WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: General manager Mike Rizzo looks on during batting practice before a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park on April 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
The Washington Nationals are in a perplexing situation. They have lost 12 of their last 17 games, own the worst farm system in baseball, and are riddled with injuries. Despite all this, they are only six games back of the Mets for first place in the NL East.
New York also finds itself engulfed in injuries, just having placed both Francisco Lindor and Jacob deGrom on the IL.