tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post5545910265725125502..comments2024-03-18T07:03:39.210-07:00Comments on Nationals Baseball: The long road in MayHarperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-17754927573485488322011-04-25T12:10:55.011-07:002011-04-25T12:10:55.011-07:00Seems possible, although unlikely. But doesn'...Seems possible, although unlikely. But doesn't any remote hope of doing it hinge on two things - when does Zimm come back, and can they turn it around defensively? Those two things may be somewhat related, too, although I have to (reluctantly) reevalute my views on Desmond. <br /><br />I do not see any way this team can hold on, particularly over the stretch you highlight, if they aren't able to become better than average defensively.Wallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-67023476202907521502011-04-25T08:19:33.344-07:002011-04-25T08:19:33.344-07:00This team is baffling. Zim is out. Werth isn'...This team is baffling. Zim is out. Werth isn't hitting (but why should he be different from anyone not named Ramos/Espinosa(c'mon Morse. The Morse bandwagon has had to change a few tires but we're zipping along now)).<br /><br />The team built on a defense first approach is 3rd in errors and Desmond seems to be shooting for 30+ again. <br /><br />If this team exits the stretch in .500, the team has to be stoked. B/c eventually Zim returns and Werth will start hitting .240 and Ramos supplants Pudge (right?, right?)<br /><br />The big danger in this stretch is that Riggs kills Clippard and Storen. Riggs needs to let the starters go a bit longer than is his wont or free Sean Burnett.Hoonoreply@blogger.com