Given his lack of production — shoot, given his lack of games on the active roster — this season, it’s been easy to forget about Anthony Rendon and how good he was for the Nationals last year and how good he still can be for them the rest of this year.
The young man who finished fifth in NL MVP voting last fall has played in only 42 games this season, derailed by three separate injuries. And when he has played, he rarely has resembled the guy who impressed so many in 2014, entering Saturday night’s game against the Brewers sporting a .