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Nationals To Select Kyle McGowin

By Jeff Todd | September 3, 2018 at 10:25pm CDT

The Nationals will select the contract of right-hander Kyle McGowin, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reports on Twitter. He’s expected to land on the MLB roster tomorrow.

McGowin, 26, came over in the late-2016 swap that sent Danny Espinosa to the Angels. Things weren’t looking very promising for McGowin after the 2017 campaign, as he allowed more than six earned runs per nine in the upper minors.

The 2018 season, however, has been a bit of a breakout effort. In 136 2/3 innings over 22 starts, all but two of them in the upper minors, he’s carrying a 2.90 ERA with 9.7 K/9 and 2.0 BB/9.

While McGowin was bypassed in the Rule 5 draft last year, that might not have been the case this coming winter. The Nats will presumably plan to carry him on the 40-man throughout the winter, so this represents an opportunity to get him some MLB experience while making a roster move that would have been necessary regardless.

It seems likely he’ll be joined in the majors at some point by Austin Adams, the other hurler who headed to D.C. in the Espinosa deal. Adams, a reliever, has already briefly reached the majors in each of the past two seasons. He turned in an interesting effort this year at Syracuse, posting a 3.50 ERA with a hefty 15.2 K/9 against 3.9 BB/9.

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  1. angels fan 3

    7 years ago

    Wrong Austin Adams

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  2. Mr. E Team

    7 years ago

    I’d give the edge to the Nationals in the Espinosa trade.

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    • GareBear

      7 years ago

      The Nats could have gotten a rookie league career minor leaguer and come out on top of that trade. Any value they receive is bonus for getting rid of a cancer and awful overall player

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      • majorflaw

        7 years ago

        “ . . . a cancer and awful overall player”

        From what I recall of Espinosa’s time with the Nats he was a good glove but weak bat type. Shouldn’t have been starting anywhere but versatile enough to hold down a utility IF job. Why do you call him a “cancer”?

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  3. 87twins

    7 years ago

    He was a good clubhouse presence. So what if he wasn’t a 300 hitter? How many are? Those previous 2 commenters have NO idea what baseball is! Just like to hear and see themselves be stupid!

    Reply

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