The Nats Thread

He came in last week in the 7th or 8th, I forget against who… But he had a decent reliever inning. It's way too late in the season to experiment. Maybe he'll come in after the Nats lock up the division and give some guys a day or 2 off before they head for the top seed in the league.

I feel for him. It's a shame, but everything has not been the same since the All Star Break. Drew has been lights out though.

I don't feel for him. He's a man. And yes, he's a man playing a kids game, but if he's not playing it well, leave him off the roster and let him take it like a man. He still makes a ton of cash anyway.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
how realistic is soriano being left off the playoff roster altogether? he doesnt seem to be a reliever comfortable pitching any inning, and he looked awful back in the 9th last night. at this point he seems like a waste of a playoff roster spot since he still cant be trusted in important situations, but would williams do it? i feel for soriano and id love to see him get it together but time isnt on his side right now

I would say realistic… yesterday was a "test" and he failed…

Nats could clinch tonight!

Heard on the radio that Williams was considering leaving Zimmerman on the bench as a DH and possibly to come in relief in left field or at first base. Word is he doesn't want to mess with Rendon at 3rd and Cabrera at 2nd. How crazy is that! I guess it's different because Zimmerman can't rehab in the minors when he comes back.

I hope the Nats clinch tonight. I home they just blast the Braves. It's the Braves "last gasp" of sorts. Fuck them.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Heard on the radio that Williams was considering leaving Zimmerman on the bench as a DH and possibly to come in relief in left field or at first base.

this doesnt really make any sense when you consider ryans defense is his liability at this point. you dont put a defensive downgrade in as a late game sub

i dont really have any doubt that ryan will be a starter come playoff time.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Heard on the radio that Williams was considering leaving Zimmerman on the bench as a DH

I think you meant PH.  Or if Williams is already working out his World Series roster, then you've got bigger problems…

vansmack wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Heard on the radio that Williams was considering leaving Zimmerman on the bench as a DH

I think you meant PH.  Or if Williams is already working out his World Series roster, then you've got bigger problems…

He's talking about DHing in the instructional league.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Heard on the radio that Williams was considering leaving Zimmerman on the bench as a DH and possibly to come in relief in left field or at first base.

this doesnt really make any sense when you consider ryans defense is his liability at this point. you dont put a defensive downgrade in as a late game sub

i dont really have any doubt that ryan will be a starter come playoff time.

Or he'll work left field or first base to give some guys a day off. Like I said, this was just a report on the radio. I thought it was interesting. Seeing as how Desmond and Cabrera have been since he joined the team and Rendon on 3rd.

yay! first team to clinch!

so who will we play??

i'm hoping someone takes me to a playoff game.. :)

hutch wrote:
yay! first team to clinch

Actually,  Anaheim clinched a playoff spot last night,  but it happened after you went to sleep so I'm not surprised you missed it.

first team to clinch a division though. bit more celebration worthy

on that note, how crazy is it that the nats hadnt actually clnched a playoff spot at all until they won the division for good.

really good game to clinch on too. that was some blast by desmond, and theres something really awesome about storen being on the mound to clinch it

really hoping the nats lock down the #1 seed in the coming weeks. let st louis and la wear out their best pitchers in the first round. the nats look good but id really rather they not have to face both teams

magic number for #1 seed is 10 btw

Yeah Baby!

Man, that blast from Desmond went about a mile. What a game. So awesome to have Drew out there to close out the game. It would be great if we got 1 final sweep with our bench guys in there tonight. Atlanta fans barely booed at the end of the game. That place sucks. I wonder how sad that concert was after the game lol.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
let st louis and la wear out their best pitchers in the first round. the nats look good but id really rather they not have to face both teams

This is hugely important - especially to avoid the Dodgers in a 5 game series (which I think the Nats will, but you never konw).  Having to face Kershaw twice in a 5 game series seems slightly unfair…

Impressive.

Most wins by an NL team, past three seasons
Nationals 271
Cardinals 268
Braves 265
Dodgers 264

I would have thought the Giants would be at or near the top of this list.

vansmack wrote:

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
let st louis and la wear out their best pitchers in the first round. the nats look good but id really rather they not have to face both teams

This is hugely important - especially to avoid the Dodgers in a 5 game series (which I think the Nats will, but you never konw).  Having to face Kershaw twice in a 5 game series seems slightly unfair…

true, but his short rest start in last years playoffs went terribly iirc.

even with kershaw, im hoping for a nats/dodgers nlcs. the nats looked comfortable against la this year and i think the cardinals are still a big time mental obstacle id rather not see the nats have to face.

though i dont think san fran or pittsburgh would necessarily be a cakewalk in the nlds, so i dont want to get too far ahead of things here

I think all the teams in the NL who are headed to the playoffs would make for very solid/stressful series. Nats are playing with so much confidence right now. Will be interesting to see once the picture clears up over the next week!

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
true, but his short rest start in last years playoffs went terribly iirc.

I was thinking Games 1 (Oct 3) & 5 (Oct 9) which would give him 5 days rest.   I think Game 4 is out of the question as it's 3 days rest (Oct 7).

All of this assumes they don't need to use him in the one game playoff.

Maybe I'm misremembering but the way I remember it the Nats hit Kershaw fairly good….oh wait, maybe that was the King