The month of August is getting to be a dreary time to be a Washington Nationals fan.
If the Juan Soto trade and the death of broadcasting legend Vin Scully didn’t get things off to a bad enough start, there’s the current six-game losing streak, fueled by a four-game mugging by a Phillies team without Bryce Harper.
The Washington Nationals 2022.2 are enough to trigger flashbacks to August 2021, when the Nats won just seven games after bringing in many of the young players who might be expected to lead the Nats back to the postseason in a couple years.