"He's going to pitch for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic and there's a lot of optimism around camp here that he's going to be able to handle the WBC workload, he's going to be able to make it through another full season feeling healthy and fresh," Harris said.
He's Ryan Watson, a right-handed pitcher. He was acquired yesterday in a trade with the Athletics, who had just selected him from the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 Draft. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and pitched for the Auburn Tigers in college. He went undrafted in the shortened 2020 draft and signed with the Baltimore Orioles, reaching Triple A before being traded to the Giants midway through 2024.
On Wednesday and Thursday, Jose A. Ferrer tossed two consecutive scoreless ninth innings to secure the Nationals' series win over the Mets. The new Nats closer now has four saves on the season and has pitched nine and one third consecutive scoreless innings. For a relief unit that has been historically bad throughout the year and has lost a number of key contributors, Ferrer is a bright spot.
I'm fighting some stuff mechanically and different things. I was able to make a few pitchers here and there to be able to get through five (innings), but obviously wasn't pitching good enough to be able to stay in the game, which makes the bullpen have to throw more innings and sometimes stuff like this happens.
