There was some good and some bad for the Washington Nationals in their four-game sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies to start this week.
Their play certainly didn’t warrant being swept and losing all four games. Some of Washington’s younger players impressed at the plate and on the mound, though there are still plenty of rough edges that are going to need smoothing out the rest of the way.
That is the benefit of the situation the Nationals are in though. They can work through the lumps without any pressure to keep up with the teams who are in postseason contention.