tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post4753074094967344868..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Nats vs. Marlins - 3/26/13Mark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-8955640878707146682013-03-26T18:36:04.389-04:002013-03-26T18:36:04.389-04:00Well, he didn't say he wanted to bet, he asked...Well, he didn't say he wanted to bet, he asked, rhetorically, who does. <br /><br />But having said that ... you sound pretty sure, Steve Hayes. Sucker bet, no doubt. I mean, nobody is gonna hit .400, that's crazy, right? So you'd give pretty good odds on that grand?Holden Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941566402992955387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-23149253408337279952013-03-26T18:05:17.153-04:002013-03-26T18:05:17.153-04:00Steve Hayes said...
To the person who wants t...<em>Steve Hayes said...<br /><br /> To the person who wants to bet whether or not Harper will hit .400? Uh, I think you need to calm down a bit, maybe take a Xanax. I'll take the bet. $1000 says Harper won't hit .400. easy money.</em><br /><br />Yeah, he almost certainly won't hit .400. <br /><br />Not this year, anyway...<br />Candidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384645593063095481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-20853217520419807122013-03-26T18:05:00.898-04:002013-03-26T18:05:00.898-04:00Let's just blame the wind and move on. I hope ...Let's just blame the wind and move on. I hope that was seriously the case. I can't imagine Haren being so HR-prone in regular season.<br /><br />from numbers, he seems to be generating more groundouts than flyouts. he should be fine with that. anyways ST numbers don't mean much. Faraz Shaikhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633161449674428190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-57669325043222487032013-03-26T17:49:39.777-04:002013-03-26T17:49:39.777-04:00"You don't compare Morse to Harper - Harp..."You don't compare Morse to Harper - Harper was there last year. You compare Span to Morse -- you compare personnel change, not who is playing the position."<br /><br />That's basically what he did. It's like a double switch. You don't dwell on who bumped who where, you look at the lineup before and after.The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-72398617277995498642013-03-26T17:44:12.108-04:002013-03-26T17:44:12.108-04:00Steve Hayes....you are sharp man! Can't get nu...Steve Hayes....you are sharp man! Can't get nuttin' by you!Rabbit34https://www.blogger.com/profile/15914662294717993725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-46017394071528974932013-03-26T17:40:56.597-04:002013-03-26T17:40:56.597-04:00To Rabbit 34: Nothing wrong with Haren that a big...To Rabbit 34: Nothing wrong with Haren that a big ball park won't fix. Ha Ha. Got news for you: an American Legion Fastball aint gonna get anyone out -- big park or small. When you're throwing pure pus up there at 86-87, you can barely get good high school kids out. He looks terrible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216295144319079327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-34614618582857403942013-03-26T17:37:36.545-04:002013-03-26T17:37:36.545-04:00To the person who wants to bet whether or not Harp...To the person who wants to bet whether or not Harper will hit .400? Uh, I think you need to calm down a bit, maybe take a Xanax. I'll take the bet. $1000 says Harper won't hit .400. easy money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216295144319079327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-82360800687913302412013-03-26T17:34:35.302-04:002013-03-26T17:34:35.302-04:00Candide does a goodf analysis -- except for the ou...Candide does a goodf analysis -- except for the outfield, his logic here is flawed. You don't compare Morse to Harper - Harper was there last year. You compare Span to Morse -- you compare personnel change, not who is playing the position. Span cannot even begin to compete with Morse at the plate. Defensively he is better, but Nats won 98 games without Span, but can they win 98 games without Morse? remains to be seen.<br /><br />Haren: an unmitigated disaster in the offing. Is he washed up? Is this the real Haren? If it is, Rizzo just wasted 13 million bucks. 13 mil for Haren, what a joke.<br /><br />Let go of Young while you pay a washed up Haren 13 million -- oh, that's very smart.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Davey declares Haren is his #4? Not only does Davey talk stupid at times, but he disses his players, in this case Detweiler. Look for an interesting year. Rizzo's magic dust might be all gone. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216295144319079327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-7972714387097047562013-03-26T17:28:38.940-04:002013-03-26T17:28:38.940-04:00When I get worried, I just keep muttering to mysel...When I get worried, I just keep muttering to myself "it doesn't count." Holden Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941566402992955387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-4096379309105125142013-03-26T17:16:49.540-04:002013-03-26T17:16:49.540-04:00Been thinking about how good the Nats will be this...Been thinking about how good the Nats will be this year. Easiest way (for me, anyway), is to go down the list of the regulars and see how I think they'll do compared to last year. <br /><br />Going around the infield:<br /><br />LaRoche: Don't see him having a better year next year, given his age and the fact that last year was a career season for him. Expect him to regress to his norm, which still ain't bad.<br /><br />Danny: Everything I'm hearing is that he seems to have grown up as a hitter. Looking for him to have similar power as last year, but with much better OBP and fewer Ks<br /><br />Desmond: Tough one to call. Was last year a career year, or was it his new norm? I think the latter, at least until I see evidence otherwise. But I'm not going to predict an even better year this season.<br /><br />Zimm: His post-cortisone season was great. If he avoids injury, expect him to hit .290 or so, 30-35 homers, 110-120 RBIs with all the men on base he's going to see (assuming Harper doesn't clear the decks ahead of him). If LaRoche is having a poor season, expect Zimm to get a lot more walks.<br /><br />Catcher: Ramos/KSuz has to be a big improvement over KSuz/Whoever Isn't Injured. Glad to see Wilson in good shape. Now if he can just learn to hold on to throws from the outfield...<br /><br />Outfield: <br /><br />Werth: His OPS last year was right at his career average, despite falloff in home run power. He's much more of a doubles hitter now than in Philly, and strikes out a lot less. At 33, hard to see him having better OPS than his career average, but not having him miss half the season has to help the team.<br /><br />Center Field: Span won't hit nearly as well as Harper did last year, but should be better defensively.<br /><br />Harper: We won't miss Morse at the plate with Harper taking his place. Or in left field, for that matter. Anyone want to bet whether or not he'll hit .400?<br /><br />So at the plate, we have two players who (I think) won't be as good as last year (or the guy they replace in the field) - LaRoche and Span. Three who will put up similar numbers to last year (Desmand, Zimm, and Werth, adjusting the latter two for injury time). And three who should be better - Espinosa, catcher, Harper/left field. Overall, a somewhat better lineup.<br /><br />Starting Pitching:<br /><br />All the starters except Gio and Haren are at the stage of their careers where they're maturing. So I'm looking for all of them to be better, for various reasons. Strasburg because 200 innings, and he looks stronger (have you seen his legs? Calves look like Popeye the Sailor's). Zimmermann because he apparently now has a changeup, which Boswell says is like teaching a gorilla to use a machine gun. Detwiler because he started showing last year that he trusts his stuff. I don't see Gio being better than last year - maybe a little less rattle-prone with experience. Haren... tough call; is he back from his injury last year? Or was giving up four homers to the Marlins today a harbinger of bad things to come?<br /><br />Starting Pitching conclusion: Three better, one regressing somewhat, one a big question mark.<br /><br />Bull pen: I really don't think it's going to be as much of a problem as some people here seem to think. Davy wants his starters to go longer this season, and there's no reason they shouldn't. With Soriano, Storen, Clippard, and the rest, finding two guys per game to pitch the eighth and ninth shouldn't be too hard.<br /><br />So I think we're definitely a somewhat stronger team than last year's 98-win squad. Would be interested to know other people think. <br /><br />I know at least one guy sees them at 81-81...Candidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384645593063095481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-84069448339841143962013-03-26T16:53:43.647-04:002013-03-26T16:53:43.647-04:00It appears that Harper -- he of a 9 for 9 streak w...It appears that Harper -- he of a 9 for 9 streak with a walk thrown in for good measure -- is getting sent to the doctor because of increased swelling in his thumb. Apparently, the trainers have seen him for a few days, but not the doctors. You can't and shouldn't send everyone to a doctor every time there is an ache or pain, but it sure seems like we read a lot of stories about this team making diagnoses a bit late. Is this normal for big league teams to let things fester for days based on the player's instincts and the trainers. Why wouldn't you err on the side of caution with a player of Harper's ilk. Mind you, I routinely wait too long to seek medical advice for injuries and illness, but I support my family by sitting on my a$% all day at a computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-8808495064168449882013-03-26T16:38:03.934-04:002013-03-26T16:38:03.934-04:00Lohse turned down 13.3 Mil from the CardsLohse turned down 13.3 Mil from the CardsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796028356354832040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-58049006869504047492013-03-26T16:35:04.441-04:002013-03-26T16:35:04.441-04:00It's still real money to Lohse. At his age, i...It's still real money to Lohse. At his age, it's probably a better outcome than taking the $13.3 qualifying offer the Cards made him and hoping for next year. No doubt it's a hit to the Brewers. Maybe they decided it was worth giving up that draft pick to avoid having to rely on Yovani Gallardo and four no names for a rotation. <br /><br />Remember when Greinke nixed a deal with the Nats to go there because he thought he had a better shot at the playoffs? Section 222https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106128453333996193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-69841750963934119862013-03-26T16:29:02.778-04:002013-03-26T16:29:02.778-04:00Er, 34,000 tickets, not $34,000.Er, 34,000 tickets, not $34,000.NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-47267942017025244672013-03-26T16:28:01.758-04:002013-03-26T16:28:01.758-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-56858332821402369842013-03-26T16:27:20.533-04:002013-03-26T16:27:20.533-04:00The deal is back-loaded a lot, 222. Apparently, i...The deal is back-loaded a lot, 222. Apparently, it's only worth about $9 million/year in present value. They still lose the draft pick (#17) and the pool money. I read that around this time of year the Brewers sell about 7,000 tickets a day, but when the Lohse signing was made public they sold $34,000. That's some fan club.NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13282394335505827472013-03-26T16:25:35.958-04:002013-03-26T16:25:35.958-04:00Pete Kozma hit a grand slam today. Pete Kozma hit a grand slam today. NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-42318094733922756942013-03-26T16:17:37.337-04:002013-03-26T16:17:37.337-04:00Somehow I missed this the other day -- Lohse is a ...Somehow I missed this the other day -- Lohse is a Brewer. Three years/$33 million. Vindication for Boras?Section 222https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106128453333996193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-57161972520446226312013-03-26T16:11:11.121-04:002013-03-26T16:11:11.121-04:00I like Tim Kurkjian. Stras on the new SI cover. G...I like Tim Kurkjian. Stras on the new SI cover. Go Nats!Ghost Of Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05745394350047225996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-72391578922200438292013-03-26T16:04:31.303-04:002013-03-26T16:04:31.303-04:00Nats need to do the usual--beat up on the bad team...Nats need to do the usual--beat up on the bad teams (Mets and Marlins). Hold their own against the better teams. Don't slack off and take the bad teams for granted... Just chew them up and spit them out. NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-8684064009044879332013-03-26T16:03:14.081-04:002013-03-26T16:03:14.081-04:00Tim Kirkjian just said the Nats were the best team...Tim Kirkjian just said the Nats were the best team he's seen this spring. <br /><br />Look at Clip's ERA and WHIP--you think that's going to last all season? Espi's improved, Werth is solid. Gio looks good... <br /><br />Span will come around. So will Haren IF (big IF) if he's not hurt. <br /><br />The main thing is, to me, no one injured (except Garcia). Everyone is getting their work in. NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-76786176071569837452013-03-26T15:39:39.006-04:002013-03-26T15:39:39.006-04:00Nothing wrong with Haren that one huge ballpark wo...Nothing wrong with Haren that one huge ballpark wouldn't solve!Rabbit34https://www.blogger.com/profile/15914662294717993725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-72457059038942054172013-03-26T15:38:50.102-04:002013-03-26T15:38:50.102-04:00Not to be too negative here, but Haren's sprin...Not to be too negative here, but Haren's spring reminds me too much of Former Nat Jason Marquis' first year with the team...TimDzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979720060595724761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-65248449797715765932013-03-26T15:36:34.523-04:002013-03-26T15:36:34.523-04:00Thanks, 222. :-)
Section 222 said...
Hmm, I&...Thanks, 222. :-)<br /><br />Section 222 said...<br /><br /> Hmm, I'm going to buy 1a a Coke, if not for the ST stat, then for the Aaaarrrrggghhh.<br />natsfan1ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540238101124316529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-27931907871151301792013-03-26T15:34:26.631-04:002013-03-26T15:34:26.631-04:00Well, that was an excellent game. By which I mean ...Well, that was an excellent game. By which I mean short.<br /><br />Well done, boys! Now I can get back to other stuff.Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212781754082333423noreply@blogger.com