This photo from the 2019 Spring Training became an image of positivity
When you have a pitching staff loaded with aces, you can win a World Series, and that is exactly what the 19-31 Washington Nationals pulled off in 2019. Their encore act though is missing a key ace in Stephen Strasburg who needed surgery to relieve the pain from carpal tunnel neuritis. Add to that the untimely regression of 36 ½ year old Anibal Sanchez, and it is like 40 percent of the starting rotation is gone.
There is more bad news, the fifth starter named on Opening Day, Austin Voth, is carrying a 7.99 ERA and at times looks like a right-handed Ali Modami throwing BP. Strasburg’s replacement, Erick Fedde, is not fooling batters anymore also. All of this has added to the demise of the 2020 Nats team where there has been a long and storied history of great starting pitching over eight straight years of winnings seasons from 2012-2019. Continue reading
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