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All right, it's only grapefruit league. These games don't "count." Even so, there are a couple of former cellar dwellers that were touted as turnaround prospects, that don't look like such in spring training. One of them is the Washington Nationals. Another is the Pittsburgh Pirates. As a consolation, the World Series champion Yankees are 5-7, with their formerly vaunted starters, CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain, struggling mightily. The Pirates are 2-2 against them. The Nationals are 0-10 in "grapefruit." That's about as bad a streak as you can get, in either the regular or offseason. About all that can be said is that they are so far down that they will only get better from here. Apologists for the "Nats" claim that they have identified their veterans, and are giving playing time to sec ...

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Article written by Tom Au