JP and BMitch rant about the ineptitude of the Nationals bullpen early in the season.
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00:00Nats had a pretty good game going yesterday.
00:02And then they gave up, I think they gave up eight runs in the sixth inning.
00:06They are currently on pace.
00:11They could have the worst bullpen in Major League Baseball history.
00:15Yeah, well, when I talk to Bees, he was like, the bullpen blew it again.
00:20I was like, okay.
00:22But, see, that's something right there that annoys me
00:25because it's been a problem for a long time.
00:28It's not like it just started.
00:30So, you have to fix that.
00:35Before yesterday's game, the Nats bullpen had a 7.16 ERA.
00:40I know people like more advanced stats.
00:42I like ERA and batting average.
00:44Call me old-fashioned.
00:45They had a 7.16 ERA in the bullpen going into yesterday.
00:49After that game, 7.22.
00:52Currently, the worst bullpen since 1950 is 7.06 by the Phillies in 2020.
01:05I'm sorry.
01:06Yeah, in 2020.
01:07So, we already beaten that.
01:08By two-tenths of a point.
01:10By two-tenths.
01:11Like, I mean, that's significant.
01:12I mean, this, maybe they figure it out.
01:18To me, I think the bullpen situation is like a direct result of not spending any money.
01:25Right?
01:26Because if you want a couple good relievers, that's not paying for Soto or Trey Turner's contract.
01:34But you spend a little money on some good relievers, known quantities in the majors that can get you out in the seventh, eighth innings.
01:42Because Finnegan's been good.
01:43When they can get to the closer, he's been closing it.
01:46Yeah.
01:47But.
01:47You got to get there.
01:48Where you, where, where there's no money spent is those middle reliever guys.
01:53And it's pretty damn apparent.
01:56Yeah, you got to be able to, once you take your starter out, you need to have people that are effective enough to get them to the closer.
02:02Right.
02:03But if you get to the closer and then the game is just going the other direction, hell, you might not much want to put him in.
02:09If I would close, I'm like, nah, no.
02:11Well, close what?
02:14I mean, they up by how many points?
02:18It's.
02:18You want me to be a magician here?
02:20Yeah, dude.
02:22Everything with the Nats, as much as James Wood's really exciting, CJ Abrams is hitting, Mackenzie Gore's been good.
02:28Like, there's, you can look, and hell, we're two blocks away.
02:31You can look over there, and there's real reasons for excitement.
02:36Have, one, it's just awesome to watch young baseball players as they figure out who they are.
02:41They are in the game and are exciting, right?
02:44That's one.
02:45Two, if you want to think bigger picture, you can see real pieces for long-term success.
02:51But everything with that organization circles back to ownership's complete unwillingness.
02:57I'm not going to say inability.
02:58They have the ability.
02:59They've shown that ability.
03:00They are unwilling to spend in a game that requires spending.
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:06And, dude, that team's pretty good.
03:09They're going to flirt with 500.
03:11I think they end up somewhere around 75, 70 wins.
03:16If they spent a modicum of cash, if they were middle of the road in spending, you might be
03:22talking about a 500 team.
03:24You might be talking about maybe even a wild card team.
03:27Yeah.
03:28But they refuse to spend.
03:29It's not inability.
03:31It's unwillingness.
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