Is It Too Early To Start A Fire Borgshulte Thread?

[aspenbubba]

There is only a few adjectives to descibe the offensive woes of the Nats, dismal, depressing. moribund, hopeless and WTF?

[HalfSmokes]

There is only a few adjectives to descibe the offensive woes of the Nats, dismal, depressing. moribund, hopeless and WTF?

You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken crap.

[imref]

House has hit. That’s about it. 

[IanRubbish]

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.

[HalfSmokes]

And he's gotten a little lucky considering his K/BB. 

Also, it's never the coaches fault.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/tax

Back out Strasburg and we spend less than the Marlins. It’s all the Lerners’ fault

[IanRubbish]

Back out Strasburg and we spend less than the Marlins. It’s all the Lerners’ fault

Yup, dead last in MLB in active payroll.  Starts with the Lerners pinching every penny, but I actually think these bargain bin coaches are an upgrade over Davey's dinosaurs who roamed Nats Park the last few years.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/tax

Back out Strasburg and we spend less than the Marlins. It’s all the Lerners’ fault

wow. Even before your Stras math, is there a decent offense among the 6 teams with lower cbt payrolls? Every team is in the bottom 10 of "bat"  runs on the FG depth chart projections.https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Team

[Slateman]

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.

[KV]

Bring back Darnell?

[HalfSmokes]

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.

On the down side, they need a near 100% hit rate on their guys to field a competitive team with this ownership group

[blue911]

They are 11-6-3 in exhibition games.They’re far from the only team with problems.

[IanRubbish]

Bring back Darnell?

Would provide great relief to opposing pitchers’ arms.

[aspenbubba]

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.

[blue911]

They are virtually last in every metric according to Zucks article yesterday I average, OPS etc and the top of the lineup pathetic.

Correct but you need to keep it in context. The teams they usually play in the spring ( St. Louis,Miami,Houston,and the Mets combined with the Nats are in the top 5 or 6 in fewest runs allowed. I don’t know if it’s teams not adjusting to the new umpiring or weather or all of these teams sucking but since it’s all of them I wouldn’t dwell on it. In less than 2 weeks it’ll be for real. And they’ll have nowhere to hide.

[Smithian]

Yes, Spring is too early. Mid-April could be more appropriate.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Yes, it is too early.

I don't know if the new methods will work for everyone, but it looks like they really are working for House.