What if the Washington Nationals could look into the future?
What if the unique conditions of the 2020 season offered a possible lens?
Maybe there’s a lot below the surface in a season where the Nats have played road games at home and home games on the road, had series get cancelled by positive COVID-19 tests, and watched two star pitchers leave games after one inning because of injury.
Seeing Stephen Strasburg, Sean Doolittle and Sam Freeman go to the injured list has already put this season on a disturbing note, especially when some of the team’s healthy pitchers, like Patrick Corbin and Anibal Sanchez, have yet to be reliable.