Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin struggles in PNC; Nats drop opener with Pirates, 9-4...
August was the cruelest month for Jake Irvin so far (6.61 ERA, 6.25 FIP, .316/.368/.571 line against in six starts and 32 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched) with the 27-year-old, 2018 Nationals’ 4th Round pick not able to reproduce the numbers he’d put up over the first four months of the 2024 campaign (3.