Grant and Danny
Dave Jageler Previews The Nats-Cubs Series
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All good. Are we I mean, isn't it what we've been dreaming on to see he and James would go back to back in the line up the other day and you know, you have Dylan hit a home run to start and then would with a base sit and steals a base and scores a run and you know, would drives in a run the next inning with a couple of steals. Yeah, I mean, Cruz has brought he plays hard. I mean, just talking to the guys who watch him in the minor leagues, you know, whether it's, you know, 300 people in the stands or 30,000 in the stands, he has one gear and you hope that that rubs off on everybody. He's going to play like Mike Rizzo likes to say with his hair on fire. And so we've seen that in the first three games. And he clearly is getting a jumpstart. And you know, when you look at some of the other notable nationals who've been debuted, usually they start, you know, down in the lineup a bit and then after a few games move up, I mean, he was hitting second in his first game. And now he's been lead off the next two games as he's back in there today against the lefty. So they've shown a lot of confidence in him and with good reason. Mackenzie Gore, couple really good starts in a row day. Very encouraging. I mean, listen, this game humbles everybody. You're going to go through a lull where you're you're fighting it mechanically or, you know, maybe you're tipping something. Who knows? But really encourage the last couple starts. What's the difference when it's good versus when it's not for him? Well, I think you talked about mechanically. I think that's that's kind of what they they honed in on watching video. And it was a side session before two starts ago because he's had two good ones in a row. And it was before the start in Atlanta where they really worked on him and trying to raise his arm angle. They felt that he had lowered his arm angle a little bit. And that was really affecting his command because what you saw is that the walk numbers were just out of control for what he normally would expect. And that was driving up the pitch count. So the last two starts, I mean, you're talking about pounding the strike zone and being much more pitch efficient. We've been talking about Gore even when he's been been really good, just trying to get that pitch efficiency a little better so he can go deeper in games. So I think that's been huge. The other thing Danny is the utilization of the change. I mean, there was a three pitch sequence when he faced Aaron Judge with a runner at third one out. So basically, if the balls put in play, there's going to be a run. They're playing the infield back. And he threw all three of his pitches. And the first one was a change up. And he's thrown the change up about close to 20% of the time. The last three starts. And it was it was such a nasty change up. And Judge swings and misses that he then blew the 97 by him. Judge was laid on it. And then he tied him up with an inside slider. It was three consecutive pitches to make one of the best hitters in the planet look overmatched. I mean, that just that sequence alone, you're going, man, if he can just bottle this, you know, what do we have here? It was pretty special. And you know, so it's a couple of good outings in a row. And if he can just keep those mechanics in line, you hope that that that mid season low will just be a thing of the past and you can finish very strongly here in the second half of the season. Jags, oftentimes a dropping release point is a sign of fatigue as the year goes on. Did they think that was part of it or was it more mechanical that he just got out of whack? Well, I mean, it's probably a combination of both. I mean, I think they're hoping it was just mechanical, but that that's it stands to reason. I mean, he did pitch basically a full season last year. But, you know, again, you know, second full season in the big leagues, that could have happened. You know, they tried to get him a little bit of a respite in and around the all-star break, pushing his first start out of the break back a few days. But I think that could be a factor. But, you know, apparently now he's, he's caught his second win. He's fixed the mechanical issue. And now we're hoping for a strong month of September. Jags, where's Kate Kavali? What's going on there? Well, Davey Martinez said that he's still, he's down in Florida. He was with the team for a while. Right. He's down in Florida playing catch out to 125 feet. So now you're looking at, you know, today is August 30th, the regular season ends September 29th. I mean, to me, the longer it goes before you see Kavali on a mound, the less likely as you'll see him on a big league mound this year, I think the hope would be at some point, maybe he could pitch in a few rehab games. I don't know if you could stretch that into instructional league or the Arizona Fall League or something. But, you know, the more days that go by, the longer a shot it is that he's going to be on the mound for the Nationals this year. But Davey Martinez's latest update is that he's playing catch and try to progress. Basically two lost seasons from the TJ then. So because obviously he got hurt in the spring last year. So he didn't pitch all of last year. This was his comeback season. He was supposed to have been ready 12 months was right around opening day, but then give him a little time to rehab and maybe the second half of the season. And they have been very careful of how they worded it. They've said he didn't have a set back. They said he wasn't re injured. I don't know what to believe. I mean, they often don't give us a whole lot of information on injuries, but something doesn't add up there. I mean, you don't just miss two years with Tommy John typically. Well, the problem is going forward now and assuming that he doesn't get a whole lot of innings, you know, be it on a rehab. He had a few innings on his rehab time and earlier, you know, you're going to next season and you're going to be probably looking at an innings one at night. You're not going to go from zero to 170 next year. So it just, you're hoping this year that he was able to build up a body of work that would make him more potentially to be a six month starter next year. And it's hard to imagine that's the case with basically two lost years. Jax, thank you as always. Have a great call tonight. Yeah, looking forward to the Cubs are hot. Hopefully the Nationals can keep enrolling. 615 pregame, 645 game time on the fan for Charlie and Dave. Thanks, Jax. You got it. This episode is brought to you by progressive insurance. Whether you love true crime or comedy, celebrity interviews or news, you call the shots on what's in your podcast queue. And guess what? 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