It’s been said hundreds of times this year, and it’ll be said a hundred more: The Nats offense this year is truly one of a kind. 55 games in, they still currently lead the MLB in runs per game with 5.42, and seem to refuse to cool off offensively. Every time they have a stretch of one or two bad games, they follow it up with an insane performance, like their 6 home run, 10 run performance yesterday.

Now sitting at 28-27 on the year, half a game up for current solo second in the NL East, the division continues to look more and more open for the Nats to compete for. Supposed to be an impossible division to win coming into this year, the NL East has been surprisingly wide open to begin the year, with the Braves being the only real powerhouse so far, a team that the Nats just won back-to-back games against over the weekend.

This starting pitching rotation has continued to get so much better since the year first started. Outside of their go-to aces like Cade Cavalli and Foster Griffin, who have been good all season the others have grown exponentially. Zack Littell has won 4 of his last 5 games and Miles Mikolas, who posted an 8.46 ERA in April currently has a 3.26 ERA in the month of May. A key part of why the Nats are winning games, the effort to get better out of the starting pitchers really shows how keen the Nats are on competing this season.

After pitching 5.0 hitless innings with 7 strikeouts in their 2-0 win against the Braves Saturday, Jake Irvin who looked like he had finally found his stuff, had to leave for injury. Luckily so far only being placed on 15-day IL, the Nats have recalled PJ Poulin back up from Triple-A, and are gonna have 2-3 games coming up where the bullpen will have to take an added role and help the Nats keep their wins piling up.

Final Score: Nationals 10, Guardians 2

Date: May 25, 2026

Location: Progressive Field

Winning Pitcher: Zack Littell ([4–4], 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K)

Losing Pitcher: Tanner Bibee ([0-7], 3.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 3 K)

Key Hitters:

Team RISP: [2-for-8]

Errors: Nats 0, Guardians 1

Attendance: 25,494

Next Game: vs. Cleveland Guardians, May 26, 2025, 6:10 PM ET, Progressive Field

Probables: Nats — Cade Cavalli, Guardians — Joey Cantillo

Key Storyline: Can the Nats offense put on another incredible performance to make it 4 wins in a row?

New assignment, no problem. Nats number 9 prospect Seaver King was recently moved up to the 31-20 Rochester Red Wings, and has shown no signs of struggle. The Nats Triple-A affiliate Red Wings have won 9 straight games, greatly helped by King, who has tallied 9 hits and 9 RBIs in 6 games played for them so far.

The Fred Nats, the Nats Single-A affiliate continue to dominate, winning their last series 5-1 and moving to 32-13 on the year. Being the Nats strongest minor league team so far this year, the Fred Nats have been helped recently by Nats number 7 prospect Gavin Fien. Fien has tallied 5 hits in 5 games, and has recently seen the DH role as he begins his climb to the majors.

The Nats High-A affiliate Wilmington Blue Rocks won both games of their double-header Sunday and move to 24-20 on the year. In a strong year for them, Nats number 5 prospect Devin Fitz-Gerald has continued to have the hottest bat, batting .299 on the season with an OP of 1.033, he has been seemingly unstoppable waiting for his next call up.

The Harrisburg Senators, Nats Double-A affiliate also swept their Sunday double-header moving to 24-21 on the year. Tallying 5 hits in their last 3 games, Nats number 23 prospect Sam Petersen has been having a nice stretch of games, giving the Senators some great outfield play and providing a nice offensive bat.