In the past we've always cruised into the postseason. Of course you'd prefer to win the division going away, but maybe having to fight the last 112 games of the season to go from 19-31 to a Wild Card could benefit the Nats? You throw Max in a do or die Wild Card game, then get a Dodgers team that has been on cruise control. You throw Stras, Corbin, and Max again against them and maybe you catch them not hitting on all cylinders? Sometimes you can't just hit a switch and turn the intensity and focus all the way back on, and the Dodgers will need to do that while the Nats have won't have to.
