I think the pitching will be good at times and pretty bad other times. I don’t expect much out of Daniel Cabrera<\/span> other than frustration. Scott Olsen<\/span> is probably going to be mediocre. I expect John Lannan to have about 12 wins, but a higher ERA than last year. I don’t thik Shairon Martis<\/span> and Jordan Zimmermann<\/span> will stay up the whole year, but will be decent for rookies. Jason Bergmann<\/span> probably gets a few starts as well. Overall, I expect the starting pitching to be a little better. I think the bullpen will be okay if they can get to the seventh inning with Saul Rivera<\/span>, Joe Beimel<\/span> and Joel Hanrahan<\/span>.<\/p>\n My prediction — 74-88<\/span>. If pitching is better than expected, they can flirt with .500. If worse, they probably lose about 92 games. Attendance will be about 2 million, give or take 100,000. Ryan Zimmerman is MVP, Scott Olsen leads with 13 wins.<\/p>\n It isn’t a popular thought, but I believe last year was a major aberration for the Nationals. I think with better health they would have been a 70-win team, maybe a little less. This year, I expect the Nationals to a much better team overall. The lineup is much more potent with LF\/1B Adam Dunn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,106],"tags":[1222],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2009","category-washington-nationals","tag-nats"],"yoast_head":"\n![](\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\")
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