Nats sign Astacio

from Ladson.com

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*--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