Go ahead, get your jokes out the way: "Good, since this season is over!" "Can we just fast forward to Opening Day now and try again?" "One season closer to Bryce Harper becoming a Yankee!" "Now we know when the Trea Turner era begins!" "That's when the Mets' defense of their inevitable World Series championship starts?"
You're super-funny. What is this all about? I'll tell you.
The Washington Nationals released their schedule for the 2016 campaign today. The lineup that takes the field and the rotation that takes the mound every fifth day might look dramatically different, but they'll be wearing the same uniforms, whoever they are and they'll play 162 games again, most likely.