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Jarlin Susana's Growth Evident in This Year's Spring Training: The Morning Briefing

Here are your Thursday Morning headlines, analysis, and more for February 20, 2025.

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Richard Wachtel
February 20, 2025 • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Good Morning, Happy Thursday Morning. Welcome to the OFFICIAL start of Spring Training! We’ve made it through a long, cold winter. Phew, it’s here! Congratulations 🎉

Here are your Washington Nationals Morning headlines, news, analysis, and more for Thursday, February 20, 2025. 

It will be a high of 29 degrees, along with a Winter Weather Advisory outside the Nats Report Newsroom. Meanwhile, it will be a high of 73 and partly cloudy down in West Palm Beach, FL.

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Driving the day at the Nats Report
Here are some top stories we're tracking in the Nats Report Newsroom

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Luis García Jr. has a new level of focus this Spring Training

Luis García Jr. has returned to Nationals camp this spring with a noticeable change in demeanor, which has manager Dave Martinez excited. In his press conference yesterday, Martinez discussed what he has been seeing in the National's second baseman. This wasn’t the first time during spring training that Martinez has spoken highly of García Jr., But there was a feeling of something different in Martinez’s comments yesterday.

Don’t forget to visit our live Spring Training blog as we provide live updates from West Palm Beach, analysis, and so much more throughout the day.

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Nats Report + Exclusive: Jarlin Susana's Growth Evident in This Year's Spring Training

Right-handed pitcher Jarlin Susana is making waves in the Washington Nationals organization, and manager Dave Martinez is clearly impressed with the young pitcher's development. While his raw talent has always been evident, it's Susana's increasing maturity that's truly capturing attention.

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Washington Nationals make it official: Lucas Sims

Yesterday, the Washington Nationals made it official that they signed RHP reliever Lucus Sims. In his press conference, Martinez already has a plan and emphasized what he wants to see from the right-hander: "His ball movement is good. A lot of times, it's based on where we want the catchers to sit to get him to throw the ball where he needs to throw it."

Stay tuned to our social media channels and our live Spring Training blog throughout the day for the latest news about the signing.

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