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00:00and don't look now but several years out of the rebuild and back to being potential contenders
00:06again or at least very close are the Washington Nationals and yeah I mean it's been a tough few
00:11years you trade Juan Soto and Trey Turner and a lot of other players and Strasburg goes down
00:16and Corbin's career hits hits the end and you're like oh my gosh you're gonna lose 90 100 games
00:21Washington did but they made some incredible trades it's very specifically the Soto trade
00:26with San Diego has more or less made part of their lineup so let's take a look here at their
00:31projected lineup courtesy of fangraphs here and you look at the top one two three I mean those
00:35are three of the best young players in that division CJ Abrams who has got to be more
00:41motivated based on what happened to him at the end of last year being kind of shut down by the team
00:45for off the field stuff Dylan Cruz superstar in the making would looks like a superstar in the
00:49making traded for Nathaniel Lowe who's now been on several teams kind of wonder why that happens
00:54George it's like what are we missing here that this guy's been on three teams in four years
00:58Josh Bell is back with Washington Garcia coming off a huge year at second base is there
01:03and then you have a little bit of unknowns here seven and eight Kyber Ruiz never really lived up
01:08to the billing that they thought when they made that deal with the Dodgers Jose Tania and Jacob
01:13Young who could steal a base for you every now and then but he's always gonna bat at the back
01:17end of the lineup but a lot to like here George I'm seeing James Wood go super high this year in
01:23drafts I'm seeing Dylan Cruz now all of a sudden go super high but I think really the most
01:27polarizing figure has got to be CJ Abrams based on what happened last year I know it's not really
01:32a fantasy story per se but imagine playing in your fantasy baseball playoffs and you find out
01:37CJ Abrams was out late at night and they decided not to play the guy for the rest of the year and
01:41send him down to the minors I know somebody who had him in their fantasy league but like this is
01:44not right I know quite a few people were angry about that uh you know yeah I'd be flipping out
01:50you know if I have it all of a sudden though you know you may have lost your league because of it
01:54uh I think what you said is correct you have to think the motivation is there heavy for him
01:59right I listen young people sometimes you need a wake-up call all right I have a hard time thinking
02:04he'll ever do that again uh overall I think this lineup is going to be you know they'll hit I mean
02:10they're not going to score a million runs not going to score but what the Dodgers or the Phillies are
02:13going to score but I think the I don't think office will be their issue bottom of the lineup
02:16okay that could be a problem but uh I think they'll hit Abrams, Cruz, Wood by the way Wood
02:20his home run on fan his home runs on a fan I think was 17 and a half I took the over on that
02:25I think he crushes that pretty easy uh for a guy who hit the ball out of any ballpark anywhere
02:29all right he misses his balls and they're out to left field so well fantastic I'll take that uh
02:33that over there uh Cruz and Wood I think they're gonna be fun to watch Greg I truly do I think
02:38it'd be fun to watch here I wouldn't want both of them on my team but I certainly wouldn't want
02:42mine one you know I don't want to have uh have both youngsters in case one does uh you know
02:47sophomore jinx somewhat even though neither one played a full season last year uh Nate Lowe what
02:51you said is correct all right he keeps bouncing around here guy you know if he plays you know if
02:56he platoons someone he should hit 25 home runs uh Josh Bell's always a player I like this keeps
03:01bouncing another guy keeps bouncing around wish you'd get more of a shot there you know but this
03:05guy wouldn't at one point I wouldn't mind with the Yankees or the you know nice little left-handed
03:09stadium yeah yeah switch hitting player there and a couple of players not mentioned here very
03:14specifically the Nationals did last week sign Paul DeYoung and so if you're saying is Jose
03:19Tania really the third baseman sort of but Paul DeYoung is there and so certainly is going to play
03:26a factor he got a major league contract let's also not forget Stone Garrett in the outfield
03:30who also came up very hot at one point for Washington last season as far as starting
03:34pitching is concerned this is another strength of the team I mean they have five viable starters
03:38George going into the season we haven't said that about Washington in a while Gore Irvin Mitchell
03:42Parker who came on strong Trevor Williams who know I mean this guy generally is throwing 150
03:47innings and Michael Soroka on the back end there and it's a pretty good park to pitch in I know
03:52that there's going to be difficult games against Philadelphia and New York without a doubt and
03:55Atlanta those are tough games within the division but Gore is you know you feel very comfortable
04:01with him as your sp2 I think in fantasy going into the season and who knows what the other guys can
04:05deliver it's a pretty good staff to me I think if I end up with Gore as my sp2 then I must have
04:11went heavy offense because I don't feel all that comfortable with him as an sp2 that being said
04:16depends on what category playing quality starts I do if you play wins I don't you know so it's
04:20going to be all those situations you're depending on how what your league is set up as same thing in
04:25a points league you're playing wins or qs so listen it's a solid staff it's not spectacular
04:31it's built really to keep you in games I don't listen I don't think Washington's gonna be a
04:34terrible team I don't I think they're probably you know I don't think they're gonna be a good team
04:37I don't know if they'll get the 81 wins you know but 75 to 78 range I think could be in the
04:42in their future here it's an interesting thing it's building for the future they got to keep
04:46it up here so I like Gore but I'd be more comfortable with this sp3 not two