BREAK UP THE F-ING NATIONALS

Boswell nails this.

The Nats really shouldn't think about Stras and Harper, and go about their business now.

zim the pitcher should be signed up right away no matter what it costs.. he is very reliable and solid

great article. the details about when the current big deals come off the books and how it lines up with strasburg/harper free agency never cease to amaze me.

i hope they do lock jordan up before the season, but the signs dont look too good imo. they seem far apart still, and he seems eager to test free agency.

personally, if it comes down to one or the other, sign desmond long term. zimmermann is a great pitcher, and while he wont be easy to replace by any means, hed be easier than desmond. shortstops like that dont come along very often.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/17/nationals-jordan-zimmermann-avoid-arbitration-with-two-year-deal/

interesting. not how i expected this to go. not sure what it means longterm, but interesting

edit: and accoridng to zuckerman desmond got a similar, but slightly cheaper, two year deal.

so theyre both still free agents after 2015 but no more arbitration to worry about

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
interesting. not how i expected this to go. not sure what it means longterm, but interesting

edit: and accoridng to zuckerman desmond got a similar, but slightly cheaper, two year deal.

so theyre both still free agents after 2015 but no more arbitration to worry about

Hmmm…that's not an extension, so I wouldn't get too excited.   

the more i think about it the more i can see it as both a positive sign towards a longterm deal and a negative, so im just gonna call it a wash and wait till next offseason

theyve apparently avoided arbitration with blevins and ramos now too

i think fister will be another interesting case.

vansmack wrote:
Boswell nails this.

The Nats really shouldn't think about Stras and Harper, and go about their business now.

Sports bum me out. Desi is probably my favorite Nat since the team moved here. I'd be so bummed to see him go play for another team. With his 2 year deal, that doesn't mean they'll extend him though, right? If he just keeps building on his past few seasons he'll probably be a hot free agent by then. But, who knows. Bam Bam to the Yanks in 5 years? Yeesh!

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
not sure why but i kinda have a feeling thats gonna end up looking like a classic billy beane steal. brown certainly didnt have a chance at making the big leagues for real here, but i was pretty impressed with what little i saw of him

We'll,  he probably won't make the A's this year either.  He was just designated for assignment by the A's to make room for the new left handed reliever the A's signed : O'Flaherty.

Beane is putting together quite the bullpen…

hutch wrote:
new bobblehead schedule

FINALLY i will complete my racing president set with Taft


giddy


http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/nats-announce-2014-bobblehead-giveaways?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

I think you meant this thread…though I did enjoy reading the conversation Venerable adn I were having 7 years ago.

Not sure how many people make it down to the PNats games [Potomac Nationals] but they also announced a Bam Bam bobblehead day along with a Jayson "Werewolf" Werth…. There isn't a picture, but there is a sort of preliminary mock up… I'll be there for this bad boy lol.

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140128&content_id=67213610&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t436&sid=t436

Karns for Lobaton

Shemp wrote:
Karns for Lobaton

I heard there were other prospects in the deal for the Nats.  Not sure why the Rays would do that, but good for the Nats if true.  Ramos and Lobaton know each other so that's also a good thing for the starter/backup relationship.

lobaton and two prospects, both in the rays top 30 or something

i like it. the nats needed a backup catcher and they seem to have a ton of guys to fill any role karns would have.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
two prospects, both in the rays top 30 or something

Drew Vettleson and Felipe Rivera.  If true, great deal for the Nats.

Bryce Harper ranked the #1 most overrated player by his peers:

1. Bryce Harper 24%
2. Yasiel Puig 21%
3. A-Rod 14%

Lol

Any going to Opening Day? I shall be there again! Very excited!

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Lol

Any going to Opening Day? I shall be there again! Very excited!

I'm going to have to sell my tickets :(

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
I'm going to have to sell my tickets :(

My old man had a quadruple bypass two weekends ago, which ruined my Spring Training outing. 

On the plus side, I've volunteered to go back to Anaheim this weekend to see him (and catch the Halo's opener, of course).  Never forget to turn a bad situation into something positive.

vansmack wrote:
Bryce Harper ranked the #1 most overrated player by his peers:

1. Bryce Harper 24%
2. Yasiel Puig 21%
3. A-Rod 14%

For stuff like this, I'm sure:

Nationals Bryce Harper, best LF in game per ESPN, was just ejected. From a spring training game. On a 4-3 groundout.

vansmack wrote:

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
I'm going to have to sell my tickets :(

My old man had a quadruple bypass two weekends ago, which ruined my Spring Training outing. 

Hope your pops gets well soon.