Although Bowden said the team is “not under a time crunch,” he does feel they’re in need of a jumpstart and hopes a roster change will be just the spark to ignite a second half charge. 

Whatever the Nationals decide Bowden needs to figure out a solution quickly. And frankly calling up players from the minors may not be the best way to solve the teams woes. Ever since calling up Alex Escober from double-A Harrisburg he has made two trips to centerfield and struggled on both occasions. The Nationals are too afraid of cutting a potential star that they’re failing to develop a good farm system, problems dating back to their time in Montreal.

Unfortunately the Nationals are just a bad baseball team. Despite the success of Alfonso Soriano who has made himself at home in RFK stadium, he has no one to back him up. Early season hotshot Nick Johnson is in a 6-33 slump dropping his batting average under .300 and the owner, Stan Kasten is only concerned with a new stadium. 

Several weeks ago I was at RFK for a Sunday Night baseball game against the Braves that was televised nationally. For five dollars I got a seat four rows behind the dugouts against one of the historically best teams in the National league. Perhaps the Nationals should be more concerned with building a franchise than getting a new stadium since they can barely fill the one they already have.

Last year the Nationals were able to slide by with a mediocre record because of their hot start and fan-base. However, now in their second year fans are going to begin expecting results. Manager Frank Robinson needs to figure out way to fix his roster and allow for prospects to be called up. And owner Kasten needs to perhaps pump some of those millions into some pitchers who are still in their prime, not five years past like starter Livan Hernandez. Whatever the solution may be, the Washington Nationals are in trouble, and before anything, need to end their 7 game error streak.