The Washington Nationals have made changes to their pitching staff after several losses caused by poor performance from their relief pitchers.

由於救援投手表現不佳導致多場失利，華盛頓國民隊對其投球陣容進行了調整。

The team's struggles are clear, as they lost three games in a row despite having a 90% chance of winning. This failure is mainly due to a high number of home runs; the bullpen has allowed 61 home runs this season and is expected to reach 120. Manager Blake Butera emphasized that these results happened because pitchers failed to throw strikes and lacked confidence.

球隊的困境顯而易見，儘管有 90% 的獲勝機率，卻仍連輸三場。失敗的主因在於被擊出過多全壘打；牛棚本賽季已失 61 支全壘打，預計將達到 120 支。總教練 Blake Butera 強調，這些結果是因為投手無法投出好球且缺乏信心。

Because of these statistics, the team sent Gus Varland to the Triple-A Rochester team. Varland's performance dropped significantly, moving from a 2.84 ERA in April to an 11.17 ERA in June. In his last game, he gave up five runs in the ninth inning. On the other hand, Mitchell Parker remains on the active roster, even though he has a high 6.39 season ERA and a history of poor performance.

基於這些數據，球隊將 Gus Varland 下放到 Triple-A 羅切斯特隊。Varland 的表現大幅下滑，防禦率（ERA）從 4 月的 2.84 飆升至 6 月的 11.17。在上一場比賽中，他在第九局失分五分。另一方面，儘管 Mitchell Parker 本季 ERA 高達 6.39 且過去表現不佳，他仍留在主名單中。

To fix these problems, the club has activated Justin Lawrence and called up Zak Kent. Furthermore, these ongoing pitching issues may affect the strategy of President of Baseball Operations Blake Butera, which could make the team less likely to buy new players during the trade deadline. While the hitters have played well, the gap between the strong offense and the unstable bullpen remains a serious weakness for the organization.

為了修正這些問題，球隊啟用了 Justin Lawrence 並召回 Zak Kent。此外，持續的投球問題可能會影響棒球營運總裁 Blake Butera 的策略，導致球隊在交易截止日前購買新球員的可能性降低。雖然打線表現良好，但強大進攻與不穩定牛棚之間的落差，仍是球隊的一個嚴重弱點。

The Nationals have replaced Gus Varland with Zak Kent as they try to improve a bullpen that is currently ranked 26th in the league.

國民隊用 Zak Kent 取代 Gus Varland，試圖改善目前在聯盟中排名第 26 位的牛棚。