Anthony Franco
Hey everybody, hope you loved the vacation weekend!
Steve stretched his right into a four-day weekend so I am in right now and he’ll take the standard Friday slot. Going to remain round an hour on this one in consequence
Let’s get rolling
Cactusflair
Why didnt the Nats really attempt to enhance the group on this previous off season?? Felt like exterior of Sirotka signing they did nothing.
Denise Dunbar
Do you suppose the Nats’ first decide in subsequent week’s draft might be much more telling after the Rizzo firing? It appears to me in the event that they decide Holliday, they’re saying the rebuild is ongoing for fairly some time. In that occasion, I feel they need to commerce Gore if they will get a haul for him. Conversely, in the event that they take one of many faculty lefties, to me meaning they suppose they might probably contend for a wildcard subsequent yr and may sign they plan to spend extra this offseason. Apparently, they despatched out a season ticket holder survey about 10 days in the past asking a number of questions on how happy we had been with the course of the group. I lambasted possession, however not administration, in responses. However I additionally surprise if this survey and its general outcomes factored into their resolution making?
Anthony Franco
Two of plenty of Nats questions in right here. Martinez getting fired did not actually shock me however I used to be a little bit greatly surprised that they moved on from Rizzo. I get why it occurred, however I did not see that coming
I really suppose their offseason made sense. They felt they had been nonetheless a yr off from being aggressive and did not suppose a Danny Jansen signing or Eugenio Suárez commerce would’ve moved the needle. Laborious for me to disagree with that. They most likely ought to’ve been concerned on the high of the rotation market, however that is as a lot an possession query as it’s a entrance workplace one
Clearly, their collection of low-cost bullpen pickups particularly blew up, however I really suppose they’ve proven progress this yr within the extra significant stuff (Wooden’s emergence as a celebrity, Gore’s growth, and so forth.)
I would not learn an excessive amount of into the #1 decide as an indication of their long-term course. Even when they do take Holliday (or Eli Willits, I assume), it is not unusual for high highschool draftees to get to the majors inside two or three years. It’d simply be an indication that they suppose these guys are higher prospects than the highest faculty pitcher on their board
Choose-Out
Is that this the commerce deadline somebody with an opt-out or participant choice lastly will get traded?
Anthony Franco
Occurred with Scherzer just a few years in the past, although he preemptively exercised the choice to make it occur. I feel somebody will take the chance on Lugo this summer season
He is clearly going to decide out if he is wholesome, $15M if he does blow out would suck however is not catastrophic (it is what groups gamble on the present model of Scherzer and Verlander and Alex Cobb), and the availability of beginning pitching is de facto mild
Edward Cabrera
What does a commerce bundle seem like for me and who do you suppose might be calling Bendix essentially the most about it? Is there a world the place Sandy and I get dealt to the identical group?
Anthony Franco
He matches wherever actually (other than the deep rebuild groups like Colorado and the White Sox). Low-cost, amidst a possible breakout, two and a half seasons of management
Yankees, Cubs and Padres are the primary three that come to thoughts however there aren’t many locations he may land that may shock me
Appears much less doubtless that somebody would do the Alcantara/Cabrera bundle deal. They’re each adequate to help a powerful return individually, and the Fish would most likely be higher off splitting them up and buying every individually. No assure they transfer Cabrera in any respect
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