58he now has more home runs
02:00this season
02:01than he's had in his entire career combined
02:03Jacob Young's our guy
02:05the official center fielder
02:07of the B. Mitchell Finley program
02:08but
02:10like
02:12Rizzo would always say
02:13you got to look at the back of the baseball card
02:15because it's a long season
02:16and highs and lows
02:17and try to just like understand
02:18what you're expecting
02:19for the course of the year
02:22but as these
02:23as to Boney and crew
02:25have made
02:26significant changes to the operation
02:28right
02:28they haven't changed
02:30spending necessarily
02:31but they've gone
02:31very tech forward
02:33very analytic forward
02:35like you wonder if those are the kind of changes
02:37that really make a change
02:39for a dude like Jacob Young
02:40he had five home runs
02:42in three seasons
02:43and now he has seven
02:44and probably
02:45four in the last week
02:46right
02:48dude you look at their lineup
02:49it's crazy
02:51the productivity they're getting
02:53and it really to me
02:55creates this conversation
02:57didn't
02:57Cruz had his first dinger
02:59right
02:59in Atlanta though
03:00not in Cleveland
03:03it creates a conversation
03:05I think specifically
03:07with C.J. Abrams
03:08because
03:09C.J. has been
03:10I mean
03:12really terrific
03:13all year
03:14and
03:15he's got the track record
03:16he's made a couple
03:17all-star teams
03:18like
03:18he made one
03:19all-star team
03:21but
03:22I mean
03:23Abrams
03:24kind of having
03:24a monster season
03:26and you just wonder
03:29do the conversations
03:31change
03:31around trading
03:32C.J.
03:33and does it have to become more
03:36we need to acquire
03:37a pitcher
03:38and I'm not saying
03:39they could get
03:41like you don't want
03:42to blow up
03:44the process
03:45right
03:45you don't want
03:46to blow up
03:46the rebuild
03:48I'm not saying
03:49you go get an ace
03:50that's not where
03:50they are
03:51but what if you just
03:52get like a reliable
03:54starter
03:55a reliable
03:56veteran
03:56starter
03:58just somebody
03:59to kind of
04:00stabilize
04:01a little bit
04:02of this rotation
04:04I don't know
04:05for T'Boney and crew
04:07because they trade
04:08a Gore
04:08like they
04:09don't listen
04:10to what they say
04:10watch what they do
04:11right
04:11they traded
04:12Gore away
04:13that was
04:14their reliable
04:15probably
04:16what is McKenzie
04:17Gore
04:17a good rotation
04:18two or three
04:19he's like a three
04:20I'd say
04:20yeah
04:21like they traded
04:22that dude away
04:22so I don't know
04:23that I believe
04:24they're going to
04:25bring that dude
04:26in now
04:27but the math
04:28has changed
04:29with this Nats team
04:30you're over 500
04:32past Memorial Day
04:33weekend
04:33you're over a third
04:35of the way
04:35into this season
04:37and I think
04:38we could still
04:39just be like
04:39yo the Nats
04:40are fun
04:40we're into it
04:41we're watching
04:42hopefully the games
04:43are better attended
04:44I know you guys
04:45I know the Orioles
04:46series was back
04:47but then I know
04:47it was pretty light
04:48there for a couple
04:49days
04:49they're on the road
04:50until this weekend
04:52I think
04:53with the Padres
04:54coming to town
04:54like those are
04:55fun games
04:56I would say
04:58hopefully like
04:59the crowds
04:59get back into it
05:00plus kids will get
05:01out of school soon
05:02although
05:03after all the snow
05:04I think some of these
05:04schools are staying
05:05in until like
05:064th of July
05:06like White Brian
05:07when is Rose
05:08done teaching
05:09for the summer
05:11that's
05:12such a
05:13inside
05:13joke
05:14that nobody
05:15gets
05:15but I don't
05:16even think
05:17Stallion gets it
05:18yeah
05:20I was like
05:20what's going on
05:21White Brian's
05:22wife Rose
05:23is a teacher
05:25she's just not
05:26a teacher
05:27she's a real estate
05:28agent
05:29but
05:29real estate agent
05:31teacher
05:31yeah a real estate
05:32agent teacher
05:32so she teaches
05:34real estate agents
05:35she should go
05:36work for Lahey
05:36so I don't know
05:38man the Nats
05:39playing good
05:39baseball
05:41I'm not sure
05:42I feel like I got
05:43this on Twitter
05:44or something
05:44but somebody said
05:45it got so hard
05:47the last few
05:48seasons
05:49to even like
05:50put the Nats
05:51on TV
05:52like oh
05:53Tuesday night
05:54Nats playing
05:55the Marlins
05:56they're
05:5716 games
05:58under 500
06:00it got hard
06:02to press
06:02the button
06:04one thing
06:04I can say
06:05JP
06:07it changed
06:08the Nats
06:09have changed
06:09the mindset
06:10of I would say
06:10us casual
06:11fans
06:12because
06:12I watch
06:13the Yankees
06:14more than
06:14the Nats
06:15but then
06:15you got to
06:15see how much
06:16I watch
06:16baseball
06:16in general
06:18but
06:19at the beginning
06:20of the year
06:21I was like
06:21oh man
06:22the Nats
06:22alright
06:23this crash
06:24is about
06:24to come
06:25though
06:25when is it
06:26coming
06:26and it's
06:27not like
06:28that anymore
06:28it's like
06:29now that
06:29everyone
06:30believes
06:30when the Nats
06:31go in
06:31to play
06:32some baseball
06:32there's a chance
06:33they can win
06:33these games
06:34because the
06:34hitting is so
06:35legit
06:36right
06:36like
06:37they are
06:37mashing
06:38and
06:39that's a
06:40skill
06:40that
06:41doesn't go
06:42away
06:42ideally
06:43and they're
06:43maximizing
06:44lineups
06:44and not just
06:45trying the same
06:45group out there
06:46every day
06:46and when you
06:47have
06:48Abrams and
06:49Wood
06:49like that
06:50gives you
06:51like the best
06:52pitching staffs
06:53have an ace
06:55so you don't
06:55have prolonged
06:56slumps
06:57right
06:57because we
06:58know every
06:59fifth day
06:59like here
07:00when it was
07:01here
07:01every fifth
07:01day
07:01Scherzer's
07:02getting the
07:02ball
07:02and we're
07:03going to
07:03win
07:03that's the
07:04best thing
07:05for pitching
07:05but when you
07:06know you have
07:07Abrams and
07:07Wood in your
07:08lineup
07:08and you're
07:09juggling a lot
07:10of other pieces
07:10around depending
07:11maybe who's
07:12hot who has
07:12the best hitting
07:13matchup lefty
07:13lefty all that
07:14stuff
07:14like it
07:16gives you
07:17a foundational
07:18piece to be
07:20a good baseball
07:20team and that's
07:22kind of where
07:22they are right
07:23now
07:23over under
07:24start to
07:26finish
07:28baseball games
07:29watched
07:30through this
07:31past weekend
07:32for Jeff
07:32Walker
07:33two and a
07:33half
07:34I'm going to
07:35take the
07:35under on that
07:36under for sure
07:37but MLB
07:38played
07:39I play MLB
07:41this weekend
07:41that counts a
07:42little bit
07:43doesn't
07:44video game
07:45does not
07:46count
07:47we also
07:48tomorrow
07:50OTAs
07:50now the
07:51players have
07:52been practicing
07:52for some
07:53time
07:53they've been
07:54all over
07:54it right
07:54but this is
07:56the first time
07:56the media gets
07:57to be out
07:57there
07:57this is the
07:58first time
07:59we get to
07:59see David
08:00Blau coaching
08:00Jaden Daniels
08:01this is the
08:01first time
08:02we get to
08:02see Durante
08:03Jones
08:03barking orders
08:04at Sonny
08:05Styles in the
08:05middle of the
08:06field
08:06we saw rookie
08:07minicamp
08:07rookie minicamp
08:08is not at
08:10all real
08:10football
08:10tomorrow
08:11a little
08:12glimpse of
08:13real football
08:14tomorrow
08:14tomorrow's a
08:15little glimpse
08:16of reality
08:17I want to get
08:18into that
08:18but dude
08:19I want to
08:19open the
08:19phones
08:20800-636-1067
08:22800-636-1067
08:25are you buying
08:27into what the
08:28Nats are doing
08:28right now
08:29are you buying
08:30into them being
08:31able to hit
08:31like this
08:32are you buying
08:33into them
08:34maybe I mean
08:35right now
08:36they're in the
08:36wildcard chase
08:37for sure
08:38will it last
08:39will it hold
08:40up
08:40will they add
08:41pitching
08:42or will they
08:43still sell
08:44at the deadline
08:44nobody go
08:45anywhere
08:45be Mitch
08:46and Finley
08:46will you
