When Matt Albers was called up to the Washington Nationals on April 9, most people thought he would be the long reliever and provide innings after Jeremy Guthrie gave up ten runs in the first inning in the night before. But, as the weeks have gone on, Albers is making the case for more high leverage situations.
Yesterday, in the Nats’ 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, it was Albers who got to pitch the eighth inning and he delivered in a big way. He threw a 1-2-3 eighth inning, which included getting Chris Owings to strike out looking.