Dylan Crews is on the bench Friday against Javier Assad and the Cubs.
The 23-year-old Crews also sat Monday and the Nationals had Thursday off, so this means he’ll have started twice in five days, which is pretty hard to understand. Crews is batting .210/.310/.306 in 19 games since coming off the IL, which obviously isn’t good. Still, he’s the second most important player in the organization, and given that he missed half of the season, one would think the Nationals would be getting him as many at-bats as possible right now.