The Washington Nationals are home at the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches for an early afternoon game in West Palm Beach, Florida. With just 15-days remaining in Florida for Grapefruit League games, we will see if DJ Herz, who is pitching today, impresses enough to grab the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation.
Some players have emerged and we posted up the small sample size leaders in OPS and in WHIP yesterday, and it is incredible how quickly things change. Jorge Lopez is no longer the WHIP leader, and Luis Garcia Jr. is no longer the OPS leader. James Wood leads the team in OPS after he homered again last night on a tape measure oppo shot. Top batting average leaders have a tie between Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez at .429. Nunez hit the walk-off double to win last night’s game. What we try to look at is process over results because small sample sizes, as well as the strength of the competition, will skew numbers.
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