(06-27-2018 10:02 AM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 08:36 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 07:25 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Wow just read the Nats have hit fewer HR in June than the Royals, whose offense has been a nightmare. There's your problem for the Nats.

On the giants side of news, Holland pitched another good game and now has a 4.24. I'd love to know who Samardzija is going to replace and why anyone thinks he'll be an improvement.

while the HR stat is troubling no doubt, the Nats have scored 30 more runs than the Royals. Not enough, but still. Nats have gone 8-14 in June. Only lost 4 games in that stretch to the Braves. What's good about the Nats is that they've now gotten all but 3 of their Interleague games over with. Atlanta still has 10 and Philly still has 10 left after todays game with the Yankees. If they can get things righted, this stretch won't end up hurting them much at all.

Over the last month Nats run differential is definitely trending in the wrong direction (no surprise), while Braves is increasing. That's gonna be a problem for the Nats even if they do "get things righted" - they'll need Atlanta to slow down. Phillies on a steep downward trend; if that keeps up they'll be out of the race soon.

Giants seem to have stopped the bleeding and are now on an RD upswing; Dodgers relatively steady. Same with Dbacks.

RD to me can be so deceiving. Atlanta beat San Diego in a game this month 14-1. So while their run differential for the month is 104-91, you take out that 1 game, and it's 90-90. Atlanta is not on an upswing, I mean for gosh sakes, they've gone 12-10 in June with 7 games with San Diego, 3 with Baltimore, 2 with Mets, and 2 with Reds. I mean they're 2-3 last 5 games with Baltimore and Cincy. That's no upswing.

After today- Atlanta gets 3 with St Louis, 3 with Yankees, 4 with Milwaukee, 2 with Toronto and 3 with Arizona prior to the All Star break. The Nats after 4 in Philly and 3 with Boston gets 4 with Miami, 3 with Pittsburgh, and 4 with the Mets.