Federal Baseball · Jun 5, 2025
Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams needs to stop the bleeding
Slumps are part of baseball. Hitting 95 plus MPH fastballs and diving breaking balls is a very hard task. In an 162 game season, every hitter goes through stretches when they are not at their best. However, for the best hitters, those lulls last only a few games, maybe a week or so at most. For Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams these slumps last weeks if not months.
Right now, Abrams is in one of those funks Nats fans have become very familiar with. In the last two weeks, Abrams is 6/47. That adds up to a .128 average and .411 OPS. On May 19th, Abrams average was .312 and his OPS was .942. He looked like the best offensive shortstop in baseball.