The Nationals and the Braves are the two teams fighting it out right now for the lead in the National League East. Assuming that both teams continue to contend for the lead, let's compare their lineups, assuming that players on the DL before the break come off it soon after:
Pos - Nationals OBP - SLG - OPS ----- Braves --- OBP - SLG - OPS
C ----- Schneider .323 - .412 - .735 -------- Estrada -- .327 - .398 - .725
1B ---- Johnson - .444 - .508 - .952 -------- LaRoche -- .332 - .478 - .810
2B ---- Vidro ---- .368 - .480 - .848 ------- Giles ------ .384 - .469 - .853
SS ---- Guzman - .239 - .291 - .530 ------- Furcal ----- .310 - .393 - .703
3B ---- Castilla -- .330 - .397 - .727 -------- Jones ----- .411 - .513 - .923
LF ---- Church -- .381 - .544 - .924 -------- Johnson -- .376 - .447 - .823
CF ---- Wilkerson .376 - .433 - .809 ------- Jones ----- .352 - .578 - .930
RF ---- Guillen -- .360 - .539 - .899 ------- Langerhans .327 - .412 - .739
The teams are about even at catcher and second. The Nats have the advantage at first, left field, and right field. Left field is a little bit of a crap shoot because both Ryan Church and Kelly Johnson are rookies and it's hard to predict how they'll perform down the stretch. The Braves have the advantage at short, third, and center field.
Of course, these lineups are not likely to remain static. We expect that the Braves will make a number of trades and will try to improve themselves at first and right field, at least. We hope that the Nats try to do the same at short and third.
We'll analyze the teams' pitching in a later post.
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