{"id":751538,"date":"2026-07-09T00:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751538\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:48:09","slug":"nationals-rhp-jake-irvin-throws-30-pitch-simulated-game-for-1st-time-since-going-on-il-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751538\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals RHP Jake Irvin throws 30-pitch simulated game for 1st time since going on IL in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals pitcher Jake Irvin threw a 30-pitch simulated game Wednesday, the first time facing hitters since going on the injured list with a right shoulder strain.<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Washington Nationals pitcher Jake Irvin threw a 30-pitch simulated game Wednesday, the first time facing hitters since going on the injured list with a right shoulder strain.<\/p>\n<p>Irvin, a fixture in Washington\u2019s rotation since he debuted in 2023, is 2-4 with a 5.23 ERA in 11 starts. The 29-year-old right-hander has not pitched for the Nationals since being pulled after five no-hit innings May 23 at Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just happy to be back on the bump, as simple as that is,\u201d Irvin said.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Blake Butera said Irvin\u2019s next step hasn\u2019t been finalized, but is most likely to be a rehabilitation assignment. Butera said Irvin will probably need at least three rehab outings before he is activated.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright<br \/>\n                        \u00a9\u00a02026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals pitcher Jake Irvin threw a 30-pitch simulated game Wednesday, the first time facing hitters since going&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-751538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}