tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post5742212384182315250..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Instant analysis: Nats 4, Mets 0Mark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-67313649939722152002012-04-12T10:22:05.304-04:002012-04-12T10:22:05.304-04:00"Very disappointed with Espinosa's long s..."Very disappointed with Espinosa's long swing and how over-matched Bernadina has looked thus far."<br /><br />Agree about Bernie, but he just came back from hjs father's funeral. Let's cut him some slack for 2 weeks, at least. <br /><br />As for Danny, he has almost as many walks this year (5) as Ks (7). He has one of only 4 HRs the Nats have hit, and has shortened his swing, at least from the left side, and has taken to hitting to LF, as well, from the left side. In fact, his HR was from the left side and went to deep left and out of the park in Chicago.<br /><br />He has a much different approach at the plate this year. I don't know what guy you are looking at. Can't be the same one I have seen, a patient, disciplined batsman with a plan and a new swing. He has a .360 OBP, too. Just what is needed out of the 2 hole. He is doing his job, and very well, at the plate.<br /><br />Laddie_Blah_BlahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-19959874477959251352012-04-12T09:37:00.401-04:002012-04-12T09:37:00.401-04:00We scored 3 runs on a WP and 2 bases-loaded walks....We scored 3 runs on a WP and 2 bases-loaded walks. The 14 LOBs are troublesome, but if you believe in the law of averages, SOMEBODY has to get a clutch hit eventually.<br />When's the last time we were in first place??fast eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-32856174662529877772012-04-11T22:35:22.224-04:002012-04-11T22:35:22.224-04:00You know, if they go 2-1 for every series, they en...You know, if they go 2-1 for every series, they end the season with 108 wins. Probably gets them into the playoffs, eh?<br /><br />Not even the best team in baseball history went 162-0. I'm very happy with our current tie for first place. Bring on the Reds!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243007019646325480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-4732946520973219462012-04-11T21:29:41.701-04:002012-04-11T21:29:41.701-04:00Hate to be greedy, but the Nats could easily be si...Hate to be greedy, but the Nats could easily be sitting at 6-0 right now. Untimely mental errors and lack of clutch hitting - and too much swinging for the fences - cost us in both series. <br /><br />Very disappointed with Espinosa's long swing and how over-matched Bernadina has looked thus far.rogieshannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-71562096523732240912012-04-11T21:24:23.243-04:002012-04-11T21:24:23.243-04:00Color me officially PO'ed that MLB and ESPN ar...Color me officially PO'ed that MLB and ESPN are dwelling incessantly on the bad strike call when Stras K'd Bey, as if the only reason he won was because the ump screwed up. But no mention of the earlier calls when the same ump was miscalling several Stras strikes. The ump bias evened out. The media bias doesn't.NCNatsienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-78254354071941711412012-04-11T20:50:12.838-04:002012-04-11T20:50:12.838-04:00Oh, that was good to see! The game? Ugly. The resu...Oh, that was good to see! The game? Ugly. The result? Priceless. Mets were undefeated and atop the division when the Nats came to NY. Now, we are tied at the top of the NL East and we have momentum, and are heading home. <br /><br />Two series wins, solid pitching, amazing bullpen, and Desi is even drawing walks!<br /><br />Is it possible that the Nats have been drinking the NI Koolaid? Better mix up another batch!ehay2khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441654620820540390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-29564306960180324382012-04-11T20:22:38.800-04:002012-04-11T20:22:38.800-04:00The Nats are getting on base, and if they do it by...The Nats are getting on base, and if they do it by taking BBs, so be it. DeRosa got 3 today, including that key pass with the bases loaded. Changed the complexion of the game. If you take what they give you, chances are that you will win. Flores got an RBI the same way.<br /><br />Spinner has 5 walks already this year. That beats the hell out of swinging wildly at bad pitches and adding to his K total. The Nats made Sanatana work today by laying off and taking pitches. They just wore the guy out, and then we got to their lousy bullpen for 3 more runs doing the same thing. Davey may prefer the 3-run homer but he'll take 'em any way he can get 'em. Me, too.<br /><br />The Nats are young, but they are playing smart, disciplined baseball. They won even though they had some more defensive lapses today. <br /><br />Anyone else think that Flores is actually performing better than Ramos right now? I feel better when I see Flores behind the plate and in the batter's box.<br /><br />Man, SS is a stud. Can't see Detwiler not in the rotation from now on. Anyone who saw him pitch yesterday needs no further explanation for why he is the 5th starter ahead of Lannen. At times, he just overpowered the Mets.<br /><br />C'mon, Gio, you can do it, too.<br /><br />Laddie_Blah_BlahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-86245426056261420082012-04-11T20:04:00.170-04:002012-04-11T20:04:00.170-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974275173765700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13663268969819574192012-04-11T19:50:44.963-04:002012-04-11T19:50:44.963-04:00Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that o...<i>Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that one game really cost him an option? If he got a major league contract as did Strasburg, Harper, Rendon, Purke it would not have made a difference, correct? The first option would have been used the next year.</i><br /><br />If Detwiler got a major league contract like Strasburg, Harper, Rendon and Purke did, no one but no one reported it at the time. So chances are he did not. And here's how getting a major league contract or a September call-up affects a drafted player's option status. If the player gets either one, they have to be immediately placed on the 40 man roster. Then an option has to be burned the next year to send them to the minors. If they aren't given a major league contract or a September callup, they aren't on the 40 man roster, and they can be kept in the minors without using an option year. Options only come into play for players after they are placed on the 40 man roster.<br /><br />So yes, if Bowden used a September callup on Detwiler and had him pitch his one inning even though he wasn't given a major league contract, that was a mistake on Bowden's part.Feel Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-43317412417700616542012-04-11T19:48:06.783-04:002012-04-11T19:48:06.783-04:00With everyone so enamored of OBP these days, why i...<i>With everyone so enamored of OBP these days, why isn't there any enjoyment from the fact that this previously free-swinging bunch managed to get 10 walks?</i><br /><br />Right -- I think this proves the point that it is often the negatives, the near misses, that get the most focus. Fact is, however, we got four runs and they didn't get any. <br /><br />More importantly -- looking at mlb.com at 7:41 pm I see that the Nats are:<br /><br />3rd in NL for runs scored<br />2nd in BB's<br />3rd in BA<br />2d in OBA<br /><br />For pitching:<br />2d in ERA<br />2d in BA against<br /><br />So, those who are complaining at what the Nats are going now -- realize that if the Nats are able to keep up <i>this high a level</i> -- playoffs are a lock.<br /><br />Sure there's room for improvement -- even the best teams lose over 1/3 of their games.<br /><br />So, compared to other teams: hitting's pretty good, situational hitting probably average, pitching is very good.<br /><br />Big picture: withoure Morse and Storen we're in first place after beating Santana, doing it all on the road. I think, over all, things are looking pretty darn good.<br /><br />Especially when one is under the influence -- pass that kookaid!A DC Wonknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-29086319611243686032012-04-11T19:44:59.261-04:002012-04-11T19:44:59.261-04:00Anyone still interested in Denard Span?
Corey Bro...<i>Anyone still interested in Denard Span?</i><br /><br />Corey Brown appears to be Raking as the lead-off guy in Syracuse. Then there's Harper ... Perez and Kobernus both have six game hitting streaks both already have a bunch of stolen bases?<br /><br />Explain to me again, why do the Nats need Span? Or Marlon Byrd? Unless you're talking Bourjos, Upton or someone equivalent Rizzo probably hangs up. As he should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13370219897021389232012-04-11T19:41:30.779-04:002012-04-11T19:41:30.779-04:00New post on Storen's surgery...New post on Storen's surgery...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-9494736765138855812012-04-11T19:39:54.642-04:002012-04-11T19:39:54.642-04:00Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that o...<i>Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that one game really cost him an option?</i><br /><br />Apparently, it did. 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 were all option years. Every single one. <br /><br />Do you really believe he was ready immediately after he was drafted in 2007? I guess you can debate this but it seems like the guy should have at least made it to AA before a second call-up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-47769005417854220812012-04-11T19:33:28.167-04:002012-04-11T19:33:28.167-04:00Some have wanted to bring in another veteran OF...Some have wanted to bring in another veteran OF'er, or trade some of our surplus pitching. One team that is desperate is the Twins,whose situation has gotten more dire with the news that Scot Baker is now down for about 6 months. Anyone still interested in Denard Span?Joe Seamheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000259234420985114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-45299551086856572522012-04-11T19:27:52.827-04:002012-04-11T19:27:52.827-04:00Fox - Can't disagree with that statement from ...Fox - Can't disagree with that statement from The Earl of Baltimore.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-42482085352553674462012-04-11T19:20:23.783-04:002012-04-11T19:20:23.783-04:00Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that o...Once and for all, did having Detwiler pitch that one game really cost him an option? If he got a major league contract as did Strasburg, Harper, Rendon, Purke it would not have made a difference, correct? The first option would have been used the next year. <br /><br />I'm all for bashing Jimbo, but I keep hearing this over and over and it doesn't add up to me.alexvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16607068733172426326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-4973088165715716502012-04-11T19:16:27.329-04:002012-04-11T19:16:27.329-04:00NatsJack and Andrew,
I agree that Gio needs to pi...NatsJack and Andrew,<br /><br />I agree that Gio needs to pitch more aggressively. There still is a difference between the AL and NL. Pitchers in the NL get rewarded for challenging the hitters. Gio stuff is good enough that he does not need to nibble. He kept trying to get the low strike in his first game when the ump was not giving it and then he fell behind. Tomorrow if he is not getting that call switch to high hard cheese. He'll figure it out.<br /><br />People better get used to these ugly wins because there are going to be a lot of them. This team is built around pitching and all of them are real major league pitchers.<br /><br />Earl Weaver was correct "Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching."The Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-51958103631417616942012-04-11T19:05:44.461-04:002012-04-11T19:05:44.461-04:00Do you really want to see RossD back in the bullpe...<i>Do you really want to see RossD back in the bullpen or bunking with Lannan in Syracuse?</i><br /><br />Thanks to JimBo he has no options remaining on Detwiler. Stammen would be next to go optioned to Syracuse. But, I expect, they expect there'll be an injury that will make the exercise of making that choice moot? Look at the injury front so far? The law of Attrition is a hard fact of life in major league baseball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-58458703839046874512012-04-11T18:55:10.058-04:002012-04-11T18:55:10.058-04:00So, I was also thinking about -- who goes when Ank...So, I was also thinking about -- who goes when Ankiel returns? Carroll? and -- what the heck are we going to do IF CMW can ever pitch again? My prediction is that he will stay "hurt" and on the dl until past the time when they can do something with him. I seem to remember that they can't until June? I know everybody jokes that this is a good problem to have - but, really, what can they do? Do you really want to see RossD back in the bullpen or bunking with Lannan in Syracuse?baseballswaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-7304870971045614782012-04-11T18:51:07.736-04:002012-04-11T18:51:07.736-04:00Lee said...
I think bang zoom is both for home win...Lee said...<br />I think bang zoom is both for home wins and home runs at home. <br /><br />Thinking of Ralph Kramden, "one of these days, one of these day, bang zoom... your going to the moon Alice"Micknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-63421216561505299762012-04-11T18:47:40.182-04:002012-04-11T18:47:40.182-04:00I am a happy camper right now... what is the lates...I am a happy camper right now... what is the latest on Morse, Storen and Ankiel... anyone know?Micknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-76627339489459830012012-04-11T18:45:20.320-04:002012-04-11T18:45:20.320-04:00Winning the first two series on the road without S...Winning the first two series on the road without Storen and Morse is very ok with me. The path that those wins took is a little weird, but it's early. Now that the game is over and I have stopped steaming about the lack of hitting with risp - I realize that when pitchers are soooo all over the place, sometimes they just don't put anything out there that you can possibly hit. One Flores ab in particular - the pitches were nowhere near the zone - he couldn't have gotten an rbi if he had paid the ump - and maybe that's what it would have taken to get any kind of strike zone going. I have heard that sometimes good, consistent pitching with a fair strike zone is actually easier to hit.baseballswaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79567283648882032922012-04-11T18:42:01.408-04:002012-04-11T18:42:01.408-04:00I will take a SteveM theme he started before the s...I will take a SteveM theme he started before the start of the season and run with it in his absence and using my own math.<br /><br />Here's what we should like, 6 games into the season and .667 against the under .500 teams (based on 2011 standings). <br /><br />If you take the Mets (18 times) and 4 other 87 loss teams in the NL + the Orioles that makes 48 games played against those teams that you want to be at .667 or better against. That's a 32-16 record. If you can stay at no worse than 2 games under .500 against all the other teams, that gives you a 56-58 record against everyone else for a total of 88-74 and that is on the front door of playoffs.<br /><br />The key is beating the teams you are supposed to beat. That's how the good teams win their 90 games with domination against the lousy teams and .500 baseball against the rest.Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-31737650950078951032012-04-11T18:39:20.286-04:002012-04-11T18:39:20.286-04:001)Eventually the law of averages will result in a ...1)Eventually the law of averages will result in a spate of hits with men on base.<br />2) With everyone so enamored of OBP these days, why isn't there any enjoyment from the fact that this previously free-swinging bunch managed to get 10 walks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-6531876922674684952012-04-11T18:37:23.699-04:002012-04-11T18:37:23.699-04:00Adam Jones would do too ;)
See? Told you Orioles ...<i>Adam Jones would do too ;)</i><br /><br /><b>See? Told you Orioles fan. Darnell McDonald 33 and washed up ex-O's first round draft pick ... right ... bet you're hoping Harper ends up the same way ... Orioles fans should stay on the bottom of Angel'O's bird cage ... ;) </b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com