Some players and teams push through to better times, when the game again treats you like a favored child. Luckily for the Nats, the NL East has sputtered, with the Phillies, Braves, Mets and Nats under .500 as a group. By May 24, a guess at when Turner and Zimmerman might return, the Nats’ season could almost be wiped out. Last year, Rendon and Turner, in analytics theory, were the Nats’ two best players, worth 11.0 wins above replacement. “There were dark, dark, dark times.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2019 19:42 UTC