Player of the Week: Mid-Week Update

This week we added a new contender to our competition.  Here is how everyone is doing with 1 series in the books:

• Danny Espinosa (Dru):  Hitting .364 with 2 RBIs and a homerun.  Great defense as well.
• Jesus Flores (Camilla):  Hitting .143 and sat out the middle game of the Jay's series.
• Ryan Zimmerman (Chris):  Hitting .154.

At the moment Espinosa is clearly in the lead, but with a three game series left to go against the Yankees anything could happen.  Don't forget, YOU could join our competition next week by leaving us a comment or sending us a tweet.

Standings:
Chris: 1
Dru: 0
Camilla: 0   

Weekly Player Pick'em

 Last Week's Result:  Chris Won.

• Dru:  Steven Lombardozzi "the man who never strikes out", went 1 for 14, had 0 RBIs and struck out a bunch.  He didn't even play in 2 of the 3 games against the Red Sox!   

• Chris: Tyler Clippard recorded 4 saves over the course of the week.  He owned Boston and crushed any hopes of me winning this week.

This week we will have to contend with a new challenger entering the race...

Chris:  Ryan Zimmerman.  Zimmerman is having a blah year.  Every game the announcers say he is starting to "heat up" but he really isn't.  But I'm going with him because of the 3 game home series against the Yankees.  That is going to be his series, and it is going to lead me to victory again.

Dru:  Danny "No Beard" Espinosa.  I've been a harsh critic of Espinosa's and his tendency to strikeout all the time, but this week I just have a good feeling about him.  Maybe it's his ability to make ridiculous plays in the field.  Maybe it's because his bat came to life during the Boston series.  Maybe it's because he shaved his beard.  All I know is, this week I am all aboard the Espinosa band-wagon!

Camilla:  Jesus "Jeus" Flores.  Camilla is picking Jesus this week because he's a catcher and she likes catchers.  Also Jesus is cool.  She doesn't seem worried that Flores didn't get a single hit against Boston last series.  She is only starting to learn about baseball, but she will probably end up winning.


Standings:
Chris: 1
Dru: 0
Camilla: 0


Think you could do better?  Leave a comment or send us a tweet and maybe YOU can be the one beating us next week.

Players Of The Week

Here at the Nexus we decided to start up a friendly competition to see who really knows Nats.  To find out each week we are going predict a player who will have an MVP-type week and then go head-to-head.  Please leave your thoughts about how dumb we are in comments.

Dru:

I'm going with Steve "the Lambo" Lombardozzi.  He is rapidly becoming my favorite player on the team this season.  He's quick and plays solid defense, but the real reason I love him is the fact that he NEVER strikes out.  Seriously, he has 110 at bats this season and has only struck out 7 times.  That's ridiculous.  With his first major-league homer run out of the way, I think he is poised for a big week.  Playing the Met's top pitchers is going to make hits hard to come by, but I think if anyone on the team has a chance to consistently hit against them it's Lombo.  I don't see Boston being able to slow him down either in the weeks second series.

Chris:

Dru stole the Lombard Yard from me so I'm going with Tyler Clippard.  I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pick a pitcher, but I think the series with the Mets & Sox is going to be a close one.  This is a risky pick as Lidge could possibly return over the weekend.