Brad Hand had one unearned run cross the plate in his first nine games and 10 innings on the mound this season, with four walks, eight Ks, and a .129/.270/.161 line against over the first month-plus of his 1-year/$10.5M free agent deal with Washington’s Nationals, in which he converted 3 of 3 save opportunities.
Hand, with those three saves in three opportunities, was up to 24 consecutive converted opportunities dating to August 23, 2019, which, according to the Nats’ pregame notes this past weekend, citing the Elias Sports Bureau, was the longest active streak of consecutive save opportunities converted.