Breaking down the NL East: Washington Nationals
Position Players:
The Nationals will have a terrible offense and that’s a compliment. Ryan Zimmerman is a first class third basemen and also the only quality bat on the team. Besides Zimmerman the Nats have average players Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez, and a cast of rejects. The Nationals don’t have enough speed, power, or average in a ballpark that suppresses offense in the first place.
Starting Rotation:
The Nationals may have the worst rotation in baseball. There only good starter is John Patterson who when healthy is a solid number two starter. The Nationals number two starter is Shawn Hill a decent minor league pitcher whose upside is a 4.30 ERA. After Hill the Nationals will field expired prospects and defunct veterans not even worth mentioning. All you need to know is they stink at pitching.
Bullpen:
If the Nationals ever get the lead in a game, they will have a solid bullpen to lock that win down. Chad Cordero owns the ninth inning as the Nationals closer. John Rauch and Ray will be solid contributors. Overall the Nats have a solid group of relievers.
Prediction:
The Nationals will lose many many baseball games. This could be a one hundred plus loss team. If I had to choose a number of wins I'd go with 52 but that number could be smaller.
Sources:
Picture of Ryan Zimmerman from ESPN.com
3 comments:
I couldn't agree more. This team is terrible! By the All-Star break, they'll have a tremendous amount of work to do to get the fans excited again for move into their new stadium in April 2008. It'll be unfortunate for the fans if next year's team looks anything like this one. Hopefully the new stadium will have many activities that don't involve watching the game if next year's team resembles this one in any way,
I'm going to be spending some time in DC this summer and the way it looks now I'm to have to drive to Baltimore to actually see a real baseball team play.
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