Acta said matter-of-factly that the first cut is on March 8th. He acknowledged that “For as much as everyone liked me before, they won’t after [the first cut], but that’s just part of the job.” Acta also said that with the arrival of Schneider’s daughter this morning, Schneider won’t need to be back until Monday at the earliest: “He’s not fighting for a spot.”
In a quick chat, Ryan Church said that everything is going good for him and that “the biggest thing now is to stay healthy and to stay consistent.” A similar quick chat with Kory Casto revealed that he is indeed only practicing at 3B and LF, but he said “I just go wherever they tell me. Most of my at bats are going to come from 3B.” I asked him if he had any particular goals for the season: “I’m just trying to get up [with the big club] at some point - that’s the biggest goal for me. Trying to find a way to get up here whether it’s at the beginning of the season, or in the middle of the season, or the end of the season - whatever it is, that’s my biggest goal.”
Jason Bergmann is a nice fellow and pointed out that though he occasionally reads the Nats blogs, he’s not obsessed with them or anything. Bergmann will be starting the split squad game at Houston in Kissimmee on Sunday and noted that “it’s good to get the games started and to get new energy.” Regarding spring training in general, Bergmann pointed out that his “mindset used to be … that you get your rest in the offseason and then you come to spring training to get ready. Now, it’s completely evolved into getting ready for the spring to get ready for the season. You come in ready for game one and then you’re ready to go on from there.” Bergmann has both started and relieved for the Washington Nationals and he continues to want to just “help the team out however I can. I’m not making millions of dollars, I’m a team player, and that’s never going to change. If I do somehow end up making a lot of money, it’s still going to be team first - if they want me to start, to relieve, or to pinch hit or pinch run, I’m there.” As I stated, Bergmann is a nice fellow who just wants to help the team out any way he can.
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