Washington Nationals Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 12 | 34-34 | 15 | Looking for something positive? Anthony Rendon has hit .444/.474/.694 since being called up for the second time on June 5. That sort of production may be unsustainable, but his line drive rate is well over 40 percent. Lucky or not, he is hitting the ball really well. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 11 | 31-31 | 17 | Is the Nationals' offense finally coming around? They accumulated double-digit hits in four straight games for the first time this year. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 10 | 28-29 | 16 | A league worst .287 team OBP is a good part of the reason the Nats have scored two runs or fewer 27 times this season. Only the lowly Marlins have done that more times. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 9 | 26-24 | 16 | The Nats needed Stephen Strasburg to pick it up and he has. In his past three starts, he has thrown 23 innings, struck out 20, and is holding opponents to a .173/.250/.200 batting line. For all the early worry, his current 2.49 ERA is 10th in the NL. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 8 | 23-21 | 10 | The Nats are the second-worst hitting team in the NL this season, with a batting line of .230/.292/.373, and things aren't getting better. In the past two weeks, they've hit worse -- .223/.281/.350. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 7 | 20-17 | 11 | Stephen Strasburg's problems distract from the real reason the Nats haven't turned the corner: Their offense has scored two or fewer runs 18 times in 37 games. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 6 | 17-15 | 13 | Jordan Zimmermann has been dominant in six starts as he has given up two or fewer runs in five of the outings while having a .168 batting average against. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 5 | 13-12 | 7 | In winning three of four from the Reds, the Nats had three starters win consecutive games for the first time since the first three games of the season. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 4 | 10-8 | 4 | The real surprise during this slow start for the Nationals has been the fielding woes. The Nats' 18 errors, led by Ryan Zimmerman's four and Ian Desmond's seven, are tops in the majors. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 3 | 7-5 | 3 | The Braves roughed up Gio Gonzalez on Sunday, knocking around the lefty for seven runs in just five innings pitched. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 1 | After assembling what most considered to be a top-notch pitching staff, the Nats suffered their biggest loss by margin of victory since moving to Washington with a 15-0 defeat to the Reds this past Friday. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 1 | The Nationals had 98 wins last season. This year they are healthy on offense, brought in Dan Haren and Rafael Soriano to pitch, and have an improved defense. See you in October. -- Harper Gordek, Nationals Baseball | |