The good news for the Nationals is that they have the most explosive offense in Major League Baseball this season. They are putting an average of 5.46 runs across the plate in this season, far and away the best in the sport. There's quite a gulf between them and the Braves, who are second in the category at 5.21. Yet Washington sits in third place in the National League East at 23-25, nine full games behind the Braves. So there must be some bad news.
And there is. The Nationals are dead last in baseball in runs allowed at 5.91 runs per game.
