Voice_of_Reason Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, skinfan2k said: We aren’t even at the half way point. It’s not the record. It’s the way they are playing. It can can turn around. Lots of time to turn around. But they’re not doing the small things well and typically when that happens they do t get better over night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Like...we should be able to beat teams with records over .400 right? This team is stacked with talent. This strikes me as hardcore underachieving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, thebluefood said: Like...we should be able to beat teams with records over .400 right? This team is stacked with talent. This strikes me as hardcore underachieving. In fairness, A LOT of the talent is on the DL or just coming off of it. Murphy, Eaton, Strass, Zimmerman, along with about 10 other guys... To my eye, Harper and Roark are the two guys just ridiculously under-achieving who are healthy. Might be missing somebody. Gio was doing well but has slipped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Its starting to feel like a lost season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 A bit of optimism from Boz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/what-the-washington-nationals-can-learn-right-now-from-the-washington-capitals/2018/06/23/e8840a86-7714-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.13cc46e6f43d Quote The Nats sure would like to know whether the first 75 games of their season are about bonding through endless aggravation, about discovering teenage phenom Juan Soto a month ago (and two years ahead of time) and trading for elite reliever Kelvin Herrera this week. Or is the whole thing a pain in the neck that ends with too many injuries or unfixable flaws, too big a deficit for too long, as in 2013 and 2015? They — and we — don’t get to know. But for a town that has dripped pessimism for years, the Caps’ fortitude ought to allow for some optimism. My view is that every current Nats problem will be — or at least in theory can be — solved just by time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Voice_of_Reason said: In fairness, A LOT of the talent is on the DL or just coming off of it. Murphy, Eaton, Strass, Zimmerman, along with about 10 other guys... To my eye, Harper and Roark are the two guys just ridiculously under-achieving who are healthy. Might be missing somebody. Gio was doing well but has slipped... I feel like we were having these exact same conversations around the same time in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Do the capitals have pursistent injury issues like the other big 4 teams have? What is up with DC sports medical staffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Renegade7 said: Do the capitals have pursistent injury issues like the other big 4 teams have? What is up with DC sports medical staffs? This is always on my mind when its football and baseball season especially. Why do the team clubhouses in D.C. look like medic's tents at Antietam year after year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Meanwhile we haven’t lost any ground on the braves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Renegade7 said: Do the capitals have pursistent injury issues like the other big 4 teams have? What is up with DC sports medical staffs? Both Backstrom and Kuznetsov, two of our 5 best players, got hurt in the playoffs. Orpik played with a dangling finger. Difference is, Hockey players arent P-you know whats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 43 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Hockey players arent P-you know whats. I dare you to call Max Scherzer or Bryce Harper a **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Warhead36 said: Both Backstrom and Kuznetsov, two of our 5 best players, got hurt in the playoffs. Orpik played with a dangling finger. Difference is, Hockey players arent P-you know whats. Hurt and injured aren't same thing. Teams I'm talking about their players stay injured, want to know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I think the team looks bad, but I'm not panicking yet. They are 3 games out and have a lot of avenues for improvement. Murphy will probably round into form. Harper will eventually break out of the slump. Strasburg will probably come back healthy. The improved bullpen will start to pay dividends. Rizzio could improve the catcher situation. Roark we know is not this bad. Adams, Zimmerman and Kinzler will come back. They've been a bit of a comedy of errors so far, but it seems like they've been remarkably unlucky so far, are only 3 games out with more than half the season to go, and these things tend to even out over a long season. Between now and the break, they have 5 more games against the Phils, and after Boston, play 11 games in a row against sub .500 teams. Over that stretch, the Braves get the first place Yankees. first place Brewers, and first place Diamondbacks along with StL (who are ok), 2 against Toronto and Cincy (last place but will be on a 7 game win streak going into that series if they win today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 The negative: The positive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hellickson was pitching with a beach ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 One glimmer of joy to the season so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 completely forgot. ESPN camera placement at Nationals park is ****ing terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Hey good answer boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Another game where the offense is basically asking the pitchers to play perfect. No wonder why our pitchers are burning out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 ugh. seems like every time I check the score of any nationals game, we're losing. we're down 2-0 right now. our record must be AWFUL in the past couple of weeks or so, i'd be surprised if we have more than like 3 or 4 wins and less than 10 losses...really need to get a win streak going and soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just now, Cooleyfan1993 said: ugh. seems like every time I check the score of any nationals game, we're losing. we're down 2-0 right now. our record must be AWFUL in the past couple of weeks or so, i'd be surprised if we have more than like 3 or 4 wins and less than 10 losses...really need to get a win streak going and soon. 3-10 since the Gala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinswillwin06 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Pitcher refuses to pitch so they call a delay. Ok then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 4 straight hits. Pivetta on the ropes. Rain delay. Even mother nature is working against us this year... As Pivetta ends up striking out the side...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Is it just me or are we getting zero close calls, again. While anything Pivetta gets close is a strike, again. Phillies will score at least 2 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 And....... Swept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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