Three games into Trevor Rosenthal’s tenure with the Washington Nationals, the early returns aren’t very promising.
Rosenthal has faced five batters and recorded zero outs. He was the fuse that ignited the bullpen’s implosion that put the game out of reach Saturday in an eventual 11-8 loss to the New York Mets; he then allowed the tying run to reach base Sunday before Trea Turner bailed Washington out with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth.
“I felt like I was really close,” Rosenthal told reporters after Saturday’s game.