NL EAST - Washington Nationals

There won't be an innings cap on SP Stephen Strasburg this season. (Oh, and there shouldn't have been last season!)

 
OVERVIEW:

POSITION PLAYERS:

C Kurt Suzuki (0.1 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.0 WAR avg. in medium season, 2.5 WAR avg. in good season)

1B Adam LaRoche (-0.1 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.1 WAR avg. in medium season, 3.2 WAR avg. in good season)

2B Danny Espinosa (1.0 WAR avg. in poor season, 2.4 WAR avg. in medium season, 3.6 WAR avg. in good season)

SS Ian Desmond (0.6 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.7 WAR avg. in medium season, 3.5 WAR avg. in good season)

3B Ryan Zimmerman (1.8 WAR avg. in poor season, 3.6 WAR avg. in medium season, 6.0 WAR avg. in good season)

LF Bryce Harper (3.3 WAR avg. in poor season, 5.7 WAR avg. in medium season, 7.3 WAR avg. in good season)

CF Denard Span (1.9 WAR avg. in poor season, 3.1 WAR avg. in medium season, 4.3 WAR avg. in good season)

RF Jayson Werth (0.4 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.2 WAR avg. in medium season, 2.8 WAR avg. in good season)

BENCH (0.6 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.7 WAR avg. in medium season, 2.8 WAR avg. in good season)

PITCHERS:

SP Stephen Strasburg (1.3 WAR avg. in poor season, 3.6 WAR avg. in medium season, 5.7 WAR avg. in good season)

SP Gio Gonzalez (1.1 WAR avg. in poor season, 3.1 WAR avg. in medium season, 4.3 WAR avg. in good season)

SP Jordan Zimmermann (1.1 WAR avg. in poor season, 2.6 WAR avg. in medium season, 4.2 WAR avg. in good season)

SP Dan Haren (-0.2 WAR avg. in poor season, 2.2 WAR avg. in medium season, 4.9 WAR avg. in good season)

SP Ross Detwiler (-0.1 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.1 WAR avg. in medium season, 2.0 WAR avg. in good season)

CL Rafael Soriano (0.7 WAR avg. in poor season, 1.4 WAR avg. in medium season, 2.3 WAR avg. in good season)

BULLPEN (2.9 WAR avg. in poor season, 5.0 WAR avg. in medium season, 6.9 WAR avg. in good season)


MLB FORECASTER SCHEDULE-ADJUSTED OVER/UNDER LINE: 94.4 (1st, NL EAST)

VEGAS OVER/UNDER LINE: 92.0 (5Dimes); 91.5 (LVH); 90.0 (Atlantis) 

RECOMMENDATION: This is probably a stay away or an Over. I would bet the Over, except that it's tough to win over 92 games in any given year.