{"id":20349,"date":"2013-03-04T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=20349"},"modified":"2013-03-04T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:18:33","slug":"nats-4-weeks-until-opening-day-eyes-on-the-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/03\/nats-4-weeks-until-opening-day-eyes-on-the-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: 4 weeks until Opening Day, eyes on the prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy March! Washington Nationals Opening Day is four weeks from today — 28 long days to go — the dog days of spring training.<\/p>\n

This spring has been pretty quiet<\/a> (CSN Washington<\/em>) since the roster is pretty much set. <\/p>\n

There are a few interesting things though, like this article about extensive vision training: Washington Nationals go beyond the eye chart with vision training<\/a> (The Post<\/em>). <\/p>\n

While few major league teams offer extensive vision training, the Nationals are hoping to further incorporate it. Players such as Bryce Harper, Steve Lombardozzi and Brown swear by it. This season, the players will have an extra training room at Nationals Park where they can have easy access to the equipment and integrate it into their daily workouts. By this time next season, the Nationals hope to have all minor league players in Class A and Class AA under vision-training programs.<\/p>\n

“We think that it\u2019s the next frontier of improvement,” General Manager Mike Rizzo said. “It\u2019s part of our player development, it\u2019s part of our strength and conditioning. We condition the eye as a muscle and Keith does a lot of innovative and cutting-edge stuff.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n