Later tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address to Congress inside the Capitol Building in downtown Washington, D.C. In honor of the address, today we’ll be checking in on what’s been happening just a few blocks away from the Capitol with our State of the Nationals, where we’ll discuss what the team has accomplished so far this offseason and how it looks heading into the 2016 season and beyond.
The Nationals are in a far different position than they were at this point last year. When we wrote about the State of the Nationals last January, the team was in the midst of a surprisingly exciting offseason in which they acquired future shortstop Trea Turner and perennial Cy Young contender Max Scherzer.