The Washington Nationals have found a clear ace over the course of the last year, and despite a difficult start recently, he showed self-awareness throughout.

This latest embarrassing performance also pushed the Nationals' record to 30-43 on the year, completely erasing whatever small glimmers of hope remained from their encouraging start back in April.

Nationals manager Dave Martinez knows where not to point fingers during his team's rough patch. When asked on Saturday about the Nationals' recent struggles on offense following their 4-3 loss to ...

This stark reality has been best illustrated by the recent skid Washington has endured over their last 10 games, a stretch in which they've gone just 2-8 against some pretty formidable competition.

But the Nationals’ backup catcher has a little boost of confidence after snapping his 0-for-32 slump Friday night with a towering home run off Clayton Kershaw.