Ever since Darnell Coles became the Nationals hitting coach in 2022, the Nats offense has been a bottom 10 unit year in and year out. Yes, some of this has to do with a lack of talent, but the Nats still have a .683 OPS with an offense that was supposed to be much improved.
The Darnell Coles experience has been a maddening one for fans, and this year has been no different. A staple of the Nats offense under Coles has been too many ground balls. This season the Nats lead all of baseball in ground ball percentage at 50.