Nationals Option Schultz, Bring Up Alvarez Amid Bullpen Chaos

0:00It's April 19th. This is Washington Nationals News Today. Team News powered by AI. Washington Nationals just shook up their bullpen again, optioning reliever Paxton Schultz back to Triple A Rochester and bringing up Andre Alvarez, right after another rough outing against the Giants. Schultz, who's 28, struggled lately, giving up a home run Friday and marking his third straight game with earned runs, including a blown. Save earlier in the week against Pittsburgh. The move comes amid a nightmare start for the Nationals' pen, sitting third worst in ERA at 5.81, tied for most hits allowed at 1, 104, and most homers surrendered at 22, with the second-highest W-H-I-P in baseball at 1.64. This week's been chaos too, with injuries to Ken Waldechuk and Cole Henry, forcing activations of Orlando Robalta, Jackson Rutledge and Mitchell. Parker, though Robalta and Rutledge already headed back down. Nationals brass now faces big questions on fixing this relief crew long term, especially

1:04after grabbing Schultz off waivers from Toronto in January. While they gear up to avoid a sweep today against San Francisco, with Miles Mikolas on the mound at 135 p.m.