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Washington Nationals - offensively challenged?
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Usually poor offense stems from a team that is poor offensively which they are in fact besides Miami they may be the worst offensive team.
gt2590
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All the NL East teams have this problem. Both the Braves and Phils score in short bursts, then take the rest of the week off. Too many Strikeouts and LHers in the everyday lineup and not very many solid OPS guys. Still don't understand the Braves letting the consistently on-base Bourn go and replacing him with a .200-ish hitter.
Seriously, Jimmy Rollins in lead-off spot again? Ugh. And with Revere out especially, the Phils are likely to struggle to get guys on base ahead of the reliable hitters.
And the Marlins just flat-out suck. Tim Tebow might score before they do...
Pitching hasnt been much better.
The starting pitching has been good enough. I don't know how to quantify it, but it seems that they're almost too patient at the plate and not aggressive enough. So many called third strikes, and this seems to be a reflection of Jayson Werth's approach that has caught on with guys like Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche. Combined with the fact that they don't have a very good leadoff hitter (Span hasn't been as good as predicted) and lack a middle of the order bat like Mike Morse was when healthy and it's been a disaster on offense. The starting pitching has been adequate. Not great, but good enough.
Yeah but the bullpen has been pretty bad.
Yeah, you're right, though it's better now since Zach Duke and Henry Rodriguez are gone. Krol has been a nice surprise and Clippard has been very good. I can't quite figure Storen out though.
Austin
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The Nationals just fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein and replaced him with Rich Schu.
When you are expecting a 20-year old to have a Trout like season, you maybe in trouble.
uniquebaseballcards
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He could be a big distraction. Plus he's really been an average contributor so far this year, and a below average contributor in July.
EDIT: ESPN projects him to only have 21 HRs, 47 RBIs and a .264 average at the end of the year.
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A big distraction? He's one of the few players on the team with any heart or passion. He also missed 30-plus games in the first half and played hurt in others, so his numbers are skewed lower. I'll take anyone's bet that if he doesn't hit the DL again, he'll hit more than 21 home runs this year.
uniquebaseballcards
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Being different than other guys on the team alone makes him a distraction - never mind the absolute avalanche of daily media attention he receives.
It will be interesting to see his final 2013 stats.
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Yeah...the Braves have been shut out 11 times this season. Their offense is about as inconsistent as it gets. Only consistent hitters in the lineup are Chris Johnson and Freddie Freeman.
Austin
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The Marlins went 37 straight innings without scoring a run until yesterday.
Their offense is much worse.
Their offense is much worse.
Austin
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Strasburg has a 2.85 era but is 5-8.
That's not right.
Reminds me of 1987 when Nolan Ryan went 8-16 but won the NL era title at 2.76
That's not right.
Reminds me of 1987 when Nolan Ryan went 8-16 but won the NL era title at 2.76
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