Brady House

Chaparro scored on a wild pitch.

Brady House moved to third.

Then House scored on a wild pitch.

Two of three pitches by Pintaro.

He's got the raw power to change a game in two swings.

Then you look at Brady House at third.

He's young, but he provides balance in the middle of the order.

Okay, so we've got Cavalli on the mound, Abrams leading the charge, and a bullpen that looks like it's held together by duct tape and hope.

If he frames pitches well, he turns strikes into outs.

In a tight series, that's half the battle.

What about the infield defense? Nassim Nunez at second, Andres Chaparro at first, Brady House at third.

Are they holding up defensively against a team like the Mets?

Up with the ball, the right fielder, Malgeri, his throw coming in is cut off, dropped by the first baseman and now Abrams froze.

He could have gotten back to first, had he broke right back to the bag 'cause the other runner, Brady House, stopped at second.

Instead, he is thrown out at first base.

The Nationals get on the board.

Not just a platoon job, but a starting job for them next season.

And you've even heard Blake Butter in recent days say they want to try to get him as much work as they can at third base as well, recognizing that that can be a path to him being in the lineup more while also still being able to give a Chaparro or an Ortiz the start at first base.

Do you remember a few weeks ago, Brady House played at first base? That kind of came out of nowhere, but the Nats did that.

Was that just a one-off, or is he someone who you could see being in the first base mix to some degree next season?

Uh, the first base platoon with Andrus Chaparro and Abbey Ortiz haven't been all too great defensively there.

Brady House at times looked good, but can't really rely on him too much.

Nassin Nunez is an all-star defensively.

We all know that at this point.

You're not wrong about that.

I think something else to factor into that would be, okay, next season is Brady House in fact an every day third baseman, and you don't have to worry anymore about whether you're facing a lefty or a righty? Like, is Brady House improving enough now to where you'd trust him against both lefties and righties, maybe not to the same extent, but close enough to where you feel comfortable just, you know, writing his name in there game in, game out? So that's the kind of thing that could impact how you handle a first base.

But you're not wrong.

You, you would be lacking in defensive flexibility, uh, if you stuck with those three guys in terms of your first base approach.

was the only major mistake made by Quinn Matthews.

You know, with the score 2-1, he was cruising along there into the sixth inning when he gave up a leadoff single to Brady House.

And that brought up C.J. Abrams, who, I mean, looks like he weighs about $1.50 soaking wet, right? Like, he's not a big dude by any means.

But, man, has he got a quick bat.