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The past several seasons have not been kind to the Washington Nationals.
After they won their World Series title back in 2019, the team has been trending downward.
They missed the postseason in 2020 and have yet to make it back since their run in 2019.
The Nats have also finished in last place in each season since then.
With all of that in mind, the team is currently following a frustrating and concerning trend.
They have not recorded a sweep in any of their last 90 series.
That is the longest streak in the history of baseball and breaks the record set by the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914-17.
OptaSTATS provided this interesting fact on Twitter.
The Washington Nationals have not swept any of their last 90 series.
That is the longest streak of series without a sweep in MLB history, supplanting the 89 straight series without a sweep by the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914-1917. pic.twitter.com/ObQcBxmEZ4
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 26, 2023
This is troubling for the Nationals.
Granted, the team is in the midst of its rebuilding phase and may still be a few years away from returning to contention.
However, not once in their last 90 series have they been able to record a sweep.
The Nats own a record of 30-47, which is the second-worst in the National League, ahead of only the Colorado Rockies.
Washington is 13 games back in the Wild Card race and 20 games back in the race for the NL East title.
On top of having not 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 have been no sweeps in quite some time has come back to haunt them.
They own a 13-27 home record and a 17-20 record on the road.
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