Nationals Notebook: See ya next year!

Washington Nationals' Daylen Lile may have missed out on hitting as a rookie but the outfielder had one outstanding season after being called AP Photo Erin Hooley AP Erin Hooley Washington Nationals' Daylen Lile may have missed out on hitting as a rookie but the outfielder had one outstanding season after being called AP Photo Erin Hooley AP Erin Hooley The Washington Nationals are cleaning out their lockers and signing yearbooks as the season comes to a close The Nats finished - after jettisoning their manager and general manager in midseason with Boston executive Paul Toboni reportedly in place to run the gang s baseball operations We ll likely see plenty of new faces on the field in the bullpen in the dugout and in the front office between now and Spring Training Season Leaders James Wood despite his second-half slump led the club in hits walks doubles homers and RBI C J Abrams runs and stolen bases and Daylen Lile triples also shined this year with Lile leading the club after the All-Star break in hits runs and RBI Jake Irvin paced the club with innings pitched and MacKenzie Gore led the association with strikeouts Irvin and Mitchell Parker tied for band lead with nine wins while Kyle Finnegan s saves remained the standard two months after his business to Detroit Digesting the Division Philadelphia - takes the No seed and they ll face the winner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati in the Divisional Round They went - against the Dodgers in the regular season and - against the Reds The Phillies also boasted the NL batting champ in Trea Turner while Kyle Schwarber led the league in homers and RBI A cruel winter awaits the New York Mets - who dropped two of three over the weekend to Miami and fell out of playoff contention while longtime slugger Pete Alonso opts out of his contract to test the free agent waters Miami - got to play the spoiler behind the arm of Edward Cabrera who posted a career-high eight wins this year Related stories Shane Smith give up one hit in six innings as White Sox rout Nationals - James Wood hits a tiebreaking homer as the Nationals edge the White Sox - See You Later Longtime Nationals announcer waves goodbye to the airwaves Atlanta - delivered a little September fool s gold by winning of their last games including six of seven against the Nationals - O s Woes Baltimore - finished in last place for the first time since even though they took two of three from fourth-place Tampa Bay Do they stick with interim manager Tony Mansolino who went - after taking over for Brandon Hyde The Orioles have plenty of pieces from their group that advanced to consecutive playoff berths but it s constantly a challenge keeping up in an AL East which snagged two of three Wild Card spots this September Last Week s Heroes James Wood hit with four home runs and only struck out six times giving him for the season-two shy of the MLB record while Josh Bell batted with two homers Luis Garcia Jr added three home runs while Daylen Lile went at the plate his - Sunday dropped the rookie below for the season Andrew Alvarez pitched scoreless innings while Jose Ferrer tallied two saves Last Week s Humbled MacKenzie Gore allowed four runs over two innings in his final start of the season and went - with a ERA after appearing in the All-Star Event Jackson Rutledge coughed up four runs over innings Brad Lord allowed four homers over innings in his final two starts Rookie Dylan Crews hit while the catching combination of Jorge Alfaro and Riley Adams had issues at the plate Source