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Patrick Reddington has been FBB's Managing Editor since 2007; credentialed reporter (2009-2020); freelance writer; covering the Expos/Nationals online since 2006.

Going into MacKenzie Gore’s 32nd and final start of the 2024 campaign, Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez summed up all he’d seen from the 25-year-old lefty for the previous six months.

“Honestly, he started out really well,” the manager told reporters, “… he had a little lull.

“For me, I’m looking at how he finishes.”

That “lull” as Martinez described it, which saw Gore put up a 7.09 ERA, a 4.96 FIP, 29 walks (5.