The Nationals are a Joke

[Roast]

First, there is this piece of hilarity: Elijah Dukes was fined, benched, and threatened with a minor-league demotion because he was late to the game. By five minutes. Because he got out of doing CHARITY WORK FOR A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM a little late.

 

Then there are these fun pictures:

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__25/ept_sports_mlb_experts-54271263-1240160708.jpg?ymE3OIBDSsJs2izE

 

lol, Nationals, you rock.

 

Link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Nationals-bench-Dukes-after-Little-League-relate;_ylt=AorYi02GW92jWs7v5Eo84m8azJV4?urn=mlb,157410

[Radar3454]

I was just going to post this - redonkulous.

[SweetZombieJesus]

So, are the cubs.

[Roast]

So, are the cubs.

Eric Patterson needs to work on his grammar

[Schwarber Fan]

And of course they blow another game to the Marlins who are now 11-1.

 

I hate that damn team.

[Soonernation]

And of course they blow another game to the Marlins who are now 11-1.

 

I hate that damn team.

 

 

Me too; Miami doesn't deserve a baseball team, let alone one that has somehow won 2 World Series in 15 years of existence

[17 Seconds]

lol @ the ridiculous statues outside the park

[CubbieBum]

And of course they blow another game to the Marlins who are now 11-1.

 

I hate that damn team.

 

I live with a Marlins fan ...

[UMFan83]

And of course they blow another game to the Marlins who are now 11-1.

 

I hate that damn team.

 

I live with the Marlins fan ...

 

Fixed

[JimSorgi]

Who could actually think those statues were a good idea?

[inari]

The latest of many mistakes the Nats have made. The first was moving to DC in the first place.

[ctcf]

Those statues are so ugly. It's too funny.

[ConstableRabbit]

I think they're kind of cool

[CubbieBum]

I think they're kind of cool

 

The thought or idea is cool but the actual image of them is horrendous. I could see a team thinking it would be cool but once you saw the sketches no one should have given the green light for them to be made.

[17 Seconds]

the stuff connecting the "motion" or whatever looks hilariously bad. it looks like metal slime

[Derwood]

where did I miss the photo of the statues? link me up!

[treebird]

And of course they blow another game to the Marlins who are now 11-1.

 

I hate that damn team.

 

I live with a Marlins fan ...

 

that andy is such a phony

[Cubswin11]

The Nats are an absolute travesty of a organization. Because of that I don't know how much to put into the Marlins 11-1 start (6 games so far), I know the have a good rotation, decent bullpen and a powerful offense, but you can't ignore that 6 games are against the Nationals. I fully expect the Nationals to EFF up something with Strasburg, either not signing him, not even drafting him, dragging out negotiations, etc.

[steelywross]

The Nats are an absolute travesty of a organization. Because of that I don't know how much to put into the Marlins 11-1 start (6 games so far), I know the have a good rotation, decent bullpen and a powerful offense, but you can't ignore that 6 games are against the Nationals. I fully expect the Nationals to EFF up something with Strasburg, either not signing him, not even drafting him, dragging out negotiations, etc.

 

 

They're going to compete all year. That division will be fun to watch. I think the wild card comes from the east this year, as well.

[Mephistopheles]

They'll fall out of the race.

[jersey cubs fan]

Florida still needs to go 79-72, a .527 W%, the rest of the way to get to 90 wins.

[sneakypower]

florida is the correct answer to the question "who are this year's Rays?"

 

mostly because of improvements made to fielding and bullpen

[Cubswin11]

The Nats are an absolute travesty of a organization. Because of that I don't know how much to put into the Marlins 11-1 start (6 games so far), I know the have a good rotation, decent bullpen and a powerful offense, but you can't ignore that 6 games are against the Nationals. I fully expect the Nationals to EFF up something with Strasburg, either not signing him, not even drafting him, dragging out negotiations, etc.

 

 

They're going to compete all year. That division will be fun to watch. I think the wild card comes from the east this year, as well.

I have little doubt that they won't compete, but I don't think they are much better than a 88-92 win team. Their rotation is going to make or break them (like most MLB teams) they have a lot of young guys with only a couple years, if any, in MLB so it should be interesting to see how they hold up once they start approaching 170-200 IP down the stretch. They got guys like Johnson and Sanchez who have both had pretty big injuries and I could easily see them wearing down or not making the adjustments once the league adjusts to them.

[sneakypower]

Johnson has a legitimately fantastic arm. Sanchez has however lost some of his stuff due to injury.

[Mephistopheles]

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Mets              6.   6.     55   49   6.6   5.4     59   38   8.2   3.8     57   38   8.1   3.9    -0.6  -2.2  -2.1
Marlins          11.   1.     77   45   8.9   3.1     67   44   8.2   3.8     61   42   7.9   4.0     2.1   2.8   3.1
Braves            6.   6.     56   61   5.5   6.5     58   56   6.1   5.9     51   52   5.9   6.1     0.5  -0.1   0.1
Nationals         1.  10.     54   75   3.7   7.3     56   71   4.1   6.9     60   65   5.1   5.9    -2.7  -3.1  -4.1
Phillies          5.   6.     59   74   4.3   6.8     57   73   4.1   6.9     50   70   3.6   7.4     0.7   0.9   1.4