{"id":1384,"date":"2026-07-20T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:40:43","slug":"josiah-gray-still-wants-to-help-the-nats-maybe-even-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"Josiah Gray Still Wants to Help the Nats. Maybe Even This Year."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For a while there, all Nationals fans had to get excited about were debuts. Or, to parrot the social media hype machine, all they had to get excited about were DEBUTS. There was Keibert Ruiz and CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore and Cade Cavalli, Jackson Rutledge and Brady House, James Wood and Dylan Crews, DJ Herz and Robert Hassell III, Daylen Lile and Jake Irvin.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1380\">Regional Fights Stall Daylight Saving Time Bill\u2019s Senate Chances<\/a><\/p><p>For the darkest days, there was Blake Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p>For the waiver nerds, Alex Call.<\/p><p>For the sickest of sickos, Jake Alu.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<picture>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trump Speech\" class=\"Image\" data-image-size=\"standardStory\" height=\"220\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/859faf9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2701x1801+0+0\/resize\/330x220!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F8c%2Fb5%2F55d5839e4578b0ad442fa8aeb182%2Fap26198059937751.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/859faf9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2701x1801+0+0\/resize\/330x220!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F8c%2Fb5%2F55d5839e4578b0ad442fa8aeb182%2Fap26198059937751.jpg 1x,https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/386e836\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2701x1801+0+0\/resize\/660x440!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F8c%2Fb5%2F55d5839e4578b0ad442fa8aeb182%2Fap26198059937751.jpg 2x,https:\/\/static.notus.org\/dims4\/default\/922ed77\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2701x1801+0+0\/resize\/990x660!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-aji.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F8c%2Fb5%2F55d5839e4578b0ad442fa8aeb182%2Fap26198059937751.jpg 3x\" width=\"330\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump\u2019s Election-Tampering Claims Fall Flat, Including With Republicans\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Worker inspects clock face\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-768x471.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Regional Fights Stall Daylight Saving Time Bill\u2019s Senate Chances\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rep. Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina)\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c277e929fac359c1c86475e5f21edeca-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c277e929fac359c1c86475e5f21edeca-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c277e929fac359c1c86475e5f21edeca-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c277e929fac359c1c86475e5f21edeca.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Ralph Norman Announces Campaign to Fill Lindsey Graham\u2019s Vacant Seat\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Josh Shapiro\" class=\"wp-image-1383\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Is <u>Josh Shapiro<\/u> Actually Good at Governing?\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>But before all of them was Josiah Gray, who debuted for the Nats on Aug. 2, 2021 \u2014 when, maybe more than ever, fans needed a sign that things might eventually be OK again (heavy emphasis on might). Three days earlier, he had arrived in the Max Scherzer-Trea Turner trade, which had capped a deadline fire sale that saw eight veterans go out and 12 unproven players come in. Gray was, in turn, the roster\u2019s first public face of the rebuild. And because of that, he would answer so many questions about patience, about sticking with a broken club, about what it would take for an odd collection of dreamers and has-beens to eventually play respectable baseball.<\/p><p><span><i>Sign up for our Metro Newsletter for essential coverage of the D.C. region.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p>And he pitched, of course, at one point so well that he was an All Star in 2023. And then he basically disappeared.<\/p><p>\u201cMan, where to even begin \u2026\u201d Gray said to me over the phone last week. He picked up the call from South Florida, where he\u2019s spent the better part of the last two years and three months, stretching and throwing and eating quiet breakfasts at the Nationals\u2019 team facility, marooned. Because for that entire time, he\u2019s been trying to get back from injury, first with a long recovery from Tommy John surgery, now after a devastating setback at the end of spring training. He last pitched in the majors on April 4, 2024, when some of the fielders behind him were Joey Gallo, Jesse Winker, Trey Lipscomb and Ildemaro Vargas.<\/p>\n<p>But after throwing off a bullpen mound in West Palm Beach on <span><u>July 10<\/u><\/span>, Gray, 28, feels closer to a return than he has in a good while.<\/p><p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s been this long, it can be hard not to feel like you\u2019re forgotten about,\u201d Gray said. \u201cBut that\u2019s one of the things that you just try to not let build up in your head. I\u2019m trying to have a fresh mindset and put all the work in behind the scenes, so that when my name is called I\u2019m ready. I mean, it\u2019s been time to make new baseball memories.\u201d<\/p><p>One big question, should Gray keep progressing, is if he can still fit into the Nats\u2019 future, especially with a whole new front office and coaching staff. And another is how different a pitcher he might be if he gets back to a major league mound.<\/p><p>After missing the first half of 2024 with elbow and forearm strains, Gray underwent Tommy John surgery that July. He rehabbed for the rest of that season, then all of 2025, finishing that year with three short appearances in the minors. The goal was to compete to reclaim his rotation spot this spring, which resulted in the team telling him he needed some more time. He was optioned to Triple-A Rochester in late March. The plan was for him to start during the Red Wings\u2019 opening series in Jacksonville. But then, during a final tune-up in West Palm Beach, his elbow didn\u2019t feel right. Tests revealed another flexor strain, the same issue that first slowed him down two years before. It was straight back to the injured list.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1376\">Trump Undercut Republicans\u2019 Campaign Message on Housing<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cI was so close to escaping that rehab mindset,\u201d Gray said. \u201cYou know, that was a tough one.\u201d<\/p><p>No clich\u00e9 is off limits when you\u2019ve spent more than two years rehabbing your arm, far away from your teammates, worlds away from your major league life. And so Gray uses a lot of them. He is just stacking one good day on top of another. He has learned a lot about himself. He is enjoying the process, at least as best he can, and appreciating how many people are invested in getting him back to the show. That\u2019s no small thing, he says. It is its own kind of blessing.<\/p>\n<p>But none of that means there isn\u2019t a real, aching itch to help the Nats however he can. They have been short on arms all year, cycling through options in a tortured effort to find the 27 outs needed to win. And Gray is also eager to work more with the new staff, which is much more data-minded than his previous coaches in D.C.<\/p><p>Gray has always pored over his metrics, the kind of guy who throws a pitch in the bullpen and immediately turns to an iPad to look at how it spun and moved. At his best, he\u2019s ridden his plus slider as much as possible, working it off four-seam fastballs at the top of the zone. At his worst, those high fastballs have been way too friendly to power hitters, which is why he led the league in homers allowed in 2022 and part of why <span><u>underlying numbers<\/u><\/span> have never considered him a top-of-the-rotation arm. But in 2023, his All-Star year, he performed above average across six months, showing that, before the injuries, he could have contributed to a winning club.<\/p><p>When he talks about doing that now, Gray says it could be as a starter, as a reliever, whatever is needed for a Nationals team that\u2019s still overachieving at 50-50. He expects to have a better idea of how he\u2019s changed \u2014 or, ideally, how he hasn\u2019t \u2014 once he pitches in minor league games in the near future, which would be the next step in his comeback.<\/p><p>But until then, he\u2019ll stay in the same routine for at least a bit longer. He\u2019ll show up at the facility between 8 and 9 a.m. He\u2019ll eat his breakfast, warm his arm with plyo balls and then work off the mound. Then, back at home, he\u2019ll hang with his wife and their dog, Cowboy, an Australian shepherd. He might fire up the grill. And then they\u2019ll probably turn on the Nationals game.<\/p><p>\u201cI wish I was a bigger part of it,\u201d Gray said. \u201cBut with time left in the year, I think I could still make an impact.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1372\">The Senate Is Working More on Party-Line Nominations \u2014 and Less on Legislation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the face of the Nationals\u2019 rebuild, the 28-year-old pitcher is nearing a comeback after two years of injury rehab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Josiah Gray Still Wants to Help the Nats. 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