Nats to promote SP prospect Kent this week

He’s been bothered by a knee contusion of late, missing games on Monday and Tuesday and DHing on Wednesday. It’s good news that he’s back at third base. He’ll take on Red Sox LHP Peyton Tolle today.

Rutschman is 1-for-6 with three walks in his first two games with the Red Sox. Connor Wong will take over at catcher in a day-game-after-a-night-game scenario.

He’s reportedly available to play off the bench, but he won’t start against LHP Max Fried. With Cal Raleigh taking over at DH, Jhonny Pereda will get the start in Ward’s absence.

No surprise after he left last night’s game with the illness. Leo Rivas will draw the start and play shortstop.

It’s his third start in four games, and the second behind the plate. It stands to reason that he could benefit majorly from Kyle Stowers’ hamstring injury. Ramírez is by no means a must-roster at this point, but he’s a streamable catcher who looks to be coming into more playing time down the stretch. Perhaps he can rebound from a rocky start to the season.

It appears to be just a routine rest day for Murakami after a night game. Since coming off the injured list in mid-July, Murakami has hit .225/.347/.480 with six homers and 13 RBI in 27 games.

Hernández has been pinch-hit for multiple times in the past two games and The Athletic’s Katie Woo believes he may sit against right-handed starters for Tommy Edman.
Hernández has hit .209/.258/.357 since returning from the injured list in late June.

Glasnow will have a rehab start on Friday and another after that, likely on next Wednesday, before being a candidate to come off the injured list. That would put him on track to start in the big leagues during the last week of August against the Braves or Tigers. Justin Wrobleski and Eric Lauer are candidates to move to the bullpen when Glasnow returns.

Congrats to Brendon and his growing family. The left-hander has a 9.98 ERA in 15 1/3 innings with the Blue Jays this season.

That means Greene will miss the entirety of the 2027 season (if there is one) after being limited to just 27 2/3 innings this year. The right-hander will be 28 years old when he next steps foot on an MLB mound, so there remains plenty of time left for him to return to his prior form. However, this was his second Tommy John surgery, which has historically been a tough hurdle for pitchers to overcome when it comes to getting back to their previous peak performance.