MacKenzie Gore came out of his 2023 spring debut (and first start for the Nationals since Washington acquired the then-injured lefty from San Diego in the trade which sent Juan Soto and Josh Bell to the Padres at the Trade Deadline last August) feeling good about the brief, 18-pitch, 13-strike outing in the 2023 Grapefruit League opener.
“I thought it was good,” Gore said, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
“I thought we were building off what we did in the (live batting practice sessions earlier this week). There are just some things that need to get better, but yeah, I thought it was pretty solid overall.