The past few seasons have not been kind to the Washington Nationals.
After they won their World Series title in 2019, the team has been on a downward trend.
They missed the postseason in 2020 and have yet to return since their run in 2019.
The Nats have also finished in last place every season since.
With all that in mind, the team is currently following a frustrating and worrying trend.
They haven’t recorded a sweep in any of their last 90 series.
That is the longest streak in baseball history and breaks the record set by the Philadelphia Athletics of 1914-17.
OptaSTATS provided this interesting tidbit on Twitter.
The Washington Nationals haven’t swept in any of their last 90 series.
That is the longest streak of drives without a sweep in MLB history, replacing the 89 consecutive drives without a sweep by the Philadelphia A’s from 1914-1917. pic.twitter.com/ObQcBxmEZ4
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 26, 2023
This is worrisome for the Nationals.
Of course, the team is in the midst of its rebuilding phase and may still be a few years away from returning to contention.
Yet not once in their last 90 drives have they been able to register a sweep.
The Nats own a 30-47 record, which is second worst in the National League, trailing only the Colorado Rockies.
Washington is 13 games behind in the Wild Card race and 20 games behind in the NL East title race.
In addition to not having reached the postseason since 2019, Washington hasn’t won a division title since 2017.
And with them losing the overwhelming majority of their series, the fact that there haven’t been sweeps in quite some time has come back to haunt them.
They own a 13-27 record at home and a 17-20 record on the road.
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