The Nationals have been knocking on the World Series door since 2012, leading to five postseason appearances over eight years. In 2019, they brought chemistry to the table with a great run over the final four months of the regular seasons (69-36) to win their first World Series title in the team’s 51-year history. Their only other trip to the playoffs came in 1981 as the Montreal Expos, but they were one of the best teams in baseball in 1994 when a strike ended the year early with no postseason play for any major league team.
Even with their recent success, Washington finished only 13th in ERA (4.