Injured, tired, and losing is not what Washington Nationals fans want their team to be heading into the All-Star break, but that seems to be the condition of the team we’re getting just past the midway mark of the 2021 season.
The “injury rat” that Max Schrezer called out last week seems to be the healthiest creature in the Washington clubhouse, having gnawed through the team’s rotation, bullpen, and batting order for the first two weeks in July. The players aren’t seriously injured, it seems, but all the momentum the team built in its red-hot June is now gone.