Back to the Washington Nationals Newsfeed

Tanner Rainey needs to play a key role for the Washington Nationals in the World Series

Federal Baseball | October 22, 2019

Related Topics: Washington Nationals, World Series, Tanner Rainey, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dave Martinez, Mike Rizzo, Henry Rodríguez, Los Angeles, Sean Doolittle

As the Washington Nationals prepare for their first ever World Series game today — yes, this is still real and is happening — a lot of the focus on the team is around the bullpen. Again.

So far this postseason, the Nats have managed to hide their glaring weakness pretty well.

In the five-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Nationals were able to utilize Patrick Corbin and Max Scherzer out of the bullpen to try and protect narrow leads.

Then, in the NLCS against the St.

See full article at Federal Baseball