Littell's Bad April Continues in Queens

About this episode

The episode discusses the Nats' recent shutout loss to the Mets, focusing on Zack Littell's struggles on the mound and the team's overall performance.

The Nats were shutout 8-0 on Tuesday night at the Mets. Mark (From New York) & Al begin with Zack Littell, who gave up a homer on the first pitch of his outing Littell allowed eight runs, and almost all of those came in the decisive bottom of the 4th. The veteran righty's ERA is now up to an awful 7.85. (05:30) Littell has pitched 16 innings this season and stunningly has give up 13 homers in that stretch. This leads to a discussion about Littell & Miles Mikolas, who both have really struggled in the starting rotation thus far. (15:05) The bullpen did not give up a run in relief of Littell. Is Brad Lord the next man up if there is an opening in the rotation? (18:10) Offense struck out 11 times and could only muster three singles. Luis Garcia Jr. went 0 for 4 and his OPS is only at .617 this season. (22:00) Paul Toboni met with the media prior to the game on Tuesday afternoon and this could be a monthly occurrence. (24:15) Toboni on Dylan Crews and how he is doing down in AAA. (35:00) Cade Cavalli will take the mound on Wednesday in the 2nd game of this series on the road.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Zuckerman, Al Galdi

Topics covered

• baseball
• Nats performance
• pitching struggles
• offensive issues
• player updates

Keywords

• Nats
• Zack Littell
• Mets
• pitching
• offense
• Paul Toboni
• Dylan Crews
• Cade Cavalli

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mets

Places: Queens

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