Of all the disturbing trends for the Washington Nationals through the first month-plus of the 2019 campaign, and there have been a number of troubling developments with injuries, and underperformance, one of the things the front office in the nation’s capital didn’t expect is a team that strikes out with shocking frequency.
Heading into Wednesday’s matchup with the New York Mets, the Nationals’ 408 Ks overall as a team were the second-most in the National League, behind only Milwaukee’s Brewers, who’d piled up 422 strikeouts on the season.
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