Jesse Dougherty

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering the Washington Nationals.

Education: Syracuse University, BS in newspaper and online journalism and political science

Jesse Dougherty is a Washington Nationals beat reporter for the Post, and previously covered college athletics, high school sports and the Washington Capitals. Before joining The Washington Post in February 2017, he briefly covered the NHL for the Los Angeles Times. Jesse was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Syracuse University.
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People are counting on Dave Martinez. He knows it.

“I don’t know when this is going to be over, but I want it to last as long as it possibly can,” Dave Martinez said of managing the Nationals, who are in the middle of a rebuild.

May 14, 2023

Nationals suffer loss to Mets, but it was a professional loss at that

Counting the ways the Nationals' 3-2 defeat in the series opener was actually encouraging for the young team.

May 12, 2023

Right place, right time twice: How Jake Irvin wound up with the Nats

The Nationals rookie, who went from Bloomington, Minn., to Kansas City to Oklahoma to the Nationals, will make the second start of his career Monday night.

May 8, 2023

To maintain health, Dave Martinez has to trust more of his relievers

The Nationals taxed Hunter Harvey and Kyle Finnegan to win a series over the Cubs this week.

May 5, 2023

Alex Call gets his walk-off moment — and the Nats get another series win

The Nationals have won three of their last four series, beating the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets and Cubs in that stretch.

May 4, 2023

Cubs handle Nationals in series opener as MacKenzie Gore labors

The Nats' prized left-hander struggles from the start in a 5-1 loss, recording just 12 outs on 102 pitches. His offense didn't do much to help him.

May 1, 2023

Nationals ask a lot of the bullpen while getting swept in a doubleheader

Saturday's doubleheader required Dave Martinez to dive deeper into his bullpen. That didn't work out during 6-3 and 16-1 losses to the Pirates.

April 29, 2023

Nats can’t pull off a sweep, but show plenty of fight in loss to Mets

CJ Abrams blasts a grand slam in the eighth to spark a comeback, but the bullpen couldn't hold on, costing the team its first three-game sweep in nearly two years.

April 27, 2023

For the Nationals, Asia remains an untapped market for talent

Unlike close to two-thirds of Major League Baseball teams, the Nationals do not have a full-time scout on the ground in East Asia.

April 27, 2023

Nationals ride MacKenzie Gore and beat the Mets again

The left-hander delivers six sharp innings and the bullpen finishes with strong work as Nationals move a win from their first series sweep in nearly two years.

April 26, 2023