Legion of Doom 2026: Party Poopers on the Sunshine

[tomterp]

Fangraphs has the Nats' chances of making the playoffs down from 0.8% at start of season to 0.6% this morning.   

[English Natsie]

Our 2026 Nationals lead all of MLB in errors - 32.   

[HalfSmokes]

3 games out of a WC spot. If our ownership weren't such cheap bastards, we could be having a real conversation about fixing the bullpen at the deadline and securing a playoff berth.

If they weren’t so cheap, the pitching wouldn’t be so bad

[IanRubbish]

OPS rank down to 19th

[imref]

2nd most runs allowed

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Got to wonder about management of the fringe of the roster. Wiemer, Divas, Tena, Mead, last reliever, Littell. 

Two straight games burning the long relievers.






Gotta find something to be doomy about.

[imref]

0-15 since 2024 when trying to get to .500

[English Natsie]

When I saw the mlb.com headline 'the Nationals are on a historic pace - can they sustain it?' I assumed they meant errors...

Interesting read, though...

https://www.mlb.com/nationals/news/can-nationals-sustain-offensive-defensive-pace

[PowerBoater69]

A For Sale, As-Is sign might as well be hung over Crews' locker.

Then he gets a double off the wall.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

how the heck am I going to get to sleep tonight?

[Slateman]

A For Sale, As-Is sign might as well be hung over Crews' locker.

Then he gets a double off the wall.

Nunez is the one on the hot seat. Seaver King is raking.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I moved the stuff about the Sean Hudson video to the Sean Hudson thread that is in the Clubhouse, at least for now.

[imref]

Vivas needs to go.

[IanRubbish]

Vivas needs to go.

His K rate is way down from last year and he's got a solid OBP at .330. 

Still, he is likely the odd man out when Seaver King gets called up, especially with Vivas lacking Nunez's speed and defense.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

In fairness, he drew a couple of walks today.

[GataNats]

If a “couple” means one..

[JCA-CrystalCity]

If a “couple” means one.. 

fair enough. My mistake. Still, a .330 obp is useful. Until we get a full-time 2B, he complements Nunez.

[imref]

In fairness, he drew a couple of walks today.

he’s hitting something like .171 in May.

[GataNats]

Need to stop scheduling early Sunday games.   We just can’t win those.   Actually, baseball is really dumb scheduling these early games

[varoadking]

Pitching Stats:

Earned Run Average   4.65 (#26)
Earned Runs Against/Gm   4.67 (#26)
WHIP   1.382 (#22)
Strikeouts/9   7.90 (#25)
Hits/9   8.79 (#27)
Home Runs/9   1.42 (#28)
Walks/9   3.65 (#21)
Strikeouts/Walk   2.16 (#22)

[JCA-CrystalCity]

You know it's a tough time in the LOD when they can't post categories the Nats are dead last in

[varoadking]

You know it's a tough time in the LOD when they can't post categories the Nats are dead last in

It's early...

[IanRubbish]

You know it's a tough time in the LOD when they can't post categories the Nats are dead last in

Yes, all the way up to 26th in ERA. 

I actually have a lot of confidence in Spicoli, especially compared to Hickeysaurus, but probably needs another year to undo all the damage of the last few seasons.

[blue911]

Yes, all the way up to 26th in ERA. 

I actually have a lot of confidence in Spicoli, especially compared to Hickeysaurus, but probably needs another year to undo all the damage of the last few seasons.

Mike Maddux once said that it a full season before pitchers would start to trust him.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

6/10/26, 8th and 9th inning