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There is only a few adjectives to descibe the offensive woes of the Nats, dismal, depressing. moribund, hopeless and WTF?
House has hit. That’s about it.
And he's gotten a little lucky considering his K/BB. Also, it's never the coaches fault.
Back out Strasburg and we spend less than the Marlins. It’s all the Lerners’ fault
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/taxBack out Strasburg and we spend less than the Marlins. It’s all the Lerners’ fault
Toboni and Buterra are in a perfect position. They can blame any struggles in the previous regime while waiting 3-5 years for their guys to be developed their way.
Bring back Darnell?
They are 11-6-3 in exhibition games.They’re far from the only team with problems.
They are virtually last in every metric according to Zucks article yesterday I average, OPS etc and the top of the lineup pathetic.
The Washington Nationals are rebuilding again. This time, they’re starting from scratch.Andrew GoldenApr 3, 2026
Extend Matt Borgschulte!
OK, got it. The team as a whole is hitting. What is with the RP as they performed well in ST. Why the polar opposites from ST until now for both?
Golden also talks about other ways they are incorporating analytics vs prior regime. An example he cites is how they had access to data analysts on hitting, but the analysts generally were not given access to the clubhouse. Coaches would have to go up to the suites to talk to the analysts then the coaches would talk to the players. That ended as soon as Rizzo was canned and DeBartolo replaced him.
It’s here, in the alcoves beneath MLB stadiums, where the Washington Nationals converge for a revised version of hitters’ meetings that players say have powered one of baseball’s top offenses. It’s here that they stare up at a screen with more metrics and a clearer message than they ever had before. And it’s here that the position players gather around three new hitting coaches, pull out their homework and wonder why they hadn’t prepared this way until now.“In years’ past … it felt like we were going through the motions a little bit in terms of the meetings,” said catcher Drew Millas. “There wasn’t really a ton of intent behind them. Sometimes there was. Sometimes they were great, obviously. But I think this year, they understand all we need is a simplified idea of what the coaching staff expects from us against this pitcher that day.”The Nationals’ offense ranked 20th in runs last year. It ranked 29th during the spring. The Nats do not have a hitter over 28 years old, and the club did not add a single big-league free agent.It is now the second-best offense in MLB on a per-game basis, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers. This offense is the first team in Nats history to score this many runs (89) over its first 15 games. After a 8-6 win in the series finale, they are the first Nats team to sweep the Brewers in Milwaukee since 2006.A 15-game sample is too small for definitive conclusions about the future of this offense. But there has been a definitive change in the process; in how much information the front office provides the coaches, and by proxy, the coaches provide the players — then how the staff distills it for the position players.
Nusbaum with a deep dive on how differently the Nats coaches are preparing hitters this year:https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7191638/2026/04/13/washington-nationals-hitters-meetings-offense/
