Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 44 min · 15 segments
On Today's Episode - We dive into the season long question - what will the Nationals do at the deadline? After shipping off Curtis Mead for Connelly Early, will the Nats make another big swing for…
Yeah, and we can start right there.
Obviously, as you mentioned, Trey, like the last time we talked, we were coming off of a sweep to the Yankees where we felt like we should have won at least two of those games, if not the whole thing.
But, you know, the message was you can be frustrated, but overall you have to view the season as positive.
And I think that that's still the case, right? Like, it seems as though for weeks at this point, the Nats have always been hovering like one game above 500 and you just kind of like want them to break through and go win six or eight or 10 in a row, which obviously much easier said than done.
but like you want them to go on a win nine of 12 game streak or whatever, but they're just kind of doing the same thing.
It's, it's what they've done for the past two months.
They take two or three from the A's coming out of the break.
They take two or three from the Rockies right after, and then they take two or three from the D backs when they return home.
It's just, it's what this team does.
It, it, you know, there might be a sweep here and there are some losses that should have been wins here or there, but it's, More often than not, they're winning two of three.
It's incredibly impressive.
Just this most recent series, when you're back home, you have a tough opening loss to the D-backs, who Blake Butera said it following the conclusion of the series.
He was managing that series like it was a playoff series, and it felt like a playoff series.
Even the vibes, the atmosphere, the stakes, all of it felt like a playoff series because that's who you're chasing in the wildcard race.
So losing that opening... game while tough, like it meant a lot.
And you could see how the team bounced back with impressive wins five to three on Saturday and then 10 to seven on Sunday.
Obviously it was 10 to two at one point on Sunday, you would, you would have liked to put that away a little bit sooner, but also Sunday was right after they traded Curtis meet in what was could have, and obviously we're only two games past that trade, it could have really shaken up the locker room.
And we talk about locker room dynamics and kind of the things you can't quantify in terms of trade values and things like that.
This team loved Curtis Meade.
So I'm not saying they won't miss him in any regard, but it was certainly encouraging to see them put up 10 runs in the first game without him and get a series win over a playoff opponent, so to speak.
So All in all, I mean, I've been kind of exactly where I was before.
Little things here and there, like there was that game in the middle of the Rocky series or just like, damn, wish you could have pulled that one out and things like that.
But that's just baseball.
That's going to happen over the course of 162 games.
But more not, this team is finding ways to win.
Yeah, and we can start right there.
Obviously, as you mentioned, Trey, like the last time we talked, we were coming off of a sweep to the Yankees where we felt like we should have won at least two of those games, if not the whole thing.
But, you know, the message was you can be frustrated, but overall you have to view the season as positive.
And I think that that's still the case, right? Like, it seems as though for weeks at this point, the Nats have always been hovering like one game above 500 and you just kind of like want them to break through and go win six or eight or 10 in a row, which obviously much easier said than done.
but like you want them to go on a win nine of 12 game streak or whatever, but they're just kind of doing the same thing.
It's, it's what they've done for the past two months.
They take two or three from the A's coming out of the break.
They take two or three from the Rockies right after, and then they take two or three from the D backs when they return home.
It's just, it's what this team does.
It, it, you know, there might be a sweep here and there are some losses that should have been wins here or there, but it's, More often than not, they're winning two of three.
It's incredibly impressive.
Just this most recent series, when you're back home, you have a tough opening loss to the D-backs, who Blake Butera said it following the conclusion of the series.
He was managing that series like it was a playoff series, and it felt like a playoff series.
Even the vibes, the atmosphere, the stakes, all of it felt like a playoff series because that's who you're chasing in the wildcard race.
So losing that opening... game while tough, like it meant a lot.
And you could see how the team bounced back with impressive wins five to three on Saturday and then 10 to seven on Sunday.
Obviously it was 10 to two at one point on Sunday, you would, you would have liked to put that away a little bit sooner, but also Sunday was right after they traded Curtis meet in what was could have, and obviously we're only two games past that trade, it could have really shaken up the locker room.
And we talk about locker room dynamics and kind of the things you can't quantify in terms of trade values and things like that.
This team loved Curtis Meade.
So I'm not saying they won't miss him in any regard, but it was certainly encouraging to see them put up 10 runs in the first game without him and get a series win over a playoff opponent, so to speak.
So All in all, I mean, I've been kind of exactly where I was before.
Little things here and there, like there was that game in the middle of the Rocky series or just like, damn, wish you could have pulled that one out and things like that.
But that's just baseball.
That's going to happen over the course of 162 games.
But more not, this team is finding ways to win.
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