tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post9219492766762640714..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Nats claim infielder from PhilliesMark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-34893056667347790842011-12-22T09:58:51.734-05:002011-12-22T09:58:51.734-05:00I like this pickup no risk, could be a good reward...I like this pickup no risk, could be a good reward..kudos to the scouts on this one.BullpenCatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-40400809813626886842011-12-21T23:43:18.049-05:002011-12-21T23:43:18.049-05:00That paragraph from today is really bizarre. Bueh...That paragraph from today is really bizarre. Buehrle isn't worth four years. Oswalt is not a three-year contract. Jackson is on his seventh team for a reason. Darvish is not a $100M sign for this franchise. Cespedes hasn't come up for bid yet. Wilson went for crazy money. Reyes and Fielder (Boz loves LaRoche) aren't necessarily good fits. And for the Latos trade, it sounds like the Nats are similarly in on Gio. <br /><br />What the heck got into him?Constant Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-63324168979729187102011-12-21T23:29:13.109-05:002011-12-21T23:29:13.109-05:00Anyone want to come up with another explanation fo...<i>Anyone want to come up with another explanation for the two Tom Boswells?</i><br /><br />Maybe someone he's known on a personal level far longer than Kasten: Davey Johnson. Who in the past was renowned for airing what he thinks in the media. Since Johnson is new and having another manager with a grievance would not be good for the franchise ... perhaps Boz decided to do his dirty work for him?<br /><br />That is the person I would ask were I an intrepid reporter like say? Jen Royale who is returning to Boston ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-64320455352362477132011-12-21T23:20:55.867-05:002011-12-21T23:20:55.867-05:00My totally uninformed supposition. Boz always see...My totally uninformed supposition. Boz always seemed to be talking to Kasten when Kasten was here. He wrote what he thought on Monday. Kasten read it; called up Boz and fed him a different scenario which he published today. <br /><br />Anyone want to come up with another explanation for the two Tom Boswells?Constant Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-30405126762703185442011-12-21T23:17:09.134-05:002011-12-21T23:17:09.134-05:00This is Boz on Monday ...
"Rizzo has the aut...This is Boz on Monday ...<br /><br />"Rizzo has the authority. But he wants to keep it! He really has a good sense of Ted, imo. Rizzo wants value and, as he said to me recently, "Once I get a number in my head on what I think a player is worth, I don't change much." That's who he IS __a talent evaluator. That's what he brings. If he thinks __and he does think these things __Buerhle isn't worthy four years; Oswalt isn't worth three years; Cepedes isn't worth $40-50M; Darvish isn't worth God-knows-how-much; BJ Upton isn't worth a key Nats player just to control him for one year; Pujols and Fielders aren't worth THAT to the Nats because they're set up fine at 1st base. <br /><br />Is this stubborn? Yes. But if you are a team builder, you can't sway with the wind. You have to stick to your guns. If you are right enough, you get to be in a parade. If you are wrong enough, you get fired. He was right, when the world was mostly wrong, on Dunn. (he won't say it because he likes Dunn so much, but he saw a significant downward trajectory to his career, but nothing like what happened in '11. So far, he looks very wrong on Werth __a huge miss, if it works out that way."<br /><br />This is Boz today ...<br /><br />"If you want to know why it’s almost Christmas and the Nats haven’t signed Mark Buehrle, Roy Oswalt or Edwin Jackson, why they haven’t bid on Yu Darvish or Yoenis Cespedes, why they haven’t been within a zillion miles of C.J. Wilson, Jose Reyes or Prince Fielder, and especially why they haven’t made a prospects-for-a-star trade such as the Reds for ace Mat Latos, it’s probably because ownership is tensing up, tightening the leash again."Constant Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-78822509453722679822011-12-21T23:04:09.740-05:002011-12-21T23:04:09.740-05:00Wonder what changed his mind since Monday?
Questi...<i>Wonder what changed his mind since Monday?</i><br /><br />Question of the hour and the first question someone should ask on Monday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-18694932994485276162011-12-21T23:02:17.258-05:002011-12-21T23:02:17.258-05:00Go read Boz's chat transcript on Monday. I ge...Go read Boz's chat transcript on Monday. I generally enjoy reading Boz, but holy cow, the column he just published appears to bear no resemblance to the guy chatting Monday. On Monday, he basically wrote off the Nats off-season to Rizzo's deeply ingrained belief in determining value and sticking to it. Buerhle wasn't worth four years. Darvish isn't worth the ungodly sum that the Rangers will spend. Oswalt isn't worth three years. Rizzo isn't going to allow the market to drive him beyond his belief. <br /><br />Wonder what changed his mind since Monday?Constant Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-51228337164474714632011-12-21T22:56:32.340-05:002011-12-21T22:56:32.340-05:00acomak Source confirms @ken_rosenthal report that ...<i>acomak Source confirms @ken_rosenthal report that the #Nationals are indeed getting close to signing utility man Mark DeRosa. #nats</i><br /><br />Well first Carlos Rivero and now Mark De Rosa. <br /><br />Boz looks clairvoyant ... maybe he is trying to nip things in the bud before Rizzo has to resort to begging with another power point presentation? Sounds like "Couples Retreat" where one of the couples uses a power point presentation to present their divorce plans to their friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-11983491885206975222011-12-21T22:51:52.515-05:002011-12-21T22:51:52.515-05:00Of course you all realize (and Boz didn't ment...Of course you all realize (and Boz didn't mention) this all has to do with signing Jayson Werth, Adam La Roche, and Jason Marquis and having them turn out to be injured or failures. <br /><br />It may be that when it comes to prospects Ted Lerner goes with Rizzo and his instincts which have really been spot on. When it comes to free agents its an entirely different story because of recent history ... <br /><br />Players like Dukes, Milledge, etc. likely helped get Bowden fired. Then paying millions to a 21 year old masquerading as 16 was the proverbial straw? <br /><br />Was Werth Rizzo's straw? In spite of the canny calls on Dunn and even Willingham?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79595596077638833312011-12-21T22:49:31.661-05:002011-12-21T22:49:31.661-05:00"Why not hold your tongue like Mark, Adam, Am..."Why not hold your tongue like Mark, Adam, Amanda, and Pete Kerzel?" Well it is not their role to do commentary that is what Boz is a columnist and that is to who the role belongs.CBinDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-54576918832215635652011-12-21T22:42:51.543-05:002011-12-21T22:42:51.543-05:00They're about to sign DeRosa. Bench players. E...They're about to sign DeRosa. Bench players. Exactly what Rizzo told Boswell: We're working on bench options" It makes Boswell article more credible.Exposremainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-242424337332088062011-12-21T22:41:59.507-05:002011-12-21T22:41:59.507-05:00mlbtraderumos Nationals, Mark DeRosa Nearing Deal ...mlbtraderumos Nationals, Mark DeRosa Nearing Deal bit.ly/vjCyfE #mlb<br /><br />Looks like the Lerners are shelling out some dough ... ~smiles~<br /><br />Boz must have heard something he didn't like from a reputable source. Apparently a Boz op-ed in the sports page of WaPo taking Ted to task works else why bother? Why not hold your tongue like Mark, Adam, Amanda, and Pete Kerzel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-52929191811776211482011-12-21T22:35:18.814-05:002011-12-21T22:35:18.814-05:00Boswell has been wrong before. If the example of S...Boswell has been wrong before. If the example of Snyder doesn't teach a lesson about "winning the off-season," nothing will. Here's what he's ignoring: Money doesn't always work. I can name at least four or five pretty good players who turned down more money to accept a deal for other reasons. In some cases, it's location. Or a relationship with an official at another team (Buehrle + Ozzie), etc. Part of the reason Lee turned down New York was the way his family was treated at Yankee Stadium (his wife had beer dumped on her.) With the money these guys make, they are set for life by any measure--a few million here or there is not going to win the target all the time.<br /><br />As for Oswalt, he was a cancer in Houston. He wanted a ring--he wanted to go to a winning team and was a jerk around the clubhouse. (My son lives in Houston, and many Astros fans were glad to see him go.)<br /><br />Maybe the Lerners are cheap. We don't know. Boswell usually has pretty good sources, but where did this one come from? Davey? Rizzo? Hard to imagine that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-26203019276042324862011-12-21T22:31:00.165-05:002011-12-21T22:31:00.165-05:00Here I will copy what I posted on the Post comment...Here I will copy what I posted on the Post comments<br /><br />Why does the fan base have to keep screaming at this ownership. Are they really as tone deaf as Snyder appears to be, are these just play toys for rich people who use the public's money to finance their hobby. Yes it is the public's money they are using from the cost of games to the stadium and they have worked it out to pretend to be interested in success as ball club but not so it interrupts the real cost that has at the end of the day cost the Lerners nothing. All gain no painCBinDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-18020265112659723332011-12-21T22:27:04.231-05:002011-12-21T22:27:04.231-05:00I do think that Boswell has more inside info than ...I do think that Boswell has more inside info than any of us does. Unless all the anonymous are Nats top executives. The one good thing I see is that after 7 years the Washington media will finally call them out if they're not honest.It might convince them to make deals.Exposremainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-41001372920693492712011-12-21T22:13:57.182-05:002011-12-21T22:13:57.182-05:00Its not fair to criticize the Lerners until the Fa...Its not fair to criticize the Lerners until the Fat Lady sings. They signed Adam Dunn in January 2009 so lets give it a few more weeks. Right now it is "premature speculation" and name calling.Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-24748664709496672072011-12-21T22:01:31.957-05:002011-12-21T22:01:31.957-05:00Please some of you that keep defending the Lerners...Please some of you that keep defending the Lerners and calling the commenters here that would like to see the Nats spending crazy out-of-control fans, go read Boswell article. <br /><br />Its very scary stuff. I've been reading so many articles defending what the team is doing, I'm glad someone call them out on it.Lets just hope he's wrong.Exposremainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-44471959481994500312011-12-21T21:58:06.788-05:002011-12-21T21:58:06.788-05:00Really I was getting heat for suggesting that thes...Really I was getting heat for suggesting that these off season moves were a symptom of the LERNERS ARE CHEAP mantra and now Boz has confirmed that YES VIRGINIA THEY REALLY ARE. When will these idiots learn WHEN. So I guess I will put off the package we were looking into buying and wait to see if they get the message or not. Why buy now when the price will so much lower if this dumpster diving roster is all they have to offer.CBinDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-16244814806308417912011-12-21T21:45:47.194-05:002011-12-21T21:45:47.194-05:00Boswell just wrote an article slamming the Lerners...Boswell just wrote an article slamming the Lerners for pulling tight the purse strings on Rizzo again. Wasn't someone speculating on this a few days ago?Wallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-50832840743752443992011-12-21T21:10:11.046-05:002011-12-21T21:10:11.046-05:00BTW Feel Wood you know far less ... if you think L...BTW Feel Wood you know far less ... if you think Lannan is that good. If Lannan is so good why is that for 2 years Livo basically had to carry this rotation as its ace? Lannan just is not that good and should be a long guy. <br /><br />The advanced park and defense neutral stats on Fangraphs and affiliated sites back that up. And that dude is what GM's look at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-45358378038410927182011-12-21T21:10:07.410-05:002011-12-21T21:10:07.410-05:00Sooooo....we gonna add any MAJOR LEAGUE players th...Sooooo....we gonna add any MAJOR LEAGUE players this offseason??? My God, I really thought the Lerners had finally gotten it. Bud selig I hate you for giving us the cheapest and richest owners in the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-65948906435512266252011-12-21T21:06:50.474-05:002011-12-21T21:06:50.474-05:00Looks like they lost Danks as an option ... he jus...Looks like they lost Danks as an option ... he just signed an extension with the White Sox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-84964789320998975532011-12-21T21:05:33.014-05:002011-12-21T21:05:33.014-05:00John Lannan had his best season in 2011 and was a ...<i>John Lannan had his best season in 2011 and was a solid #4.</i><br /><br />Statistically, Lannan had his worst season yet. By far the worst of all starters including Maya and Livo. He barely makes it as a #5 and for 5 million the Nats should be able to do better. <br /><br />I can't see Lannan in the 2012 rotation over Milone. Milone doesn't walk batters he is someone who knows how to pitch. <br /><br />Therefore Lannan is either in the bullpen, traded or released.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-77990349557922081652011-12-21T21:00:19.558-05:002011-12-21T21:00:19.558-05:00You know very little. Lannan wouldn't be relea...<i>You know very little. Lannan wouldn't be released, he would be traded.</i><br /><br />Neither. Even if they obtain Gonzales (or Oswalt or Saunders) they still need Lannan.Feel Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-40426619820626875532011-12-21T19:58:50.898-05:002011-12-21T19:58:50.898-05:00Anonymous said...
My guess is if they sign Gonzal...Anonymous said... <br />My guess is if they sign Gonzalez and go after Oswalt they will likely release John Lannan rather than pay his close to 5 million arbitration salary. It may be why there is a big rush to sign Gonzalez? <br /><br />December 21, 2011 7:22 PM <br />________________________________<br /><br />You know very little. Lannan wouldn't be released, he would be traded. If Lannan could tighten up his road starts, he would be a solid #3 pitcher. John Lannan had his best season in 2011 and was a solid #4.Gonatnoreply@blogger.com