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The Nats haven’t met expectations. Who’s at fault?
The Nats haven’t met expectations. A lot of blame is going around. I’m going to try to systematically answer the question: which players are most to blame for performing below what was expected? To...
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Nats’ July in review: It looks more like a bust
The Nationals entered July one game above .500 and 6-1/2 games back of the Braves, needing a strong, winning month in order to remain relevant for the divisional or wild card races. Instead, they...
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Nats’ performance versus expectations at the 75% mark
On Saturday, the Nationals completed their 122nd game, marking 75% of their scheduled games this season. At the 25% mark and after the All-Star break, I posted evaluations of the Nats players,...
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The Nats, the Braves, the bullpen, and the bench
The Braves are coming to town on Monday and for the Nats, it’s a must-win series. Not the type of must-win series we may have anticipated in May or June if we had looked ahead to September’s...
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This off-season: A review
With the exception of the Doug Fister trade, it’s been a pretty quiet off-season for the Nats. With pitchers and catchers scheduled to report in less than two weeks, I guess I’ll go ahead and try to...
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Nationals sabermetric lineup
Ok … I admit it … I find spring training boring. Sure, there’s baseball being played (of a sort). But the decisions being made are about the fifth starter, the last spot in the bullpen, and the last...
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Déjà vu? Is this a repeat of last season?
At the start of 2013, the Nats were the consensus pick to win the AL East, and a number of pundits saw them winning the pennant or even the World Series. Instead, they fell behind the Braves early,...
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Nats’ September in review: We have promises to keep
The Nationals entered September with a 6-game lead over the Braves. By September 16, they clinched the division with a victory in Atlanta. As the Nationals cruised through the month, going 19–8, the...
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Nats’ April in review: Just maybe a little bit of frustration
The Nationals kicked off the season as the consensus choice to win the NL East, with many prognosticators picking them to win the pennant or even the World Series. They utterly failed to meet...
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Nats’ June in review: Not the way we planned it for sure
June began with the Nats sitting six games over .500, in first place, a half game ahead of the Mets. Although May had been a very successful month, it had ended on on a sour note with a three-game...
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Nats’ 2015 season is slip slidin’ away
Over the last four weeks, Nats fans have watched the team’s season unravel. After losing the second game of a 4-game set against the Giants, our odds of reaching the playoffs, which recently had stood...
View ArticleNats’ 2017 NLDS in review: Things went haywire
A familiar refrain—the Nats lost a closely fought series with lots of self-inflicted wounds and plenty of weirdness. Here are my comments on the Nats-Cubs NLDS series. The Nats outplayed the Cubs. For...
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