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The pitching - well it's not very good but we can't just go ahead and make assumptions that it'll stay that way.  Maybe it will get better! (or worse!) 

About a month ago I looked at the starters and tried to figure out who was "real" ...

We took at look at James and CJ but there are seven other guys who make up the line-up. While stars can do a lot, they can't carry a dead two innings at the plate.  So the question is can these guys keep doing what they are doing? 

We'll start with two easy ones - Can Luis Garcia hit about average?  Sure!  Since 2022 that's what he's done so no reaso...

 Yesterday I said the team was doing as well as it was because they had two MVP candidates in the lineup and everything else followed. Let's see where they stand today 

Wood : .276 / .413 / .551  14 2B, 15 homers, 9 SB (1CS), 46 BBs, 77Ks 

Abrams :  .289 / .381 / .542, 11 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 7 SB (4CS), 25BBs, 47Ks

Let's start with Wood...

It's Memorial Day weekend and we're going to be looking at guys with the idea that what we're seeing could be real. Which means, by proxy, we're going to be looking at the Nats with the idea what we're seeing could be real and that means .500 could be real. 

To be fair this all basically hinges on two players. CJ Abrams and James Wood have been two of the Top 10 of...

While the Nats have been pretty relatively successful this season so far at the plate , they are not sitting on their laurels. Yesterday they officially sent Brady House down and optioned Joey Weimer to make room for Dylan Crews and Andres Chaparro to come up.  Why?  Well sort of because Jacob Young got hit by a pitch. 

On Monday Jacob Young took a pitch ...