February 25, 2009
Something Positive About the Nats
Squawking Baseball thinks you should take the over on the Nationals:
At least if you go by the Vegas over/unders, which have the Nats winning 68.5 games. I'll take the over on that, as will PECOTA, which has them a surprisingly robust (if still mediocre) 80-82.
The Nationals definitely have a couple things going for them, including a field manager who actually knows what he's doing. Washington has so many moving parts, and so much excess at certain positions, that having someone like Manny Acta to sort it all out is a major plus.
This prediction also depends on some of their players turning around bad seasons. In the case of Lastings Milledge and Ryan Zimmerman, however, I'm starting to believe they're more hype than actually good. We'll see.