Washington’s Nationals finished the 2022 campaign 55-107 overall; 46.0 games out of first place in the NL East, and 14.0 games behind the 4th place Miami Marlins.
It did not help that the Nats finished the year 17-59 against their NL East rivals (5-14 against Atlanta; 4-15 against Miami; 5-14 against New York; and 3-16 against Philadelphia, with five straight losses and 13 of 17 in the division to wrap up the ‘22 schedule.
“We got go play better, we’ve got to play clean baseball,” manager Davey Martinez said on the final day of the regular season, when asked what his club needed to do to improve against the other NL East teams, three of whom made it to the postseason this year.