The Washington Nationals have gotten off to a middling start this year, going 7-11 to open the season. They started the year cold, got hot for a week and are currently slumping again One reason for the team's poor performance lately is catcher Keibert Ruiz.
The Washington Nationals entered the season with a lineup full of talented, promising players with the potential to elevate the team's offense toward the top half of the league.
This is a big year for Keibert Ruiz and he knows it. The Nationals catcher is red hot to start the season The Washington Nationals offense has been slumping to start the season.
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Keibert Ruiz was supposed to be the catcher of the future for the Washington Nationals. That's what he was billed as when they acquired him from the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021 as part of the Max Scherzer and Trea Turner blockbuster that really started the rebuilding era of this franchise.
Heading into the offseason, the Washington Nationals had identified a few areas on the team that needed an upgrade. Many fans focused on the corner infield spots, where the team ranked near the bottom in production.
The Washington Nationals are hoping that starting catcher Keibert Ruiz can put together a strong effort this season. With a lineup burgeoning with promising
It will be interesting to see how the Washington Nationals put together their roster in 2025. Spring will determine a lot of things with multiple battles
Is this finally the year where Keibert Ruiz takes the next step? The Nationals have given Keibert Ruiz every opportunity to make the catchers position his own.
This past week there’s been an influx of hype around infield prospect Caleb Durbin, whom the Yankees could be preparing for a big-league role in 2025. Aaron Boone called him a “stud,” praising his bat-to-ball skills and ultimately declaring that he would play a big role on the team next season.
Heading into the offseason, the biggest needs for the Washington Nationals are very clear. Atop their wish list is a bopper for the middle of the order, a legitimate home run threat to complement the young emerging core.
For fans looking for the light at the end of the mediocrity tunnel, here are three big reasons the team is actually ahead of schedule in its rebuild.
Keibert Ruiz isn't exactly known for his blazing speed. The Washington Nationals backstop ranks in MLB's fifth percentile with an average sprint speed of 25.0 feet per second this season, according to Baseball Savant.
Notes and quotes after an off-day for the Nationals... After his club dropped three straight to the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park and four in a row overall, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez had a simple message for all of his hitters going into Sunday’s series finale in the City of Brotherly Love.
After struggling at the plate for much of the season, Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz is again showing why he is a key part of the Nationals' rebuilding plan.
The Washington Nationals face a dilemma at the catcher position. The Nationals thought they locked down their backstop of the future when they signed Keibert Ruiz to an eight-year extension.
Juan Yepez went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer to help the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 win in the opener of their three-game set against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
The start of Tuesday's San Diego Padres-Washington Nationals game had some fireworks in the bottom of the first inning that featured a bench-clearing brawl, a hit batter, a manager ejection and a two-run home run.
Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run homer to highlight a seven-run outburst in the fourth inning and spark the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Notes and quotes coming off an off-day for the Nationals... Coming off back-to-back shutout losses in Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez acknowledged the obvious, the club’s offense is sputtering, and as all the innings without runs pile up so does the pressure to produce.
Keibert Ruiz delivered a go-ahead, pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth inning and Joey Meneses was 4-for-4 with two RBIs as the Washington Nationals topped the host Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Tuesday in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
Notes and quotes after an off-day yesterday ... so it’s sort of a hodgepodge of leftovers... Going into the second of two with the Baltimore Orioles in D.C.
Notes and quotes from last night in Nationals Park... A frequent refrain from Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez following Patrick Corbin’s starts this season has been some variation on the idea that the numbers don’t tell the whole story as far as how the left-hander has fared.
With about two months in the books of the 2023 MLB season, there have been plenty of surprising starts for hitters. Some have been hot and some have been cold, but these four hitters have experienced just plain old bad luck.
Some prospects could be major contributors on playoff rosters, while others will get looks in preparation for 2020. Either way, these 10 MLB prospects could get their chances at a major league call-up in the final month of the regular season.
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