Still early in the season, but the NL team most often picked for the WS is in disarray
ATLANTA Doug Fister fields his position so well that the Nationals ask their minor league pitchers to emulate his defensive approach. When he threw away two pickoff throws in the fifth and sixth innings of Monday nights 8-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves, one of Washingtons last pillars of defensive reliability toppled.
By the end of the game a few hours after the team confirmed ace Max Scherzer is too injured to start Tuesday and Anthony Rendon was scratched from a minor league rehab game the rest of the Nationals foundation seemed to have fallen apart, too.
Nothing has truly crumbled yet, of course. Though the Nationals have lost six straight games, are alone in last place in the National League East and have the second-worst record in the National League, it is still April far too early to reduce all hope to rubble. But right now, nothing is going right. ......................(more)
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