Nationals Daily Evolutions 12/27/10
by David Huzzard on Dec 27, 2010 11:00 AM EST
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PrintDid everyone get what they wanted over the weekend. The Nationals didn't, but they still have time left to get their shopping done. --Ben Goessling at masnsports.com
Brandon Webb was a guy the Nationals had targeted and now that he is off the market they have to once again move onto plan B or would it be plan D by now. --Adam Kilgore from washingtonpost.com
Besides starting pitching the other big need for the Nationals is a first baseman, and that could come as soon as this week. --Phil Wood at masnsports.com
Carl Pavano is also expected to make a decision at some point, and the Nationals are reported to still be in on him. --Bill Ladson from nationals.com
From the moves the Nationals have made it is obvious to some that they can't decide if they want to win now or wait a couple seasons. --Paul Lebowitz at paullebowitz.com
Or it could be that they plan on winning with Harper and Zimmerman as the offensive stars and Werth will be a nice complimentary piece at that time. --Nick Cafardo from boston.com
The Nationals spent the second most this off-season and the most for WAR according to last years stats, but things start to paint a clearer picture when that WAR is projected out over the life span of the contract. --Bryce Wilson Stucki at thenatsblog.com
Eury Perez has elite speed and a chance to be a good center fielder and lead-off hitter if he can get on base more. --Byron Kerr from masnsports.com
Updates on all the Nationals' prospects from around the Winter Leagues. --Sue Dinem from nationalsprospects.com
No one would argue the fact that Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg both have the chance to be special, but many people will argue that a position player is always more valuable than a starting pitcher, and so it is that some believe Harper will be more special than Strasburg. --William Yoder at thenatsblog.com
Other sources of revenue is a big deal to smaller market clubs, and with that in mind the Cleveland Indians have down something fun with Progressive Field. --Melissa Hoppert from nytimes.com
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Morgan joins unesteemable company on SI’s year end list
May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce
I think Gaby Sanchez's flying lariat was unsportsmanlike too...
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 27, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Not to mention Wes Helms's clothesline to Nyjer.
“How dare YOU steal a base when we’re beating the crap out of you?”
I still find it unbelievable that none of the so-called baseball pundits didn’t hose the Marlins’ announcers and their stupid players for saying that the Nats should not have stolen bases because they were down by a million runs.
Patiently waiting for "next year" since 1971.
by Princess Jazzy on Dec 27, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
The taunting leaving the field was utterly unexcusable, though. You can say all you want about whether he was right to charge or not, but the play against the Cardinals the week before and the taunting of the Florida fans was just not cool.
John Carlson: A real American hero taking names and settling scores.
agreed
Nyjer was out of his mind last year. I hope he got some counseling or something.
I wear a Nats hat pretty much everywhere, and the only time I was stopped and asked about the team was by a guy at the Denver Airport. “Hey man, are you a fan of the Nats? I just had to ask what you thought about Nyjer Morgan.”
I said I didn’t think he’d be back in 2011. Oh well.
Yeah. For the most part Rizzo’s brought us pretty likable guys and has cleaned house of the bad apples. Nyjer last year was an exception, and I hope an offseason to chill will help bring a humbler, gentler Nyjer Morgan. Really, cut down the caught stealings and play better defense and he’s not unplayable provided we cut his at bats against lefties.
John Carlson: A real American hero taking names and settling scores.
Yeah, and the fact that he's got massive competition from many angles
in terms of LH OF/CF. He’s got Ankiel, Bernadina,and Corey Brown (I assume he will compete in ST for the CF job) in the LH OF category, with Ankiel and Brown CFs.
Looking at the top 10 players who are 26 or younger on Yoder's blog,
Detwiler is ahead of Desmond? That’s crazy. Desmond showed he could compete at the major league level last year, while Detwiler had ongoing hip issues and did okay I guess while he was pitching in the majors. Ramos should also be ahead of Detwiler because he wasn’t injured for at least half of the 2010 season.
Hardball Times put out that list and they are just reporting it at Yoder’s blog. I guess their trying to be outside the box in their thinking or just don’t know our system. If they’d seen Detwiler pitch, there’s no way they could rank him ahead of guy who is a long way to solidifying his career at a tough position.
John Carlson: A real American hero taking names and settling scores.
Webb's a loss
I can understand why he wants to go to the Rangers but he would have been a nice additional option. Clutter at the back end of the rotation and the familiarity with the trainer must have trumped us.
John Carlson: A real American hero taking names and settling scores.
Branyan's fragile
With his back you’d need someone who can play for up to half the season at first base without killing you. Morse maybe? As I recall he leaves a lot to be desired defensively.
If we don't sign Lee.....
you can count me on that Morse bandwagon. As for Branyan, you are correct….even if he somehow made it through an entire season, I don’t think I would ever be excited or confident seeing him come to the plate. If we don’t sign Lee, I would rather see Morse at 1B moreso than Branyan, Loney, Kotchman, or any of the others that are “available” for sign or trade…..maybe even moreso than LaRoche, but I am on the fence with the Morse vs LaRoche argument. At some point, Morse has to be given the opportunity to prove his worth as a full time starter, and I don’t think the OF is the place for it….why not throw him in there at 1B in 2011, or at least the first half of 2011 (again, if Lee is not signed)?
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