The discussion for most of the season has been that the Nationals lineup does not have much behind CJ Abrams and James Wood. There was some truth to this for a lot of the season. Nathaniel Lowe got into a prolonged slump, Keibert Ruiz has fallen off after a hot start, and Josh Bell has been largely a non-factor.
For a lot of the season you could put Luis Garcia Jr. into that group of underperforming bats. He got off to a very slow start that he had to work his way out of. As recently as May 22nd, Garcia was rocking a .