Nationals' Daniel Murphy: Out of Saturday's lineup

Murphy is out of the lineup Saturday against the Cubs, MASN's Mark Zuckerman reports.

Analysis:

He gets a well-deserved day off Saturday after tallying eight hits in his last three games and boosting his batting average to .406 in the process. Murphy will cool down at some point, but it appears as though he figured something out at the plate dating back to last year's postseason, and expectations should be adjusted accordingly. Stephen Drew will start at second base and hit seventh Saturday.