The Nationals are facing their sixth consecutive losing season, struggling significantly in June with a 7-19 record following a brief competitive stretch. While a few players are performing well, the overall roster has largely underperformed. President of baseball operations Mike Rizzo is likely to engage in selling players before the trade deadline. Finnegan has shown improvements in his performance and has effectively secured saves, despite not fitting the conventional closer profile. The team's playoff probability stands at 0.1% according to FanGraphs, indicating a difficult season ahead.
The Nats were hanging in there with a 28-30 record at May's end, but an 11-game losing streak led to a brutal 7-19 record in June.
While the team's few cornerstone players are breaking out, pretty much the rest of the roster has underachieved, leaving president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo selling once more heading into the July 31 deadline.
Finnegan has again been pretty solid at the back of the Nats' pen, securing 18 of 23 save opportunities and posting a 2.61 ERA over 31 innings.
Finnegan doesn't fit the typical closer model with his below-average strikeout rates, but his hard-hit ball rate is a strong 37.1%.
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