Nationals Daily Evolutions 12/23/10
by David Huzzard on Dec 23, 2010 11:01 AM EST
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Nationals avoid arbitration and sign Sean Burnett to a two year contract with an option for a third. --Adam Kilgore from washingtonpost.com
The off-season feels like it is coming to an end, but there are still ten weeks left until Spring Training. Huge baseball news anyway, at least for Matt Chico fans. He has survived and will surface in AAA when the season begins. --Bill Ladson at nationals.com
After Christmas comes New Years and the time to reflect on the year that was. The rise and fall of Stephen Strasburg was the 5th best story from 2010. Will the resurrection of Stephen Strasburg even be a story in 2011? --Tom Verducci from si.com
Let's take a minute and slow it down right here. The first game I saw in 2009 was in Atlanta, Georgia, and it was there standing in Dulles airport waiting for my flight that I saw the news on CNN that Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart had been killed by a drunk driver. The man responsible will serve 51 years in prison at a minimum. --Craig Calcaterra at nbcsports.com
What can be learned about the Nationals' farm system from the recent Baseball America top ten list. That it is improving but still has a ways to go. --Ben Goessling from masnsports.com
Prospects are something that every team has, and until someone says otherwise the Nationals farm system won't be considered to be very good*. --whatwasnookloganthinking.com
*In my opinion success on the Major League level is the quickest way to change perceptions about a farm system, If Zimmermann, Espinosa, and Ramos have monster years then suddenly the Nationals farm system will look pretty good.
This should lead to a bit of optimism among Nationals fans. When Dave Cameron was asked in a fangraphs chat what player under 26 would he want to build a franchise around he answered, Ryan Zimmerman. --fangraphs.com
Big market teams continue to have success while small market teams do nothing to get better, main examples are the Rays losing Crawford, Nationals signing Werth, and Royals trading Greinke. --Howard Bryant from espn.com
LaRoche doesn't want asbestos money. --Jen Royal at masnsports.com
Jayson Werth talks about playing for the Nationals and what 2011 might bring. --nationals.com
If Matt Chico's DFA showed anything it is that the window of opportunity closes fast for some players. --Ben Goessling from masnsports.com
Jayson Werth's first day in DC included a basketball game and a press confrence. Relive it here. --nationals.com
Because of Jayson Werth the Nationals have spent the second most this off-season, but haven't really improved the talent that much. The White Sox are the off-season champs. Does that make them the Redskins? --William Yoder at thenatsblog.com
Philadelphia misses Jayson Werth, and one Philly beat writer thinks Werth will age better than most. --Byron Kerr at masnsports.com
I have to spend most of the day tomorrow with my family. If something unexpected happens I might have a links column with the news about it. If it is more nothing the Daily Evolutions will return on Monday.
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Kilgore's got a chat going for those interested
Don’t know much longer he’ll be, though.
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
Boswell on Garza trade possibility
“BTW, it seems obvious to me that the Nats traded Josh Willingham to Oakland for two prospects one of them reliever Henry Rodriguez, 23, who touched 103.4 mph with one fastball last year because they wanted to free up the option of trading Drew Storen (or Rodriguez) in a deal for Greinke or Matt Garza in Tampa Bay.
And the signing of Rick Ankiel (for $1.5-M, not a tiny amount) makes me think that they really want to make a trade for Garza. They now have Storen and Bernadina as pieces they could include. The Rays have lost a fast LFer and will end up losing two r three relievers including, probably Rafeal Soriano and his 45 saves. It’s a"match" for a trade. "
I think this is wild speculation. Seems to me he’s backing off on this actually happening later.
Obviously, and I mean it really is obvious, they wanted to make a blockbuster trade for Greinke. They don’t value Garza nealy as highly. If they could get Garza without giving up Jordan Zimmermann, then you are looking at Strasburg (if healthy), Garza and J Zim in ‘12. That’s nice. Do you give up Storen, Bernadina and Desmond/Espinoza for Garza. Seems like too much. What could you get back from TB to even it out. I’ve looked. I don’t see it.
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
by souldrummer on Dec 23, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
You just beat me here
lol
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
by souldrummer on Dec 23, 2010 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
Here's Kilgore's response to my Winter Ball question
More interested in the Eury Perez part of the answer:
It’s better that they’re doing well than if they were not doing well, but I wouldn’t put a ton of stock into them. It’s an important winter for Flores to test the fitness of that shoulder and pick up a few of the at-bats he missed.
Perez is a wonderfully exciting player. I was down in Potomac this year watching a Yunesky Maya (speaking of great winter stats) tune-up game. Perez was on third and the ball trickled away from the catcher, seriously, no more than 10 feet. Perez bolted and slid in before he could get the ball and scamper back. Unbelievable speed and baserunning instincts on that play. I was sitting next to Trevor Holder, a starter who was charting pitches, behind home plate. He said something along the lines of, “How the hell did he do THAT?”
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
second paragraph is part of the quote
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
by souldrummer on Dec 23, 2010 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Playing with the big boys now
Teams ranked by off-season spending. Admittedly, without Werth we’d be sitting way down the list just ahead of the Orioles right now.
whatwasnookloganthinking.com Article
This article is pretty off base our system i’d say is about average now maybe a little below and thats because we lack depth. But we do have high impact guys who rank on the lists that he refers too. Harper(top 5), Norris(top 50), and Espinosa will all make the top 100 prospects lists of BA, BP, Sickels, etc… Ramos even has an outside shot at making some of those list. The average system has about 3 prospects in the top 100 we just need a little more depth. Which we will get from this upcoming draft(three picks in the first round), and only 2 or 3 of our top 10 will be non prospects after this year so that will add to our appeal.
NSHTNJ:
@NatsTownNews: LHP Aaron Thompson claimed off waivers by Pirates.
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Dec 23, 2010 2:30 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Not a loss
He was godawful last year. The curse of Nick Johnson extends to his trade partners. I like Nick, but he is the jinx.
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
Was looking at some old rosters
good bod did with have some terrible pitchers. remeber Jason Simontachi and Jesus Colome
Beyond the Box Score on DLee v. LaRoche
hyper-condensed version: DLee has more upside, less risk, and reasonable contract demands in spite of age, and thus is the better signing
Sorry, don't buy it
It would have been great production at 2010 levels. 2014, Dunn will be dunnskey. I am a firm believer that his bat will slow and he’ll fall off a cliff. Look at his comparables
Richie Sexson: Last good season 31
Jay Buhner: 32
Darryl Strawberry: 29
Pat Burrell: 31 most likely
Troy Glaus: 31 most likely
Ralph Kiner: 31
He is 31 now. There are exceptions to every circumstance and I hope the best for Dunn….but it just doesn’t look promising. I think it was smart baseball to unload him.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
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