In perhaps the least surprising news of the organization's offseason, Davey Johsonson will return to manage the Washington Nationals in 2012. The wait seemed to be mostly a formality while the Nationals satisfied MLB interview requirements and until the end of the World Series festivities. But now, let the expectations for 2012 begin.
According to an AP article, Johnson didn't hold back on preditions for the Nats next season: "Winning the pennant. Winning the division. Winning the National League." Considering the Nationals run to the end of the 2011 season, the team obviously hopes to ride that wave into the near future.
Is that lofty goal possible? Sure, it is. The Nationals finished the 2011 season with 80 wins without their star, Ryan Zimmerman, for more than 2 months, with an injured Adam LaRoche hitting well below .200 before ending up on the DL for the rest of the season, and without Stephen Strasburg. That's just 10 wins short of where the St. ...
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