We are only one month into the 2019 MLB season and the Washington Nationals, in many people's eyes, were expected to be a very dominant team with free agent acquisitions, players returning and whatnot. Even with the loss of Bryce Harper, they were expected to compete.
Let's just say it has pretty much been the complete opposite of that. Injuries have plagued the Nats. Star shortstop Trea Turner has already been out for a month with a broken index finger, Anthony Rendon with elbow issues, face of the franchise Ryan Zimmerman with nagging foot issues and now to add it all, lost two key players, Matt Adams and Michael A. Taylor last night, and now Taylor is the latest Nat to go on the injured list.
It gets even worse for Washington. They were expected to be more competitive with their star pitchers, Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and newcomer Patrick Corbin and of course, some really key bullpen pieces. To say their bullpen has been a dumpster fire has been an understatement to say the least. They have cost the Nationals a pretty good amount of wins so far this season and with all the pitching issues, it also cost the Nats' pitching coach their job earlier this week.
We will see if there are other changes on the horizon, but I'm sure if the struggles continue, we will definitely see more changes in the Washington Nationals organization.
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