The Nationals Have A Top Closer In Baseball I BMitch & Finlay

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JP and BMitch discuss the hot start from Nationals closer Kyle Finnegan. The guys believe Washington can win a bunch of games if the starters are able to bridge the gap to Finnegan.

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00:00You know, it was really refreshing with the Nats.

00:03Jake Irvin threw a gem last night.

00:06Really strong start.

00:07Jake threw a gem, man.

00:07That damn big boy is good.

00:10Dude, I mean, just another homer.

00:12A jack, too.

00:13I mean, just an absolute blast early on.

00:18Take a lead.

00:20Irvin's going to be on with Grant and Danny this afternoon.

00:22That should be a cool conversation.

00:24But, you know, like the part, the James Wood home run is obviously the highlight.

00:27But I was kind of flipping back and forth between the Caps and the Nats

00:32because I didn't feel like turning the top TVs on.

00:35I just needed one TV, et cetera, right?

00:39You know what happened?

00:40Because they got, I think they got seven strong from their starter.

00:46They didn't have to rely on the bullpen,

00:48and therefore the bullpen didn't blow anything.

00:50Yeah, yeah.

00:50Yo, I don't.

00:52But you're not going to get seven strong from your starter all the time.

00:55Sure.

00:55I'm not saying that we should get used to this.

00:57Okay.

00:58But it was pleasant.

00:59White bride, tell me Kyle Finnegan's stats on the year.

01:02I bet he had, you can just text it to me, whatever's easy.

01:04I bet he can't have a lot of saves so far.

01:08Like, I bet he doesn't even get a lot of save opportunities so far.

01:12But I got to watch the ninth Finnegan.

01:15It was a nice, tidy ball game from the dudes pitching on the Washington Nationals.

01:22Like, I think he struck out two in the ninth.

01:26It was just, listen, I think Pittsburgh sucks too.

01:31So I'm not exactly planning a parade, but I enjoyed that outing from the Washington Nationals pitchers last night.

01:38All right.

01:39I watched.

01:42I looked and I saw three nothing.

01:44I looked the other day.

01:45I looked and it was three nothing.

01:46But you know what had happened?

01:48The one was blocked.

01:50So I lost 10-3.

01:51I was like, okay, they won.

01:54And I saw this one yesterday, last night.

01:57And I said, let me really open this thing up to make sure I'm not making fool of myself.

02:00And I went straight to the stat sheet.

02:03And my man Wood did his thing.

02:05Dude.

02:06Cruz had another hit.

02:08Trying.

02:09He coming.

02:10So Finnegan now has six saves.

02:161.17 ERA.

02:17I'm sure there's some stat people care about more than ERA, but I still care about ERA and batting average.

02:22Call me old-fashioned.

02:24Six saves tied for second in baseball.

02:27All right.

02:27Finnegan could close out games if they get him the ball with the lead.

02:31It's the stuff in between that causes all the trouble.

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