Bustin’ Loose Baseball

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Minor League News & Notes Aug 19, 2024

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Episode 143, Segment 3 -- Grant & Tobi deliver the latest news and notes from around the Nationals Minor League system, including an injury update on RHP Brad Lord, Joey Gallo and Robert Hassell's latest rehab games, and more! Plus a look ahead to the upcoming slate of games, and a prediction on when we could see Top Prospect Dylan Crews in a Nats uniform.

Dog Days of August; Coaching Staff Extended; Minor League Check-In Aug 16, 2024

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Episode 142, FULL SHOW -- As the 2024 Season is approaching its final month, a pitching staff that was once performing at a high level has hit a stretch of inconsistency. Has the young pitching staff hit a wall as the inning pile up? Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer breakdown their performances over the last week and determine what the next steps are in the development of this group; Manager Davey Martinez announced earlier this week that his entire coaching staff received extensions into the next season, ensuring that there is stability across the staff for the young developing players going into the 2025 season. But many Nats fans seem to be scratching their heads at the decision to retain a staff that coaches a team under .500 with several deficiencies. Grant & Tobi give their thoughts on why some of those deficiencies may be overblown; While there are struggles on the Major League roster, several top prospects are putting up eye popping numbers across the Minor League system. Grant & Tobi have the latest updates on who's heating up across the Nats Minor League Affiliates.

Dog Days of August Aug 16, 2024

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Episode 142, Segment 1 -- As the 2024 Season is approaching its final month, a pitching staff that was once performing at a high level has hit a stretch of inconsistency. Has the young pitching staff hit a wall as the inning pile up? Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer breakdown their performances over the last week and determine what the next steps are in the development of this group.

Coaching Staff Extended Aug 16, 2024

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Episode 142, Segment 2 -- Manager Davey Martinez announced earlier this week that his entire coaching staff received extensions into the next season, ensuring that there is stability across the staff for the young developing players going into the 2025 season. But many Nats fans seem to be scratching their heads at the decision to retain a staff that coaches a team under .500 with several deficiencies. Grant & Tobi give their thoughts on why some of those deficiencies may be overblown.

Minor League Check-In Aug 16, 2024

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Episode 142, Segment 3 -- While there are struggles on the Major League roster, several top prospects are putting up eye popping numbers across the Minor League system. Grant & Tobi have the latest updates on who's heating up across the Nats Minor League Affiliates.

Opposites Attract; Gore's Regression; Raising Aces Aug 12, 2024

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Episode 141, FULL SHOW -- The Nats won a weekend series versus the Los Angeles Angels thanks to walk-off victories on Friday and Saturday Night. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer highlight the offensive heroes from a pair of wild finishes over the Halos. Then, should the lack of pull side power for James Wood be a concern? Grant & Tobi tell you why you shouldn't worry about the 21-year-old's lack of hitting the ball to the pull side with power; The biggest story to come from Sunday's failure to complete the sweep of the Angels was yet another disappointing outing for LHP MacKenzie Gore. What's gone wrong for the promising lefty?; Two of the Nationals top pitching prospects have been putting up ridiculous numbers over the last couple of months. And so far into August, there are no signs of either slowing down. Grant & Tobi look back at another pair of stellar outings for RHP Travis Sykora, and RHP Jarlin Susana.

Opposites Attract Aug 12, 2024

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Episode 141, Segment 1 -- The Nats won a weekend series versus the Los Angeles Angels thanks to walk-off victories on Friday and Saturday Night. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer highlight the offensive heroes from a pair of wild finishes over the Halos. Then, should the lack of pull side power for James Wood be a concern? Grant & Tobi tell you why you shouldn't worry about the 21-year-old's lack of hitting the ball to the pull side with power.

Gore's Regression Aug 12, 2024

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Episode 141, Segment 2 -- The biggest story to come from Sunday's failure to complete the sweep of the Angels was yet another disappointing outing for LHP MacKenzie Gore. What's gone wrong for the promising lefty?

Raising Aces Aug 12, 2024

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Episode 141, Segment 3 -- Two of the Nationals top pitching prospects have been putting up ridiculous numbers over the last couple of months. And so far into August, there are no signs of either slowing down. Grant & Tobi look back at another pair of stellar outings for RHP Travis Sykora, and RHP Jarlin Susana.

Giant Letdown; Running Out of Gas; Rendon Returns to DC Aug 09, 2024

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Episode 140, FULL SHOW -- The Nats failed to take the season series versus the San Francisco Giants after an extra inning collapse in a stop and start affair on Thursday. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer breakdown the series and highlight what we learned about various members of the roster out of the 4-game set versus San Francisco; Grant & Tobi breakdown the latest pitching performances by the Nationals young starters, and question if there should be concerns that Parker, Gore, Irvin and Herz are running out of steam as the season goes on and the innings continue to pile up; For the first time since Game 5 of the 2019 World Series, Anthony Rendon will play baseball at Nationals Park this weekend as the Los Angeles Angels come to town. Grant & Tobi remember the good times, where Rendon was a major part of the Nationals World Series run.

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