Nats sign Astacio

by King on Feb 27, 2006 7:14 PM EST Comment 8 comments

The News
*--Bowden's every midlevel FA's dream come true. Astacio will get $700,000 just for showing up to Spring Training, another $500,000 if he is good enough to make the 25-man, and another $800,000 if he plays decent.
*--Boswell's column is likely to switch from the crapping his pants format back to the "main chances" format
*--Rauch is again an odd man out
*--We now have two sleepers in Astacio and Ortiz
*--In another Bowden learning his lesson moment (signing 100 bench players after a poor year from the bench), we will add MRIs into the physicals to avoid damaged goods. We might have to require all players to watch Fred McGriff-sponsored baseball videos to avoid signing bust players.
*--I'd rather have Astacio than Lawrence

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yay?

this is certainly better news than clayton, jackson, fick, lecroy, insert hasbeen here...

by Daedalus on Feb 27, 2006 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

he has some good numbers

204 IP per season when healthy
2.33 K per BB ratio
Has trouble allowing HRs, but that could factor out nicely.
Basically, we put the 2nd coming of Ryan Drese on the DL (Lawrence) and signed the 3rd coming of Esteban Loaiza (Ortiz the 2nd).

Remember: If the Nationals don't get a decent stadium, the terrorists win.

by King on Feb 27, 2006 8:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs