September coming to an end and October approaching means only one thing for baseball fans: playoffs. Although many Washington Nationals fans were hopeful that this season would yield a World Series championship for their home team, that hope was crushed on September 26th when the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds, determining that the Nats were officially out of the playoff race.

This season has been somewhat of a disappointment for the Nats considering their expectations. Since the Nationals first made the playoffs in 2012, expectations have been high for the team. However none have been made higher than for this season’s squad. Many ESPN analysts such as Jayson Stark, Tim Kurkjian and Dan Shulman, to name a few, picked the Nats to win the World Series.

The team looked promising at first. Last fall, the Nats welcomed Max Scherzer, winner of the 2013 American League Cy Young Award, to the team. They had a healthy roster, and Bryce Harper looked poised for a breakout season. The Nats were the frontrunners in the National League East division.

And while things started out strong for the team, injuries plagued them throughout the year. Key players such as Jayson Werth, Anthony Rendon and Denard Span battled injuries throughout the season making it hard for the team to find a good source of offense, besides for Bryce Harper. The team also lost two big bullpen pitchers for the season: Craig Stammen and David Carpenter. Now, the team has been eliminated from playoff contention with the New York Mets taking first place in the division and the coveted playoff spot, and has 5 meaningless games left in the season.

For CESJDS students who are avid Nats fans, the season has been nothing short of depressing.

“I thought it was very disappointing towards the end [of the season] just because we had such high hopes for the season but nothing really happened,” junior Gabe Cohen said.

Cohen is a devout Nats fan and has been since the team moved to DC in 2005. He finds the team’s recent struggles very frustrating.

“We had a great team this year and it was a good start to the season but it was a bad end,” Cohen said.

While things this year have taken a sour turn for the Nationals, next year they will hopefully be back to their ways of the past couple season