Sunday’s loss to the New York Mets said everything about why the Washington Nationals are in last. Another short outing from a starter. Baserunning miscues. Bad luck on hard hits. All the woes that plague scuffling clubs,
Still, when Washington looks up at the other four teams in the division, there’s no huge gap.
The Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, tied for first in the NL East, are just two games up on the underwhelming 8-11 Nationals. The silver lining to Washington’s rough start? The other teams in the division have been almost as mediocre as the Nationals.