PT TOMORROW: NL East—Where did all the Nationals' SB go?
Sep 2 2020
With as prolific a base stealer as Trea Turner (SS, WAS)—who has averaged 39.5 SB over the past four seasons—it comes as a major surprise that entering September, the Nationals were dead-last in the NL in team stolen bases with nine. Worse yet, they’ve been thrown out nine times (that’s—yes—a 50% success rate). What gives? And is this a small sample anomaly or just par-for-the-course, 2020 weirdness?
First, a quick reset of the team situation. At 12-20, the Nationals have the second-worst record in the NL, beset by the losses of their best hitter (Anthony Rendon, to free agency) and one of their ace pitchers (Stephen Strasburg, to injury) but amplified by additional whole-staff pitching struggles, injuries, and...
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