Can the Nationals make the playoffs?

The fact that we’re asking ourselves about this question this late in August is crazy. The so called world series favorites come season start have dig themselves in as deep as whole as one can dig. The struggling Nationals find themselves 4.5 games out of first place to the New York Mets, and 8.5 games out of the Wild Card game. With just over 40 games left on the year, they have a chance at catching the Mets of course but that’s a tough task. I think we all know the Mets can’t hit but they sure can pitch, having three number ones giving them the possibility of shutting out their opponent on any given night. The Nationals are just a mess at this point, injuries have been the story of their promising season start the year. However, the Nats are just starting to get healthy which is promising for Washington fans. Strasburg has returned to booster their starting rotation while Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman have returned to booster their offense. But is it a little too late? Yes, it is. I don’t see the Nationals passing the surprising Mets to take the division. The Nationals will have to answer a lot of questions going into the offseason with no bigger one regarding keeping their manager. Apologies to all Nats fans however it is a little too late for comeback in 2015. Look for the Nationals to re boot in the offseason too make a run in 2016.