also, much better defense. not that the schwarber-less nats are bad. more St L is very good.
Without looking at the metrics, where is the Nationals' current defense anything other than subpar? RF, maybe 1B and LF? In other words, the three least important positions?
I mean, Soto might actually be the best defender at his current position on the team and he's unremarkable. The rest of them seem like somewhere between approximately average and total liabilities.