When Yan Gomes was asked about the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals essentially playing out the string over the last four games of this season, the catcher was put off by the premise.
“I don’t think we’re technically out of it yet,” Gomes said.
Technically, at that moment, he was right.
About four hours later, once Wednesday had turned into Thursday and a game involving other teams ended the wrong way for Washington’s tiny remaining hopes, the Nationals were officially done.
For the second straight season, manager Dave Martinez’s club got off to a 19-31 start.