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The Nationals have now played 16 games, which is one-tenth of their regular season. That’s still a very small fraction, but it’s not so insignificant that we can’t examine a few big-picture issues.
So with that in mind, here are some things we’ve learned about the 2015 Nationals so far…
The rotation is good as advertised
No, this hasn’t been the majors’ best rotation to date, but the group’s collective 3.24 ERA remains awfully good and ranks seventh in the big leagues.
And the best of the bunch has been the new guy handed the ace job.