The Washington Nationals 2007 Season Thread

[El Mudo]

<p>Great article in the Post today about the Nats....namely, that</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="5">NOBODY HAS ANY CLUE WHO ANYBODY IS</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Basically, the team has been gutted from last year...Vidro's gone, most of the pitchers are gone (which is a good thing), which means John Patterson is our 1 Starter, and a bunch of guys who may or may not be named Moe are in the rotation</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I can understand the direction the team is going in, and why management has done what they are doing, and I basically agree with it.&nbsp; There has been nothing in the farm for a number of years thanks to MLB Ownership's bare bones budgeting, and the deal that still makes me shake my head, when Omar Minaya felt he could make a playoff run and traded Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore for Bartolo Colon *Groan*</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But will the fans have patience? I surely hope they will.&nbsp; A new stadium's opening next year, and I like the direction the team is going for, to build from within, and create a stable, long lasting competitive franchise.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This year?&nbsp; We win 50 games....and that's the BEST outlook...I also look for more vets to be dealt as the season wears on.&nbsp; Hopefully, we can find someone dumb enough to take Guzman's contract off us.&nbsp; I can also see them dealing Nick Johnson, whos perpetually injured, if they can get ANY kind of production out of Larry Broadway.&nbsp; Theyve been talking about dealing Cordero all summer, so I would expect him to go.&nbsp; The only people i think that are completely secure and won't be dealt under any circumstances are Zimmerman, Kearns and Schneider.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I will be glad to see them come just play...pitchers and catchers report tuesday!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>GO NATS!!&nbsp;</p>

[Kevin]

Mojo Cubs should now have a thread bitching in 3....2....1

[El Mudo]

<p>There's a history of Nats season threads...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And we have plenty of people in and around the District that follow them&nbsp;</p>

[johnniewalker]

<p>I think they'll do better than 50 wins for sure.&nbsp; They've done a decent job building their lineup&nbsp;with patient hitters.&nbsp; I still think that kearns, lopez, and wagner trade was one of the best trades i've seen in a while.&nbsp; Their starting pitching is going to be something to see though.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo has Tim Redding and Jerome Williams listed right now, yeesh.&nbsp; I've never heard of this larry broadway either.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is he supposed&nbsp;to be good?&nbsp; I did a search and i got this.&nbsp; Obviously something happened in those two years where he never made it...</p><p><strong>Expos | Broadway Preparing to Make the Show</strong><br />Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:19:34 -0800</p><p>MLB.com's Bill Ladson reports <a href="http://www.kffl.com/team/58/mlb">Montreal Expos</a> 1B <a href="http://www.kffl.com/player/9015/mlb"><font color="#810081">Larry Broadway</font></a>, a 22-year-old left-handed hitter, is preparing full bore for Spring Training, although he's not expected to make his big-league debut until later in the 2004 season. He hit .295 with 20 home runs and 76 RBIs in 129 combined minor league games in 2003 and has progressed faster than any other prospect in the team's system. &quot;There's not a lot of people in my way,&quot; said Broadway. &quot;I'm planning to get better, get my experience and be a polished hitter.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[El Mudo]

<strong>johnniewalker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I think they'll do better than 50 wins for sure. They've done a decent job building their lineup with patient hitters. I still think that kearns, lopez, and wagner trade was one of the best trades i've seen in a while. Their starting pitching is going to be something to see though. Yahoo has Tim Redding and Jerome Williams listed right now, yeesh. I've never heard of this larry broadway either. Is he supposed to be good? I did a search and i got this. Obviously something happened in those two years where he never made it...</p><p><strong>Expos | Broadway Preparing to Make the Show</strong><br />Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:19:34 -0800</p><p>MLB.com's Bill Ladson reports <a href="http://www.kffl.com/team/58/mlb">Montreal Expos</a> 1B <a href="http://www.kffl.com/player/9015/mlb"><font color="#810081">Larry Broadway</font></a>, a 22-year-old left-handed hitter, is preparing full bore for Spring Training, although he's not expected to make his big-league debut until later in the 2004 season. He hit .295 with 20 home runs and 76 RBIs in 129 combined minor league games in 2003 and has progressed faster than any other prospect in the team's system. &quot;There's not a lot of people in my way,&quot; said Broadway. &quot;I'm planning to get better, get my experience and be a polished hitter.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unfortunately, that was 4 years ago, and now he's 26, and has never been able to produce or put up anything at the major league level...even after Johnson got hurt last year, they went to Fick and even Schneider sometimes at 1B....its now officially &quot;put up or shut up&quot; time for him</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With no pitching, we aren't going that far...especially with all the great hitters in the NL East.&nbsp; I'm not trying to get my hopes high at all.&nbsp; The future will be bright though...new stadium, more money, prospects and good draft picks like Ian Desmond (if they ever find a position for him to play) getting their shot with the big club</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Zimmy was robbed for ROY&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>El Mudo</strong> wrote: <p>Zimmy was robbed for ROY&nbsp;</p><p>nah it should have gone to lastings milledge</p><p>hehe just kidding zimmerman was robbed</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<p>Please trade Ryan Church to the Cubs for a bag of baseballs.</p><p>Thank you.</p>

[K.C.]

<p>Definitely a rebuilding year for the Nationals. </p><p>They have a decent offense still, but the pitching looks like it's going to be pretty bad. </p><p>I've gone down to Washington for some Nats games the last couple of years. RFK reminds me of the old Vet in Philly. </p><p>I imagine I'll head down for a Phils/Nats game at some point this season. </p>

[El Mudo]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Please trade Ryan Church to the Cubs for a bag of baseballs.</p><p>Thank you.</p>&nbsp;A bag of baseballs would be a steal...&nbsp;&nbsp;Church has never been the same since he destroyed himself on that wall in Pittsburgh two years ago...last year he was so bad he was sent down to Double A<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Triple A, DOUBLE A...&nbsp;And besides, Escobar and Logan are upgrades over him anyway, if Escobar can ever stay healthy&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

Church is a pretty good option for a bench bat and backup OFer.

[narc]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br />Church is a pretty good option for a bench bat and backup OFer.<p>&nbsp;Who will be worse this year? Cubbies or Nats? </p><p>And I'm surprised you'd want Church. Isn't he a crazy fundie?&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>narc</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br />Church is a pretty good option for a bench bat and backup OFer. <p>&nbsp;Who will be worse this year? Cubbies or Nats? </p><p>And I'm surprised you'd want Church. Isn't he a crazy fundie?&nbsp;</p><p>no question its the nats, with all thye moves the cubs made, and the lack thereof by the nats </p>

[SPeeDy_Freak]

<p>The Nats are trying to build a team for the opening of their new park.</p><p>Zimmerman is the cornerstone of this franchise and they are building a young pitching staff. </p><p>Will be a rough 2007 but I expect there to be improvement in '08 with them beginning to contend in 2009 and beyond.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>SPeeDy_Freak</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The Nats are trying to build a team for the opening of their new park.</p><p>Zimmerman is the cornerstone of this franchise and they are building a young pitching staff. </p><p>Will be a rough 2007 but I expect there to be improvement in '08 with them beginning to contend in 2009 and beyond.</p><p>which is why the mets need to win now, the windows open</p><p>braves are finally vulnerable, not the dominat team they were for 15 years</p><p>marlins are hit and miss but dont scare me, nats are still young </p><p>the phillies are the only threat to another division crown</p>

[El Mudo]

Well...now that Spring's over, I really don't think this team will be as bad as I originally thought. I think we will lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-90 games, which would make us respectably bad, as opposed to unutterably bad.

Here's how the lineup looks

LF - Ryan Church
CF- Nook Logan
RF- Austin Kearns

3B-Ryan Zimmerman
SS-Cristian Guzman
2B-Felipe Lopez
1B-Dmitri Young

C-Brian Schneider

Bench:

Alex Escobar, Chris Snelling, Ronnie Belliard, Robert Fick, Jesus Flores


I think for the most part, we will have a pretty good offense. Guzman has played REALLY well during the spring, and most around the organization feel he has rededicated himself to baseball. With Lopez leading off and Guzman hitting second, if they can get on consistently, Zimmy should see a TON of fastballs, which means he should put up some real good numbers. I still don't understand how he didn't win the ROY last year. Was Hanley Ramirez really all that much better?

Dmitri Young is just keeping Nick Johnson's spot warm (he won the clash of the titans over Travis Lee and Larry Broadway) he'll be out until at least July I believe...after one of the sickest baseball injuries ive ever seen last year, when he broke his leg in two running into Austin Kearns.

Theyve got Lopez leading off...I dont know how long he will do that until the Nooker supplants him (he's been a little banged up during the spring). Schneider is one of the best catchers in the game, so im not worried about that position. Escobar played great in the limited time I saw him last year, but he can never stay healthy, and Snelling has been RAKING all spring (we got him from Seattle in the Vidro deal). Flores (a Rule 5 kid) backs up Brian Schneider, so I assume theyre keeping Fick around to platoon 1B with Young or to play some RF


Pitching looks like

Rotation

John Patterson
Shawn Hill
Matt Chico
Jason Bergmann
Jerome Wee-ums/Lavale Speigner

Jason Simonatacci will probably be in the rotation once he returns from injury. Chico has looked really shaky at times spring, but Speigner has been lights out. I believe he only gave up one or two runs all spring in something like 20 innings.

Bullpen

John Rauch, Ryan Wagner, Micah Bowie, Ray King, Jesus Colome, Chad Cordero


The pitching staff as a whole is really mediocre at best, but I hope playing in the cavern that is RFK will help. Bergmann looked good today in the little I saw of him.


This will be a long season, but I can deal with the losing knowing that we have a good future ahead of us



GO NATS!

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[epo]

You've gotta love spring. Even a Nationals fan has hope before seeing their squad hit the field.

With a few breaks going their way, they might win 50 this season.

[El Mudo]

I was thinking 50 too at the beginning of spring


But we're not that bad

[K.C.]

They can begin to build a decent core around Zimmerman, Johnson, and Lopez.

Their biggest problem, though, is that they don't have a lot of chips come the trading deadline in terms of players to move to stock up on prospects, unless they entertain the idea of trading Chad Cordero for some major league ready talent.

They're going to have to hope Austin Kearns puts up a big year, or Guzman plays a little more like he did in Minnesota, or someone like Jerome Williams who's still young enough where he could be decent starts out well and they can move them at the deadline to some team that's desperate and rob them of some pretty good prospects.

[El Mudo]

Well, Johnson's out until at least July....Wee-ums has pitched well enough to make the rotation.


They have been trying to move Cordero for a while...we'll see what happens. But other than that, there are no quick fixes. There's nothing in the system, and its something they'll have to build up over time.

Can you tell i'm still mad about the fact that "genius" Omar Minaya traded Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, and Brandon Phillips away?

[cougarjake13]

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Can you tell i'm still mad about the fact that "genius" Omar Minaya traded Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, and Brandon Phillips away?

not so much

[El Mudo]

After the first two games, all i can say is...."oof"



I may have to go back to my 50 win projection


Not only have we looked bad the first two games, but after one game

-Nook Logan was put on the DL
-Cristian Guzman was put on the DL
-Jesus Colome has a bad shin


And today, Ronnie Belliard was hit TWICE by baseballs during BP in freak occurences



Only 159 more games to go :blink: ...this is depressing

[Fezticle98]

Got back from tonight's game about an hour ago. Unbelievably, they are possibly more atrocious than reported. The bullpen is well on its way to being exhausted by the middle of April. Now I know what it was like for my parents to go to Senators' games.

[A.J.]

This team is going to run away with the record for most errors. They must have booted 3 routine double plays last night.

[SPeeDy_Freak]

Being a long--time Expo fan for 30 years, this season may be by far the most difficult to watch. They have some key young players and are building towards the opening of the new stadium but this will likely be a 100+ loss season.

[El Mudo]

This team is going to run away with the record for most errors. They must have booted 3 routine double plays last night.


Actually, the defense last year may have been worse...this is an improvement

[El Mudo]

Here's a good debate....would you rather have




Screech the Eagle


http://www.dsoftware.biz/images/slideshows/baseball/baseball7.jpg




or Youppi!


http://www.chuckwelch.com/photos/i/youppi_040618_mon_a.jpg







I miss Youppi!

[TheMojoPin]

I prefer not having a mascot at all.

Though I think that's due to the theory that at least 18 different Cubs mascots would have been murdered by drunken and frustrated fans by this point.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

good comeback win today good ,but not MET good

[El Mudo]

Dear God we won a game......






WE WON A GAME!!

[cougarjake13]

Dear God we won a game......






WE WON A GAME!!

oh well
no 0-162 for you

[El Mudo]

Hooray!!


Not only did we win a game tonight....we actually LED in a game!!!!


It took us 9 games, but we finally led in one for an inning!! And Chad Cordero got a save! He loaded the bases with walks and base hits, but he got the save!!

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Nats Beat the Mets 2-3 Lat Night

:king:

[cupcakelove]

Nats Beat the Mets 2-3 Lat Night

:king:

Am I missing something here? I could have sworn that they lost.

[K.C.]

Am I missing something here? I could have sworn that they lost.

It was a moral victory.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Am I missing something here? I could have sworn that they lost.

twas a joke, it Said 2-3 Meaning the Nats lost

:king:

[El Mudo]

Wow...I can't believe they threw El Duque out...


I keep waiting to see how the boys are going to blow this 6-1 lead

[cougarjake13]

Wow...I can't believe they threw El Duque out...


I keep waiting to see how the boys are going to blow this 6-1 lead

they didnt

[BoondockSaint]

Good job by the Nationals wearing Virginia Tech hats tonight.

[cougarjake13]

Good job by the Nationals wearing Virginia Tech hats tonight.

thats fucking cool

and they just scored and may take the lead

as lee corso says

not so fast my friend

[Landblast]

Good job by the Nationals wearing Virginia Tech hats tonight.

even if you live as far south as Richmond or even Va beach, which i have, D.C. is and feels
like a part of you.

[cougarjake13]

even if you live as far south as Richmond or even Va beach, which i have, D.C. is and feels
like a part of you.

theres no pics any where yet

guess i'll have to wait til sportscenter

[BoondockSaint]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070418/i/r2877489024.jpg

[Landblast]

theres no pics any where yet

guess i'll have to wait til sportscenter

i'm watching the game in my living room on hd and it's something to watch, wish you could see it cougar

[cougarjake13]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070418/i/r2877489024.jpg

sweet where'd ya find it ???

[cougarjake13]

i'm watching the game in my living room on hd and it's something to watch, wish you could see it cougar

wish i could too

[BoondockSaint]

sweet where'd ya find it ???

Yahoo news.

[cougarjake13]

Yahoo news.

shit see i dont even check there first casue i'd think theyd be the last spot

[BoondockSaint]

shit see i dont even check there first casue i'd think theyd be the last spot


They are very good with getting photos up fast. It's the only reason I ever go there.

[cougarjake13]

They are very good with getting photos up fast. It's the only reason I ever go there.

thanks for the heads up

[El Mudo]

It was a very nice gesture by the boys to wear those hats (it was suggested by a fan and Stan Kasten liked the idea so much he called up the Commissioner to get permission)


I'm proud to be a fan today


http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0417/mlb_u_young_195.jpg



http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/a129e9d8-f1a6-4591-9a02-ed514245697f.jpg

[cougarjake13]

they kinda go wityh the uni's too

looks awesome and im glad to see that at least in baseball the commish isnt a dick about showing love to people who need/ deserve it

[El Mudo]

Shawn Hill has been a pleasant surprise this year....he's pitched awesome, and just hasn't got any support, but he got the job done today....and the Chief held on for the save

The Pen really has taken a beating lately...between Micah Bowie's blowups and Chief blowing saves...its basically become the Jesus Colome show


I dont know why they don't bring up Emiliano Fruto already...he's pitched really well at Columbus (theyre hitting .098 off him!!)

[El Mudo]

We swept the Marlins....hooray!!!


We lost Shawn Hill....noooo!!!!


Jason Simontacchi has pitched well in his few starts...much better than Jerome Weeums, who's also hurt


Freakin injuries are killing us...Nook Logan and Guzman missed the first two week's, Nick Johnson is just now getting back to walking, and now Shawn Hill and Jerome Weeums have both gone down

Four this week against ATL and then those jackoffs from Baltimore over the weekend

[cougarjake13]

We swept the Marlins....hooray!!!


We lost Shawn Hill....noooo!!!!


Jason Simontacchi has pitched well in his few starts...much better than Jerome Weeums, who's also hurt


Freakin injuries are killing us...Nook Logan and Guzman missed the first two week's, Nick Johnson is just now getting back to walking, and now Shawn Hill and Jerome Weeums have both gone down

Four this week against ATL and then those jackoffs from Baltimore over the weekend


0-7 ???

[Bama]

Crap!

I forgot the Braves were in town this week! I have to get to one of those games.

[El Mudo]

Bergie has a no hitter through 7 and 11 strikeouts

[Bama]

Sutton's working for MASN now?




FUCK! SMOLTZ IS HURT!

[Bama]

That sucks for Bergman.

McCann just jacked one out.

[El Mudo]

Yeah....I like our radio team better than our TV team to be honest




And there goes the no no and the shutout



That was REALLY a freaky injury to Smoltz

[El Mudo]

Sorry, but I have NO SYMPATHY for the Yankees and their injury troubles...


Not when FOUR FIFTHS of our starting rotation is on the DL....four fifths!!!!!


Original Rotation: John Patterson, Matt Chico, Shawn Hill, Jason Bergmann, Jerome Weeums

Current Rotation: Matt Chico, Micah Bowie, Mike Bacsik, LaVale Speigner, Jason Simontacchi


Patterson, Hill, Bergmann and Weeums are all on the DL...not to mention Luis Ayala is still hurt, and Chad Cordero just got back from bereavement leave.....yeesh!!!!

[El Mudo]

Win for the boys tonight makes 4 in a row....


Look out, but we're only 9 games under .500.....


And 90% of the pitching staff is still out hurt

[El Mudo]

We have to deal Dmitri Young...


The guy's been RAKING and could be a really valuable addition for a contender...hope we can get some good prospects back for him

[TheMojoPin]

Just give him a lady cop to strangle every so often and he'll be fine.

[El Mudo]

Haha....there was a great story about him earlier this year


Apparently, he doesn't like to give interviews when he's not dressed...one of the paper guys was trying to interview him and he learned very quickly its not a good idea to ask him questions when he isn't dressed


At this point, we could use the depth in the minors (and Dmitri becomes expendable when Nick Johnson comes back in July)...he will almost certainly be dealt, and I could also see them dealing Cordero and/or Colome, since the bullpen is one of the strengths of the club right now, and a place where we have a lot of depth even though we've lost Ryan Wagner for probably all of the next two years, and maybe for good (his shoulder is kaput) and Luis Ayala should be coming back in the next couple of months too...not to mention guys like Bacsik, and Bowie, and possibly Speigner/Simontacchi will be moving back into the bullpen as Hill, Patterson, Bergie and Jerome Weeums come back, although at this point i'd rather have Simontacchi or Speigner in the rotation than Jerome Weeums, who was flat out terrible, and had no faith in his own stuff....if you deal Cordero, Jon Rauch can close, he proved that when he filled in when the Chief went on bereavement leave




And how about LaVale Speigner having a GREAT outing against the Twins?....wow....his stuff was electric

[El Mudo]

100th save for the Chief....became the second youngest to do so


I dont know how he does it....he doesn't overpower anybody, and he doesnt have an "out" pitch (like Rivera's cutter or Hoffman's changeup), and more saves that I can remember have ended with the bases loaded or with a fly ball on the warning track

[K.C.]

The question is how many more will he get as a National...there will be a nice market for Cordero at the deadline this season...the Nationals have a chance to make out with some good young players if they decide to trade him.

[DolaMight]

I miss all 13 expos fans that would show up for every game, having all those people at the games in Washington is distracting and really ruins the atmosphere. Bring em back to Montz. It was a nice place to get some light reading done.

[El Mudo]

The question is how many more will he get as a National...there will be a nice market for Cordero at the deadline this season...the Nationals have a chance to make out with some good young players if they decide to trade him.


I know we'll get a lot of value for Dmitri...the guy is the second best hitter in the entire NL right now, only behind some guy from Colorado, which really means he is the best hitter in the NL right now since any hitting stats accrued in Colorado shouldn't count. He'll be a good addition for a contender

I waver on Cordero all the time....as ineffective and as frustrating as he can be at times, the guy still gets saves, and i believe he's only 23 or 24. I really think he's someone we can build around and he can be the closer here for a long time, and I think management feels the same way, so I'm thinking more that they will deal Jesus Colome, who will probably be our representative in the all star game, and who just KILLS righties (theyre only hitting .193 off him). I could also see a potential Micah Bowie deal for a team that needs another left handed arm down the stretch...he's pitched very well for us as a spot starter since the rotation imploded

Good news on the minor front....they just promoted the entire outfield from Hagerstown to Potomac (Justin Maxwell, Chris Marerro and Mike Daniel)

[Wallower]

Damn. I thought I saw a Washington Generals thread.

[El Mudo]

Get out the brooms!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.eveandersson.com/photos/guatemala/chichicastenango/brooms-large.jpg




Now, with this win and sweep, we now have the EXACT SAME NUMBER OF WINS that the Orioles do


How about that!!!


http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2005-03/2428061.jpg

[Fezticle98]

Glad to see Watson get the call-up and contribute to the win in his second game. He deserves another look. Especially with Logan and Langerhans playing like L-squared.

Mudo, any plans to add Potomac to your list of minor league parks? With everything I've seen and read about Chris Marrero, I might have to take a trip down there. Did you see him at Hagerstown?

[El Mudo]

Yeah I was down there in Hagerstown when Marerro, Daniel and Maxwell were all there...I dont remember much about Marerro, but I do remember being impressed by Daniel and Maxwell

They felt they owed Watson....and with Fick going on bereavement leave, a spot opened up on the roster (I think they also put Escobar back on the DL, which opened up a spot for Luis Ayala)

I won't go see Potomac cause I really have no desire to deal with going to Woodbridge...If I ever go out there, itll either be on a weekend, or if they do another major/minor doubleheader deal at RFK

[El Mudo]

One of our other prospects, Colin Balester is pitching really well down in Harrisburg (AA)....so well in fact that a lot of people feel he will be up with the big club for September callups, if not before then

[El Mudo]

Tough week....lost Cristian Guzman for the season due to thumb surgery

That means Lopez back to SS and Belliard back to 2b...and its not a coincidence we were at our worst when Guzman was out of the lineup earlier in the season...

This is going to be a bad stretch....Luis Ayala is back and pitching well, but its going to be a while for Nick Johnson. They had to send Brandon Watson back down when Robert Fick came back, which didn't make a lot of sense to some people, but Nook Logan is out of minor league options (as is Ryan Langerhans) and neither of those guys would clear waivers on their way back to AAA. I still believe in Logan...his speed on the basepaths can change games, he's just got to find a way to get on base consistently


I also think its time to end the Mike Bacsik experiment...I'd really like to see what John Lannan can do, since he's been pitching so well (and he's also a 6 foot 5 lefty), and even Emiliano Fruto...but I assume Fruto, and guys like Mike Hinckley and Balester will have to wait till september call ups. Hell, Mike O'Connor's still down there too, and he started here all last year

[Marc with a c]

Hell, Mike O'Connor's still down there too, and he started here all last year

didn't mike o'connor throw a perfect game this year?

[El Mudo]

didn't mike o'connor throw a perfect game this year?



He sure did!!!


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[El Mudo]

Two out of three from Milwaukee to go into the break...i'm impressed (of course, if we hadn't dropped 3 out of 4 to the Cubs right before that :thumbdown:)


As far as a first half recap, i'm genuinely surprised. People expected us to be in/around the 50 win barrier, and we're not really that far off from last year's pace at all (i believe we're on pace to win one more game than last year's pace), and having most of the pitching staff hurt could have exacerbated the situation, but we've managed to stay together and play good baseball for the most part. Now comes dealing off tradeable assets (like Dmitri Young) and getting good parts in return. I look for a lot of people to move, and a lot of guys in our system to get their shots over the second half (like Colin Balester, Emiliano Fruto, John Lannan, Brandon Watson etc)


Manny Acta should be manager of the year, and i say that with ZERO bias

[Fezticle98]

I was happy to read this. I'm guessing Mudo is ecstatic.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/wires/07/26/2010.ap.bbn.nationals.young.0419/

Captain Obvious says: Runaway comeback player of the year.

[El Mudo]

I was happy to read this. I'm guessing Mudo is ecstatic.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/wires/07/26/2010.ap.bbn.nationals.young.0419/

Captain Obvious says: Runaway comeback player of the year.



Not as ecstatic as you might think. I really think its a mistake. Sure he's had a hell of a year hitting the ball, but his value is never going to be higher than it is now, you could have gotten some really good young talent for him (like the Rangers just got for Teixiera), and we already have Nick Johnson. Now DMo says he's going to lose 40 pounds and play Left Field, which could reset the unintentional comedy scale as we know it, but what happens when Johnson comes back full time? And the OF is crowded already (even tho Langerhans and Logan hit about as well as I do and Alex Escobar can't stay healthy) Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they still dealt him, but I think its remote now. I think the Belliard extension was a little short sighted too for pretty much the same reasons


I don't look for us to do much on deadline day...Cordero's name has been flying around out there since early June, but we'll have to see what happens. There really wasnt a whole lot here to sell outside of Belliard and DMo.

Cristian Guzman's injury REALLY wrecked the team this year...we haven't been the same since...and he was RAKING at the time he got hurt

[El Mudo]

We've been on a roll...won 9 of the last 11...


I'm looking forward to us being in the national spotlight this week...John Lannan goes tomorrow against the Giants and you know who

[cougarjake13]

We've been on a roll...won 9 of the last 11...


I'm looking forward to us being in the national spotlight this week...John Lannan goes tomorrow against the Giants and you know who

MR. 756 ???

[El Mudo]

By the way....


We're only 9 games under .500 (51-60)


Manny Acta has to be manager of the year...