Washington Nationals Acquire OF Gregor Blanco From The Kansas City Royals.
by Patrick Reddington on May 8, 2011 8:32 PM EDT
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Former Braves' outfield prospect Gregor Blanco made his MLB debut as a pinch runner for Atlanta late in the first game ever played at Nationals Park on March 30, 2008, eight years after he'd signed with the Nats' NL East rivals as an amateur free agent out of Ignacio Martin Burk high school in Valera, Venezuela. The 27-year-old left-handed hitting and throwing Blanco was acquired by Washington in a deal for a PTNBL with Kansas City Sunday night, less than a year after he was traded to the Royals along with 27-year-old RHP Jesse Chavez and 21-year-old left-hander Tim Collins in the deal that got the Braves RHP Kyle Farnsworth and OF Rick Ankiel (the Nats' currently DL'd center fielder).
Blanco was playing at Triple-A in the Royals' system, for the Omaha Storm Chasers, hitting just .196 with a .384 OBP, (he can take a walk), .286 SLG, five doubles, nine steals, 17 walks and 15 K's in 23 games and 74 plate appearances this season. In 253 games and 836 plate appearances for Atlanta and Kansas City, Blanco's posted a .258/.358/.324 slash. Last season, in 85 games and 269 plate appearances split between the Braves and Royals, played mostly in center, Blanco put up a .283/.360/.367 line with nine doubles, four triples, a HR and 11 steals.
The Nationals announced the deal via their Twitter account (@NationalsPR), with Washington Post writer Adam Kilgore noting that the outfielder will report to Triple-A Syracuse.
• Here's what they had to say about the deal over at Royals Review.
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No power and a "meh" CF
But there’s something pretty useful about a .358 career OBP. As I posted over at RR: this season, he’s hitting .196 in Omaha. His OBP: .384
Yeah, if you walk more than you strike out, that kinda stuff just happens magically
Here’s a linky to his stats for those who care to peek.
Willingham...........
Great deal there Rizzo…………
What we got for Willingham was Henry Rodriguez and change
If Corey Brown turns out to be a regular major league player at all that would be fantastic news. The player we gave up has the same fWAR as Morse so far this season at -0.4, which ties him with the worst the Nats trot out there.
And Rodriguez throws bullets
If he can maintain control, he will be a great complement to Clippard, Burnett, and Storen. The Nats have to be worried about burning those guys out since they aren’t getting much else out of the pen.
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by The Herndon Kid on May 9, 2011 9:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"If he can maintain control"
That’s just the problem. He can’t. That’s why Beane was willing to dump him.
Rob
-- In baseball we trust.
At least he's entertaining to watch...
…although Mrs. Doghouse has taken to watching his outings through “the waffle fingers” (hands crossed over eyes so you’re peeking through overlapping fingers).
"I don't believe in luck, but it was just one of those things where it wasn't really skill, either." --Jerry, jr.
In a game already well beyond reach
HRod was indeed able to lighten the atmosphere with his epic wildness. I thought for sure he was going to hit the mascot. Even if the mascot was standing on the dugout, he’d find a way.
(Not really hoping to see him in a close game though).
Rob
-- In baseball we trust.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place...
…so you get one pitch in the zone per game.
"I don't believe in luck, but it was just one of those things where it wasn't really skill, either." --Jerry, jr.
Rodriguez needs to get control before he can maintain it.
The guy threw what??? 9 balls in a row yesterday?
I'm not all that impressed with HRod
Aside from being able to throw hard, he’s just as advertised: completely wild. Nobody’s ever been able to help him harness his speed. A short reliever who can’t throw strikes is not very valuable.
As to Willingham’s worth to this point, it’s really too early to start trotting out fWAR. That stat is far too unstable even much later in the season. So is bWAR, but for the record Willingham has a 0.0 bWAR compared to Morse’s -0.6. Again, too small a SS to measure any real difference.
Rob
-- In baseball we trust.
Sorry, you can ignore the stats. I trotted them out for artistfork, who has made it clear that all he cares about is winning now, which means for him 2011 stats matter regardless of sample size. The point I was trying to make is that Willingham is producing at no better than a replacement level this year, making this deal pretty decent no matter what we got for him even if you ignore the long term aspects of the trade.
.227
this team is hitting .227 and let go DUNN, NYGER and Willingham(whom I don’t even like] when all they needed to do was add Werth and Espi at 2nd………..
People can talk all they want about defense( which really relates to having a sorry 2nd basemen as our shortstop) Last springs offense and this springs defense translates into a 2nd place team……………
dunn: .167
nyJer: can’t stay on the field
willingham: .225
don’t think those 3 would help the cause.
*smirk*
Well said.
Honestly? Almost no one in the majors is hitting this year.
Welcome to the Age of the Pitcher, when mostly honest pitchers who used to handle ’roid-pumped hitting now face the lesser challenge of mostly honest hitters.
"I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
-Leslie Nielsen, Airplane
TO early to give up on Brown
hes still relativley young, and could be decent. This just proves that he is not ready this year, though
Possibly
If so, then maybe a minor benefit for the Nats. I was always puzzled about the Matt Stairs signing. I didn’t really see what he would bring to the team.
Hopefully some combination of Nix, Bernadina and Morse can solve the offensive problems from the LF and CF spots. I think Werth will pick it up soon and provide some offense from the RF position. But the team’s problems may not get fixed until Zim returns from the DL.
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agreed
Love the guy, but it looks like the tank that fuels his massive canadian bat is empty.
by mrs. nook logan on May 9, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Not yet, he's not.
Blanco is here to replace Bernadina in Syracuse. I think the move is that when Ankiel is well, we DFA Stairs, give Nix Stairs’s job, and give Ankiel or Shark Nix’s job.
"I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
-Leslie Nielsen, Airplane
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