2013 Washington Nationals

[Migrant Redbird]

I posted this in the 2013 St. Louis Cardinals thread.

... Cards completed the sweep of the Nats today, 4-2. I didn't want to mention they were working on it until the final out, for fear of jinxing the sweep. The Nats pitchers actually performed fairly well, surrendering only 9 runs in the 3 games. However, Nats hitters only scored 4 runs.

It's time for the Nats hitters to get well. The red hot Reds are coming to town for a 4 game set, having won 8 of their last 10, and I'd love to see the Nats get some revenge on the NL Central.

Nationals have done a wonderful job of answering my request, having taken 3 of the 4 games from the Reds and going for a sweep today. The Cards are now 2 full games ahead of the Reds; it would have been 3 games if the Cards bullpen had not coughed up that 2-0 lead over the Pirates yesterday.

Go Nats!

[SeaBird]

The Nats attendance for the month of April surpassed a half a million fans for the first time in team history.

[weams]

Davey Johnson said after the game that Strasburg was dealing with tightness in his forearm.

[Can_of_corn]

Davey Johnson said after the game that Strasburg was dealing with tightness in his forearm.

Maybe he and Bundy can be PRP buddies?

[weams]

Maybe he and Bundy can be PRP buddies?

They say it starts to help after about six weeks of rest.

[Ommaculate]

They never should have shut down Strasburg last year. With the way things are going, that may have been their only chance to the World Series.

[Can_of_corn]

They never should have shut down Strasburg last year. With the way things are going, that may have been their only chance to the World Series.

The way he was pitching down the stretch he might not have been any help to them in the playoffs.

[Ommaculate]

The way he was pitching down the stretch he might not have been any help to them in the playoffs.

They should have skipped a few of his starts during the season when they were in 1st place.

[Can_of_corn]

I'm kind of amazed that Gonzalez pitched as briefly (4 innings) and as badly (5 runs and 5 walks allowed) as he did, but still managed to strike out 9 batters in those 4 innings. :eektf:

Roy Halladay had an even odder start this season.

3.1IP 5 ER 3 BB 9K

[Ommaculate]

I find myself rooting against the Nats. I get happy when they lose. I don't hate them either, it just comes naturally.

[Ommaculate]

It's a shame that I hate the team that is down the road from me. I could never love them.

[bdlj0887]

Gonzalez looks like he's reverting to his walk-happy self. Not completely unexpected, imo.

[Migrant Redbird]

Nationals have been very, very good to the Cardinals.

[weams]

They never should have shut down Strasburg last year. With the way things are going, that may have been their only chance to the World Series.

I am certain it was. Davey is done this season and they will definitely screw things up with those head cases in the Front Office.

[Whammer]

World-series favorites, the Washington Nationals, are 28-29 and just seem to be going through the motions. Seems the Washington media has excuses for every loss (injuries, bandbox ballparks, still waiting for certain guys to catch fire which should happen any day now, etc.).

The elephant in the room that no one wishes to discuss, however, is Davey Johnson. His management of the bullpen has been awful. Blew another game yesterday by bringing in Dukes in a tight game against the Braves. Additionally, he obviously can't seem to light a fire with this team. Almost like his strategy is just to buy time until Werth and Harper get off DL.

Werth is coming off DL this week. If they can't get things turned around against the Mets and Twins this week, they may have to start thinking the unthinkable.