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Frying The Fish Jun 17, 2024

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Episode 126, Segment 1 -- The Nationals are winners of 8 of their last 9 after sweeping a weekend series over the Marlins behind another string of strong pitching from the young pitching staff. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer dig into the numbers behind this recent stretch, including a 10 Strikeout performance by LHP MacKenzie Gore, a 13 Strikeout performance by LHP DJ Herz, and CF Jacob Young's first career Homerun.

Buyers or Sellers? Jun 17, 2024

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Episode 126, Segment 2 -- Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported on Monday that multiple Nationals players are generating trade interest around the league, but that the team isn't yet committed to selling at the upcoming trade deadline. Should the Nationals be looking to continue the rebuild and sell at the trade deadline, or should their current standings put them in buyer territory?

Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Brad Lord Jun 17, 2024

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Episode 126, Segment 3 -- Grant & Tobi get you up to date with the latest performances in the Nats Minor League system. Then, Tobi & Producer Darris are joined by the Brad Lord of the Harrisburg Senators, fresh off being awarded the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week award following 7 innings of scoreless ball where he struck out 10. Plus, breaking news as Dylan Crews has been promoted to Triple-A Rochester. And we preview the upcoming home series versus Arizona.

Roller Coaster Ride; Checking on the Kids; Mail Time Jun 14, 2024

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Episode 125, FULL SHOW -- The 2024 Nationals score another series win on the road despite a disappointing loss in the series finale out in Detroit. As the team continues its turbulent ways, Grant Paulsen and Tobi Altizer try to figure out if the Nationals can find ways to preserve the likes of Hunter Harvey & Kyle Finnegan by making a key subtraction in the bullpen and assess if trade deadline moves are still in play for several players across the Major League roster; After a stretch of struggles over the last couple of weeks, Nats Top 3B prospect Brady House is back to showing off some of his power. Meanwhile, the 2023 2nd overall pick Dylan Crews is finding consistency at the Double-A level. Is he due for a promotion to Triple-A soon? Grant & Tobi highlight some of the best of the last week in the Minor League system; Grant & Tobi are joined by Producer Darris to dip into some of the leftover questions from our Mailbag episode. Plus, a quick look ahead to the weekend series versus Miami, and some love for another developing arm in the Nationals Minor League system.

Roller Coaster Ride Jun 14, 2024

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Episode 125, Segment 1 -- The 2024 Nationals score another series win on the road despite a disappointing loss in the series finale out in Detroit. As the team continues its turbulent ways, Grant Paulsen and Tobi Altizer try to figure out if the Nationals can find ways to preserve the likes of Hunter Harvey & Kyle Finnegan by making a key subtraction in the bullpen, and assess if trade deadline moves are still in play for several players across the Major League roster.

Checking on the Kids Jun 14, 2024

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Episode 125, Segment 2 -- After a stretch of struggles over the last couple of weeks, Nats Top 3B prospect Brady House is back to showing off some of his power. Meanwhile, the 2023 2nd overall pick Dylan Crews is finding consistency at the Double-A level. Is he due for a promotion to Triple-A soon? Grant & Tobi highlight some of the best of the last week in the Minor League system.

Mail Time Jun 14, 2024

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Episode 125, Segment 3 -- Grant & Tobi are joined by Producer Darris to dip into some of the leftover questions from our Mailbag episode. Plus, a quick look ahead to the weekend series versus Miami, and some love for another developing arm in the Nationals Minor League system.

Sitting Down With Top Prospect James Wood | 'Baseball Isn't Boring' Jun 11, 2024

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From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): If you're looking for the next big thing in Major League Baseball you might want to start following Nationals prospect James Wood. The 6-foot-7 outfielder is on the cusp of entering the big leagues after tearing up Triple-A this season, landing as MLB Pipeline's No. 4 overall prospect. Rob Bradford sits down with Wood to talk about his journey, choosing baseball over basketball, what it was like to get traded, dealing with the new attention, and the experience of going to Game 1 of the NBA Finals. It's a player you are going to want to get to know.

The Bustin' Loose Baseball Mailbag Episode Jun 10, 2024

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Episode 124, FULL SHOW -- For the first time in Bustin' Loose Baseball history, we present to you a Mailbag Episode, featuring your questions as submitted via Twitter/X. Listen in to hear if your question made the show! The Nationals chopped on through the Atlanta Braves yet again taking 3 of 4 from their NL East rivals. Behind strong pitching and recent hot streaks by Jesse Winker and Nick Senzel, the Nationals appear to have the number of Atlanta through 8 matchups so far in 2024. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer look back at the best of from a big weekend series at Nationals Park; Grant & Tobi recap some of the latest notes from the weekend in the organization, including Patrick Corbin's next start being skipped, the results from Josiah Gray's first rehab start, and an interesting next step in the rehab for RHP Cade Cavalli; We put out the Bat Signal and requested your questions for our first mailbag episode of Bustin' Loose Baseball, and you delivered! Grant, Tobi & Producer Darris answer your burning questions revolving around the Nationals, Baseball terminology, the upcoming 2024 MLB Draft, and more! Didn't hear your question in this episode? Don't worry! We'll be doing more Mailbag episodes in the future, and you may even hear one of your mailbag questions at the end of upcoming episodes of the Bustin' Loose Baseball.

Nats Country Jun 10, 2024

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Episode 124, Segment 1 -- The Nationals chopped on through the Atlanta Braves yet again taking 3 of 4 from their NL East rivals. Behind strong pitching and recent hot streaks by Jesse Winker and Nick Senzel, the Nationals appear to have the number of Atlanta through 8 matchups so far in 2024. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer look back at the best of from a big weekend series at Nationals Park.

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